Editing Mancur Olson (section)

{{Short description|American economist and political scientist (1932–1998)}}
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{{Infobox economist
| name = Mancur Olson
| school_tradition = [[New institutional economics]]<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227115629/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnacc813.pdf | title=Institutions and Economic Development | author=Christopher Clague | url=http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnacc813.pdf | archive-date=2017-02-27}}</ref>
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|birth_name=Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|01|22}}
| birth_place = [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]], [[North Dakota]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|02|19|1932|01|22}}
| death_place = [[College Park, Maryland|College Park]], [[Maryland]], U.S.
| institution = {{ubl|[[University of Maryland]]|[[Princeton University]]}}
| field = [[Economics]]<br />[[Political science]]
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Harvard University]] ([[PhD]])|[[University of Oxford]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])|[[North Dakota State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}
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'''Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|s|ər}};<ref name="journal" /> January 22, 1932 – February 19, 1998) was an American [[economist]] and [[Political science|political scientist]] who taught at the [[University of Maryland, College Park]]. His most influential contributions were to [[new institutional economics]], and focused on the role played by [[private property]], [[taxation]], [[public goods]], [[collective action]], and [[contract]] rights in [[economic development]].