death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
13 march 2007 christchurch , new zealand 22 january 1951 john mcmillan -lrb- economist -rrb-
 john mcmillan economist
john mcmillan -lrb- economist -rrb-

john mcmillan -lrb- 22 january 1951 -- 13 march 2007 -rrb- was the jonathan b. lovelace professor of economics in stanford university 's graduate school of business , and one of the world 's leading economic theorists and applied microeconomists .
his career was initially marked by important contributions to auction theory and mechanism design .
in the 1980s , he worked on the use of incentives in state owned enterprises in china and policies for emerging economies .
his recent work has examined entrepreneurship in those economies , as well as the institutional structure for economic development .
born in christchurch , new zealand , john mcmillan 's undergraduate education was in mathematics and economics at the university of canterbury .
he completed his phd in economics at the university of new south wales before moving to the university of western ontario , canada .
from 1987 to 1999 , he was a professor at the university of california , san diego , before moving to stanford university .
mcmillan died on the 13 march 2007 , of complications arising from cancer , at age 56 .
from his stanford bio : a new zealander , mcmillan was the editor of the journal of economic literature from 1998 to 2004 .
he is co-director of the stanford graduate school of business center for global business and the economy .
he was awarded the harry johnson prize by the canadian economic association ; is a fellow of the econometric society ; and is a distinguished fellow of the new zealand association of economists .
his reinventing the bazaar was a new york times notable book .
he is a co-founder and principal of the consulting firm market design inc. .
he has advised various firms and governments on deregulation , contracting , and market structure .
he helped the u.s. federal communications commission design the mechanism for selling spectrum licenses -lrb- which the new york times called `` the greatest auction in history '' -rrb- .
