Jan Tinbergen

Jan Tinbergen (April 12, 1903 – June 9, 1994) was a Dutch economist. He won the first Nobel Prize in Economics with Ragnar Frisch.

Early life
Tinbergen was born on April 12, 1903 at The Hague. He studied at Leiden University.

Nobel Prize
He was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Economics in 1969. He shared the award with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of  economic processes. Tinbergen was a founding trustee of Economists for Peace and Security.

Tinbergen's debate
Tinbergen’s econometric picture lead to a debate between other several known economists such as J.M. Keynes, Ragnar Frisch and Milton Friedman. The debate is sometimes called the Tinbergen debate.

Personal life
Tinbergen was never married. He also had no children. He died on June 9, 1994 at The Hague from natural causes, aged 91. Niko Tinbergen is his brother.

Some books
 Business Cycles in the United States, 1919–1932, Geneva, 1939 and New York, 1968
 Business Cycles in the United Kingdom, 1870–1914, Amsterdam, 1951
 On the Theory of Economic Policy. Second edition (1952) is Volume 1 of Contributions to Economic Analysis, Amsterdam: North-Holland.
 Centralization and Decentralization in Economic Policy, Amsterdam, 1954 .
 Economic Policy: Principles and Design, Amsterdam, 1956
 The Element of Space in Development Planning (together with L.B.M. Mennes and J.G. Waardenburg), Amsterdam, 1969
 The Dynamics of Business Cycles: A Study in Economic Fluctuations. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1974. .
 Der Dialog Nord-Süd: Informationen zur Entwicklungspolitik. Frankfurt am Main: Europ. Verlagsanstalt, 1977.
 Economic policy: Principles and Design. Amsterdam, 1978. .

References

Other websites

 TINBERGEN, Jan in: Biografisch Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbeweging in Nederland
 Jan Tinbergen College (Dutch website)
 IDEAS/RePEc
 Profile at The International Institute of Social Studies  (ISS)

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