Werner Hildenbrand
Werner Hildenbrand (born May 25, 1936 in Göttingen ) is a German mathematician and an internationally renowned economic theorist.
life and work
Hildenbrand studied mathematics and physics at the University of Heidelberg , where he also received his doctorate in 1964 and qualified as a professor in 1968 in the field of mathematical economic theory .
From 1969 until his retirement in 2001 he was Professor of Economics at the University of Bonn and several visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley . Hildenbrand received international recognition through his contributions to general equilibrium theory . To this end, he has written several books and published numerous articles in leading journals. From 1985 to 1999 Hildenbrand was the spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 303: "Information and the coordination of economic activities"
In 1974 he founded the Journal of Mathematical Economics .
Honors and awards (selection)
- 1981 member of the Rhenish-Westphalian Academy of Sciences
- 1988 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 1988 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
- 1989 member of the Academia Europaea
- 1994 Max Planck Research Prize
- 1995 honorary member of the American Economic Association
- 1997 Gay Lussac Humboldt Prize
- 2002 honorary doctorate from the University of Bern
- 2005 foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2007 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Manchester
Books
- Core and Equilibria of a Large Economy (= Princeton Studies in Mathematical Economics. 5). Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1974, ISBN 0-691-04189-X .
- with Kurt Hildenbrand: Linear economic models. Springer, Berlin et al. 1975, ISBN 3-540-07259-4 .
- with Alan Kirman: Introduction to Equilibrium Analysis. Variations on Themes by Edgeworth and Walras (= Advanced Textbooks in Economics. 6). North-Holland et al., Amsterdam et al. 1976, ISBN 0-7204-3606-0 .
- with Alan P. Kirman: Equilibrium Analysis. Variations on Themes by Edgeworth and Walras (= Advanced Textbooks in Economics. 28). North-Holland et al., Amsterdam et al. 1988, ISBN 0-444-70511-2 .
- Market Demand. Theory and Empirical Evidence. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1994, ISBN 0-691-03428-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Hildenbrand in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage at the University of Bonn
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directory of members: Werner Hildenbrand. Academia Europaea, accessed June 24, 2017 (English, with biographical and other information).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hildenbrand, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician and economic theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |