Frank Hahn (economist)
Frank Horace Hahn (born April 26, 1925 in Berlin ; died January 29, 2013 in Cambridge ) was a German-born British economist .
Life
Frank Hahn's parents fled to Czechoslovakia in 1933 and from there to Great Britain in 1938. Hahn was a soldier in the Czech exile forces from 1943 to 1945 and then a soldier in the British Army until 1951.
He studied economics with Nicholas Kaldor and Lionel Robbins at the London School of Economics . As a lecturer , he was a member of the academic staff of the University of Birmingham from 1948 before moving on to the University of Cambridge in 1960 . In 1967 he returned to the London School of Economics, where he had been appointed full professor. Five years later he moved again to the University of Cambridge, where he stayed until his retirement in 1992. From 1990 to 1996 he was a professor at the University of Siena , where he was responsible for the doctoral program. Italy subsequently remained his main residence.
Hahn contributed with fundamental work to the understanding and further development of general equilibrium theory and monetary theory . Based on John Richard Hicks ' thesis that an economic model must depict as many elements of the economic process as possible, he examined the possibilities and limits of the theories. He proved to be a critic of all economic schools and tried to identify weaknesses.
In addition to the basis of general equilibrium theory, Hahn made contributions in particular to the stability of equilibria, monetary theory in sequential economies and the consideration of economic growth in the model. He was the co-author of numerous works by renowned scientists, including names such as Kenneth Arrow , Robert M. Solow , Takashi Negishi and Robin Matthews .
In 1968 Hahn served as President of the Econometric Society and between 1986 and 1989 as President of the Royal Economic Society . In 1974 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 1975 to the British Academy and 1988 to the National Academy of Sciences .
Frank Hahn died on January 29, 2013 after a brief illness.
literature
- Heinz-Peter Spahn : Hahn, Frank Horace. In: Harald Hagemann , Claus-Dieter Krohn (Hrsg.): Biographical manual of the German-speaking economic emigration after 1933. Volume 1: Adler – Lehmann. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11284-X , pp. 221-225.
- Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.1. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 450
- David Newbery: Frank Horace Hahn, 1925–2013 . In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy . tape XVI , 2017, p. 485-525 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).
Web links
- Frank Hahn at newschool.edu
- Literature by and about Frank Hahn in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ chu.cam.ac.uk: Professor Frank Hahn: 1925–2013 . Retrieved January 31, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hahn, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hahn, Frank Horace (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 2013 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , England, UK |