Frank Hahn | |
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Born | Berlin, Germany | 26 April 1925
Died | 29 January 2013 Cambridge, England | (aged 87)
Nationality | British |
Academic career | |
Field | Economics |
Institutions | University of Birmingham Cambridge University London School of Economics |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Kaldor Lionel Robbins |
Doctoral students | Christopher Bliss Douglas Gale Edwin Mills (economist) James Mirrlees David Newbery Stephen Nickell Subroto Roy (economist) Hamid Sabourian Anthony Shorrocks |
Contributions | General equilibrium theory, critique of monetarism, monetary theory, Keynesian economics, Non-Walrasian economics, "Hahn's problem", Stability of general equilibrium |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Frank Horace Hahn FBA (26 April 1925 – 29 January 2013) was a British economist whose work focused on general equilibrium theory, monetary theory, Keynesian economics and critique of monetarism.[1][2] A famous problem of economic theory, the conditions under which money, which is intrinsically worthless, can have a positive value in a general equilibrium, is called "Hahn's problem" after him. One of Hahn's main abiding concerns was the understanding of Keynesian (Non-Walrasian) outcomes in general equilibrium situations.