Oliver M. W. Sprague
Oliver M. W. Sprague | |
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| Born | April 22, 1873 |
| Died | May 24, 1953 (aged 80) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Spouse | Fanny Knights Ide |
| Children | Katherine Ida Sprague Theodore Wentworth Sprague |
| Parent(s) | William Wallace Sprague Miriam Wentworth Sprague |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Thesis | The English Woolen Industry in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |
| Doctoral advisor | William Ashley |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics |
| Sub-discipline | Fiscal policy, central banking |
| Institutions | Harvard University Imperial University of Tokyo Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration |
Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague (April 22, 1873 – May 24, 1953) was an American economist and president of the American Economic Association in 1937. His research focused on fiscal policy and central banking.