Elhanan Helpman
Elhanan Helpman (born March 30, 1946 in Jalalabat , Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic , now Kyrgyzstan ) is an Israeli economist . He teaches international trade at Harvard University .
Life
Elhanan Helpman was born in Jalabad in what was then the Soviet Union . In 1957 he moved to Israel with his parents. There he studied economics from 1966 to 1969 at Tel Aviv University . He completed his studies with a Bachelor of Arts and the grade Cum Laude . In 1971 he obtained the Master of Arts with the grade Summa Cum Laude . He then went to the USA, where he obtained his Ph. D. from Harvard University from 1971 to 1974 .dropped. He then returned to Israel to work as a lecturer at Tel Aviv University. There he became associate professor in 1978. Three years later he became a full professor and at the same time dean of the economic sector for a year. In 1988 he became Archie Sherman Professor of International Economic Relations. From 1990 to 1992 he was director of the Foerder Institute for Economic Research at Tel Aviv University and, from 1991 to 1992, director of the Sackler Institute for Economic Studies . In 1997 he received a professorship at Harvard.
Fonts
- with Assaf Razin: A Theory of International Trade Under Uncertainty. Academic Press, New York NY et al. 1978, ISBN 0-12-339650-6 .
- as editor with Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka: Social Policy Evaluation: An Economic Perspective. Academic Press, New York NY et al. 1983, ISBN 0-12-339660-3 .
- with Paul R. Krugman : Market Structure and Foreign Trade. Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition and the International Economy. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1985, ISBN 0-262-08150-4 .
- as editor with Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka: Economic E¤ects of the Government Budget. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1988, ISBN 0-262-58090-X .
- with Paul R. Krugman: Trade Policy and Market Structure. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1989, ISBN 0-262-08182-2 .
- as editor with Assaf Razin: International Trade and Trade Policy. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1991, ISBN 0-262-08199-7 .
- as editor with Michael Bruno, Stanley Fischer and Nissan Liviatan: Lessons of Economic Stabilization and its Aftermath. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1991, ISBN 0-262-02324-5 .
- with Gene M. Grossman : Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1991, ISBN 0-262-07136-3 .
- as editor with Wilfred J. Ethier and J. Peter Neary: Theory, Policy and Dynamics in International Trade. Essays in Honor of Ronald W. Jones. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1993, ISBN 0-521-43442-4 .
- as editor: General Purpose Technologies and Economic Growth. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1998, ISBN 0-262-08263-2 .
- with Gene M. Grossman: Special Interest Politics. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 2001, ISBN 0-262-07230-0 .
- as editor with Efraim Sadka: Economic Policy in the International Economy. Essays in Honor of Assaf Razin. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2003, ISBN 0-521-81519-3 .
- The Mystery of Economic Growth. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA et al. 2004, ISBN 0-674-01572-X .
- with Gene M. Grossman: Interest Groups and Trade Policy. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2002, ISBN 0-691-09597-3 (In Chinese: 利益 集团 与 贸易 政策. China Renmin University Press, Beijing 2006, ISBN 7-300-06574-0 ).
Prices
- 1989: Yavor Prize (Horowitz Institute for Developing Countries)
- 1990: Mahalanobis Memorial Medal of the Indian Econometric Society
- 1991: Israel Prize
- 1995: Feher Prize
- 1990: Bernhard Harms Prize from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- 2002: EMET Prize
- 2002: Rotschild Prize
- 2002: William H. Riker Award, Best Book in Political Economy (The American Political Science Association)
- 2013: BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Memberships
- 1986 Econometric Society
- 1988 Israel Academy of Sciences
- Israeli Economic Association (1989–91 its President)
- 1991 honorary member of the American Economic Association
- 1993 honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- European Economic Association
- Royal Economic Society
- Indian Econometric Society
Web links
- Information on the Harvard website
- Elhanan Helpman in the catalog of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics (ZBW)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Harms Prize. (No longer available online.) Ifw-kiel.de , archived from the original on June 14, 2013 ; Retrieved June 15, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Helpman, Elhanan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli economist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Jalalabat , Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |