Trygve Haavelmo
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| Born |
13 December 1911 Skedsmo, Norway |
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| Died |
26 July 1999 (aged 87) Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norway |
| Institution |
University of Aarhus University of Chicago University of Oslo |
| Field | Macroeconomics, econometrics |
| School/tradition | Neo-Keynesian economics |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Influences | John Maynard Keynes, Ragnar Frisch, Jan Tinbergen |
| Influenced |
David F. Hendry, Søren Johansen |
| Contributions |
Probability approach in econometrics Balanced budget multiplier |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1989) |
| Information at IDEAS/RePEc | |
Trygve Magnus Haavelmo (13 December 1911 – 28 July 1999), born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an influential economist with main research interests centered on the fields of econometrics and economics theory. He received a degree in economics from the University of Oslo in 1930 and eventually joined the Institute of Economics with the recommendation of Ragnar Frisch. Haavelmo was Frisch’s assistant for a period of time until he was appointed as head of computations for the institute. In 1936, Haavelmo studied statistics at University College London while he subsequently traveled to Berlin, Geneva, and Oxford for additional studies. Trygve Haavelmo assumed a lecturing position at the University of Aarhus in 1938 for one year and then in the subsequent year was offered an academic scholarship to travel abroad and study in the United States. During World War II he worked with Nortraship in the Statistical Department in New York City. He received his Ph.D. in 1946 for his work on The Probability Approach in Econometrics.
He was a Professor of economics and statistics at the University of Oslo between 1948–79 and was the trade department head of division from 1947–48. Haavelmo acquires a prominent position in modern economics through his logical critique of a series of custom conceptions in mathematical analysis.
In 1989, Haavelmo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics "for his clarification of the probability theory foundations of econometrics and his analyses of simultaneous economic structures."[1]
Haavelmo died on 28 July 1999 in Oslo.
References
- ↑ Prokesch, Steven (October 12, 1989). "Norwegian Wins Nobel For His Work in Economics". The New York Times.
External links
- List of publications
- nobelprize.org bio
- Nobel Prize Lecture. at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
- Model Discovery and Trygve Haavelmo’s Legacy by David F. Hendry and Søren Johansen.
- Trygve Haavelmo Growth Model by Elmer G. Wiens
- "Trygve Haavelmo (1911–1999)". The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Library of Economics and Liberty (2nd ed.) (Liberty Fund). 2008.
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