Paul A. David is an academic economist who is noted for his work on the economics of scientific progress and technical change. He was formerly a president of the Economic History Association

Economic History Association

Economic History Association is an organization founded in 1940, dedicated to "encourage and promote teaching, research, and publication on every phase of economic history, broadly defined"....

 and is a Fellow of the Econometric Society

Econometric Society

The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation with statistics and mathematics. It was founded on December 29, 1930 at the Stalton Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio....

, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the British Academy, a fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute and he is a Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow of Stanford University's

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

Institute for Economic Policy Research..

In 2006 Edward Elgar published a festschrift in David's honour.