Wassily Leontief
Russian economist (1906-1999)
Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief (Russian: Василий Васильевич Леонтьев; August 5, 1905 – February 5, 1999), was a Russian-American economist. He is known for his research on input-output analysis.[5]
Wassily Leontief | |
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| Born | Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief August 5, 1905[1] |
| Died | February 5, 1999 (aged 93) |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire, Soviet Union, United States |
| Alma mater | Frederick William University, (PhD) University of Leningrad, (MA) |
| Known for | Input-output analysis |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1973) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | University of Kiel New York University Harvard University |
| Thesis | Wirtschaft als Kreislauf (1928) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ladislaus Bortkiewicz Werner Sombart |
| Doctoral students | Paul Samuelson Thomas Schelling Robert Solow Kenneth E. Iverson Vernon L. Smith Richard E. Quandt Hyman Minsky Khodadad Farmanfarmaian[3] Dale W. Jorgenson[4] Michael C. Lovell Karen R. Polenske F.M. Scherer[1] |
| Influences | Léon Walras |
| Influenced | George B. Dantzig |
Leontief won the Nobel Committee's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1973, and four of his doctoral students have also been awarded the prize (Paul Samuelson 1970, Robert Solow 1987, Vernon L. Smith 2002, Thomas Schelling 2005).
References
change- ↑ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1973". NobelPrize.org.
- ↑ Wassily Leontief Birth Certificate. U.S. Library of Congress
- ↑ Harvard IOHP | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian Transcripts. Fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved on 2017-09-06.
- ↑ Jorgenson, Dale W. (1998) Growth, Vol. 1: Econometric General Equilibrium Modeling. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 026226322X
- ↑ Dalyell, Tam (11 February 1999). "Obituary: Wassily Leontief". The Independent. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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