Wolfgang Friedrich Stolper (13 May 1912 – 31 March 2002) was an American economist who was Professor at Swarthmore College and University of Michigan. He is known for proposing the Stolper–Samuelson theorem, along with Paul A. Samuelson.

Biography

Stolper was born in Vienna, the eldest son of economists Gustav Stolper and Toni Stolper. In 1925 the family moved to Berlin and emigrated in 1933 to the United States. In 1938 Stolper completed a PhD in economics studies at Harvard University. He was a student of Joseph Schumpeter. From 1938 to 1943, Stolper was Assistant Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA. In 1945, he participated in the Strategic Bombing Survey (Europe). From 1949, Stolper was Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 1941 Stolper together with Paul A. Samuelson proposed the Stolper–Samuelson theorem. In 1960, Stolper worked for Nigeria's development ministry. In 1986 Stolper was a co-founder of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society.

Selected publications

Individual evidence and observations