Richard Muth Explained

Richard Muth
Birth Date:	14 May 1927
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Nationality:	American
Institution:	Emory University Stanford University
Field:	Urban economics
Alma Mater:	University of Chicago Washington University in St. Louis
Doctoral Advisor:	Arnold Harberger^[1]
Doctoral Students:	Cayetano Paderanga Jr.^[2]

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]

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

External links

• Website at Emory University

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard Muth in the Mathematics Genealogy Project . 2020-01-09 . 2022-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221223115136/https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=215969 . dead .
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=fuVHAAAAIAAJ&q=adviser Paderanga's dissertation archived on Google Books
3. Book: Who's Who in America . 66th . 2 . Marquis Who’s Who . Berkeley Heights . 2011 . 978-0-8379-7032-5 .
4. https://emorywheel.com/former-economics-professor-dies-at-90-years-old/ Muth, Urban Economics Pioneer and Former Emory Economics Chair, Dies at 90
5. John F. . McDonald . William Alonso, Richard Muth, Resources for the Future, and the Founding of Urban Economics . Journal of the History of Economic Thought . 29 . 1 . 2007 . 67–84 . 10.1080/10427710601178310 . 154891747 .
6. Book: Muth, Richard F. . The Demand for Non-Farm Housing . The Demand for Durable Goods . Arnold C. . Harberger . Chicago . University of Chicago Press . 1960 . 29–96 .