Trygve Haavelmo
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Trygve Haavelmo Net Worth

Trygve Haavelmo was a Norwegian economist and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1989 for his contributions to the field of economics. He was the first Nobel Prize winner for econometric work and was known for his avoidance of publicity and public debate. He was an excellent teacher and had a great influence on succeeding Norwegian economists, inspiring many of his students to pursue economics. His intelligence and interest in economics led to the development of innovative approaches to economic issues, and he opened up econometrics with a focus on mathematics and statistics. His work has earned him a prominent place in the field of economics.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Economist
Birth Day December 13, 1911
Birth Place Skedsmo, Norwegian
Age 109 YEARS OLD
Died On 26 July 1999(1999-07-26) (aged 87)\nOslo, Norway
Birth Sign Capricorn
Institution University of Aarhus University of Chicago University of Oslo University College London
Field Macroeconomics, econometrics
School or tradition Neo-Keynesian economics
Alma mater University of Oslo
Influences John Maynard Keynes Ragnar Frisch Jan Tinbergen
Contributions Probability approach in econometrics Balanced budget multiplier
Awards Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1989)

💰 Net worth

Trygve Haavelmo, a renowned economist hailing from Norway, is expected to have a net worth ranging between $100,000 and $1 million in the year 2024. As a prominent figure in the field of economics, Haavelmo has made significant contributions through his research and expertise. His work has been highly influential, particularly in the field of econometrics, where he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1989. Haavelmo's expertise and contributions make him a highly respected figure within the economic community, and his estimated net worth reflects his achievements and recognition in this field.

Biography/Timeline

1930

After attending Oslo Cathedral School, he received a degree in economics from the University of Oslo in 1930 and eventually joined the Institute of Economics with the recommendation of Ragnar Frisch. Haavelmo was Frisch’s assistant for a period of time until he was appointed as head of computations for the institute. In 1936, Haavelmo studied statistics at University College London (autumn 1936) while he subsequently traveled to Berlin, Geneva, and Oxford for additional studies. Trygve Haavelmo assumed a lecturing position at the University of Aarhus in 1938 for one year and then in the subsequent year was offered an academic scholarship to travel abroad and study in the United States. During World War II he worked with Nortraship in the Statistical Department in New York City. He received his Ph.D. in 1946 for his work on The Probability Approach in Econometrics.

1948

He was a Professor of economics and statistics at the University of Oslo between 1948–79 and was the trade department head of division from 1947–48. Haavelmo acquires a prominent position in modern economics through his logical critique of a series of custom conceptions in mathematical analysis.

1989

In 1989, Haavelmo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics "for his clarification of the probability theory foundations of econometrics and his analyses of simultaneous economic structures."

1999

Haavelmo resided at Østerås. He died on 28 July 1999 in Oslo.

2018

Judea Pearl wrote "Haavelmo was the first to recognize the capacity of economic Models to guide policies" and "presented a mathematical procedure that takes an arbitrary model and produces quantitative answers to policy questions". According to Pearl, "Haavelmo's paper, ‘The Statistical Implications of a System of Simultaneous Equations’, marks a pivotal turning point, not in the statistical implications of econometric Models, as historians typically presume, but in their causal counterparts." Haavelmo's idea that an economic model depicts a series of hypothetical experiments and that policies can be simulated by modifying equations in the model became the basis of all currently used formalisms of econometric causal inference. (The biostatistics and epidemiology literature on causal inference draws from different sources.) It was first operationalized by Robert H. Strotz and Herman Wold (1960) who advocated "wiping out" selected equations, and then translated into graphical Models as "wiping out" incoming arrows. This operation has subsequently led to Pearl's "do"-calculus and to a mathematical theory of counterfactuals in econometric Models. Pearl further speculates that the reason economists do not generally appreciate these revolutionary contributions of Haavelmo is because economists themselves have still not reached consensus of what an economic model stands for, as attested by profound disagreements among econometric textbooks.

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