Background
Mills, Edwin Smith was born on June 25, 1928 in Collingswood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edwin Smith and Roberta (Haywood) Mills.
Mills, Edwin Smith was born on June 25, 1928 in Collingswood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edwin Smith and Roberta (Haywood) Mills.
Bachelor, Brown University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Birmingham, England, 1956.
Assistant lecturer University College North Staffordshire, England, 1953-1955. Instructor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955-1957. Member faculty Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, 1957-1970, professor economics, 1963-1970, chairman department economics, 1966-1969.
Professor economics public affairs, Gerald L. Phillippe professor urban studies Princeton University, 1970-1975, professor economics, 1975-1987, chairman department, 1975-1977. Gary Rosenberg professor real estate and finance Kellog School Management Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1987—1996, emeritus professor, since 1996. Visiting research fellow Cowles Foundation, Yale, 1961.
Senior professional staff Council Economic Advisers, 1964—1965. Second lieutenant United States Army, 1946-1948.
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Author: Urban Economics, 1972, The Burden of Government, 1986. Editor: Journal Urban Economics, 1973-1990. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Interactions among price, output and inventory movements in firms and markets. Market processes in urban areas. Benefits, costs and government intervention in presence of polluting discharges.
And industrial organisation and antitrust programmes.
Member of American Economic Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Barbara Jean Dressner, September 2, 1950. Children: Alan Stuart, Susan Dorinda. Married Margaret M. Hutchinson, January 22, 1977.