Louis G. Putterman (born 1952)[1] is an American development economist.
He is a professor of economics at Brown University.
He joined the Brown University faculty after his doctoral studies and received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1983.
His recent work has focused on using laboratory experiments to analyze long-term development of human capabilities.
[4] Putterman served as president of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies in 2000–2001.