Remembering the Works of Stephen Sheppard, Cultural Economist

Last March, we lost a dear colleague and innovator in the field of cultural economics. Stephen Sheppard, a professor of economics at Williams College, died at the age of 69.
This is an overdue attempt to pay some sort of tribute to Dr. Sheppard and his abiding influence. Personally, I got to know him 12 years ago, when the NEA partnered with the Brookings Institution to convene a symposium on “The Arts, New Growth Theory, and Economic Development.” Papers from the event we