Paul N. Courant
University Librarian and Dean of Libraries; Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Professor of Economics; and Professor of Information
 
Phone:
 (734) 763-2499
Fax:
 (734) 615-5389
Office:
 Joan and Sanford Weill Hall
             
 735 S. State St. #5318
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
E-mail: 
 pnc@umich.edu
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Research and Teaching Interests:
Education
Environment
Information Technology
Politics, Institutions & Processes: State & Local
Politics, Institutions & Processes: National
Quantitative Methods
Skills
Tax and Public Finance
 
Educational Background:
BA in History, Swarthmore College (1968)
MA in Economics, Princeton University (1973)
PhD in Economics, Princeton University (1974)

Bio:
Paul Courant has served as provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, as associate provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs, as chair of the Department of Economics, and as director of the Institute of Public Policy Studies (predecessor of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy). He served as a senior staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers from 1979 to 1980.

Courant has authored half a dozen books, and over seventy papers covering a broad range of topics in economics and public policy. Most recently, his academic work has considered the economics of universities, the economics of libraries and archives, and the effects of new information technologies and other disruptions on scholarship, scholarly publication, and academic libraries.

Academic Appointments:
University Libraries

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Department of Economics

School of Information

Affiliations:
American Economic Association
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
National Tax Association
American Library Association