Background
Davies, David George was born on May 27, 1924 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ernest John and Meta (Bailey) Davies.
Davies, David George was born on May 27, 1924 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ernest John and Meta (Bailey) Davies.
AB, Stanford University, 1949. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955.
Research assistant Bureau Business and Economic Research University of California at Los Angeles, 1951-1952, teaching assistant economics department, 1952-1954. Assistant professor University Cincinnati, 1955-1958, associate professor, professor, 1958-1960. Associate professor Duke University, 1961-1966, professor economics, from 1966, chairman department economics, 1970-1973, director honors program, from 1973, director undergraduate studies, 1975-1980.
Director Economic Inequities, Inc. Member universities committee National Bureau Economic Research. Member intergovernmental fiscal relations committee National Tax Association-Tax Institute American, 1973-1976.
Resident director United States Department State/Agency for International Development tax mission, Jamaica, 1983-1984. Visiting research professor Law and Economics Center, University Miami, 1981-1983, visiting lecturer economics program for federal law judges, 1985-1988.
Member American, Southern, Midwest economic associations, Royal Economic Society, National Tax Association, Public Choice Society, Association for Evolutionary Economics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pi Gamma Mu, Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Kappa Psi.
Married Carol Kressen, December 30, 1949. Children– Richard, Lynn.