Dale Jorgenson
Dale Weldeau Jorgenson (born May 7, 1933 in Bozeman ) is an American economist .
Life
Jorgenson attended a public school in Helena, Montana, USA . He received his Bachelor of Arts from Reed College in 1955 . 1957 followed with the Artium Magister his master’s degree from Harvard University and two years later Dale Jorgenson received a PhD at the same university . He then worked as a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley , where he became associate professor in 1961 and full professor in 1963 Economics became. At the same time he was from 1962 to 1963 as Ford Foundation Research Professor at the University of Chicago . In 1969 he left the University of California to go back to Harvard where he was full professor and from 1980 Frederic Eaton Abbe professor and since 2002 Samuel W. Morris University professor . During his time at Harvard, Jorgenson married Linda Ann Mabus on July 24, 1971, with whom he has two children (* 1979 and * 1975).
Scientific work
Jorgenson has written over 240 articles for scientific journals. He has also published 31 books so far. In July 1997, he proposed to the United States Congress to impose a tax on greenhouse gas .
In 2000, Jorgenson served as President- Elect of the American Economic Association .
Awards
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1969
- John Bates Clark Medal from the American Economic Association in 1971
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences 1978
- Honorary Doctorate from Uppsala University in 1991
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Oslo in 1991
- Outstanding Contribution Award from the International Association of Energy Economists in 1994
- Member of the American Philosophical Society 1998
- Honorary doctorate from Keiō University in 2003
- National Association for Business Economics Adam Smith Award in 2005
- Honorary doctorate from Stockholm School of Commerce in 2007
Works
- Optimal Replacement Policy , together with JJ McCall and R. Radner, Amsterdam 1967
- Measuring Performance in the Private Economy of the Federal Republic of Germany 1950-1973 , Tübingen 1975
- Productivity and US Economic Growth , with FM Gollop and BM Fraumeni, Cambridge 1987
- Tax Reform and the Cost of Capital , with K.-Y. Yun, Oxford 1991
- International Comparisons of Economic Growth , Cambridge 1995
- Postwar US Economic Growth , Cambridge 1995
- Capital Theory and Investment Behavior , Cambridge 1996
- Tax Policy and the Cost of Capital , Cambridge 1996
- Aggregate Consumer Behavior , Cambridge 1997
- Measuring Social Welfare , Cambridge 1997
- Econometric General Equilibrium Modeling , Cambridge 1998
- Energy, the Environment, and Economic Growth , Cambridge 1998
- Econometric Modeling of Producer Behavior , Cambridge 2000
- Lifting the Burden: Tax Reform, the Cost of Capital, and US Economic Growth , Cambridge 2001
- Economic Growth in the Information Age , Cambridge 2002
- Information Technology and the American Growth Resurgence , Cambridge 2005
- A New Architecture for the US National Accounts , with J. Steven Landefeld and William D. Nordhaus, Chicago 2006
Web links
- Presentation by Dale Jorgenson of Harvard site (English)
- SAST REPORT: a candid conversation with economist Dale W. Jorgenson about his tax reform proposal (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ http://epw.senate.gov/105th/jorg0710.htm
- ^ Past and Present Officers. aeaweb.org ( American Economic Association ), accessed October 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter J. (PDF; 354 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Member History: Dale W. Jorgenson. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 15, 2018 (with biography).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jorgenson, Dale |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bozeman |