Richard Muth

Richard Ferris Muth (May 14, 1927[3] – April 10, 2018[4]) was an American economist, who is considered to be one of the founders of urban economics (along with William Alonso and Edwin Mills).[5]

Richard Muth
Born(1927-05-14)May 14, 1927
Chicago, Illinois
DiedApril 10, 2018(2018-04-10) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
InstitutionEmory University
Stanford University
FieldUrban economics
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Washington University in St. Louis
Doctoral
advisor		Arnold_Harberger[1]
Doctoral
students		Cayetano Paderanga Jr.[2]

Muth obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1958, with a thesis on non-farm housing demand.[6]

References
  1. Richard Muth in the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. Paderanga's dissertation archived on Google Books
  3. Who's Who in America. 2 (66th ed.). Berkeley Heights: Marquis Who’s Who. 2011. ISBN 978-0-8379-7032-5.
  4. Muth, Urban Economics Pioneer and Former Emory Economics Chair, Dies at 90
  5. McDonald, John F. (2007). "William Alonso, Richard Muth, Resources for the Future, and the Founding of Urban Economics". Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 29 (1): 67–84. doi:10.1080/10427710601178310.
  6. Muth, Richard F. (1960). "The Demand for Non-Farm Housing". In Harberger, Arnold C. (ed.). The Demand for Durable Goods. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 29–96.


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