Edward Chamberlin

Edward H. Chamberlin
Born
Edward Hastings Chamberlin

(1899-05-18)May 18, 1899
DiedJuly 16, 1967(1967-07-16) (aged 68)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
University of Michigan
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorAllyn Abbott Young
Academic work
DisciplineMicroeconomics
School or traditionNeoclassical economics
InstitutionsHarvard University
Notable ideasMonopolistic competition

Edward Hastings Chamberlin (May 18, 1899 – July 16, 1967) was an American economist. He was born in La Conner, Washington, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Chamberlin studied first at the University of Iowa (where he was influenced by Frank H. Knight), then pursued graduate studies at the University of Michigan, eventually receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1927.