Ross Marc Starr (born 1945) is an American economist who specializes in microeconomic theory, monetary economics and mathematical economics.
[1] Starr grew up in Los Angeles where he attended high school.
He attended UCLA and Reed College before obtaining his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Stanford in 1966.
Starr first published the Shapley–Folkman lemma on the existence of quasi-equilibria in economies with non-convexities.
In addition to publications in economic journals, he wrote the textbook General Equilibrium Theory: An Introduction.