Elhanan Helpman

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Elhanan Helpman
Onassis Prize
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Elhanan Helpman (Hebrew: אלחנן הלפמן, born March 30, 1946) is an Israeli

IDEAS/RePEc.[2]

Biography

Helpman was born in

Kyrgyz SSR, in 1946 and immigrated with his family to Israel. He had planned to study engineering, but soon changed his mind. Helpman recounts the story of a friend who studied economics, and often carried Samuelson's thick textbook to evening classes. When Helpman casually picked up the book to read, he simply could not stop. It was then he realized he would become an economist. His voracious reading across multiple fields would characterize his approach to knowledge, allowing him to research in many different fields.[3][4]

He graduated from Tel Aviv University twice, first with a

Ph.D.
in economics at Harvard. Returning immediately to Tel Aviv University, he was a lecturer and later a university professor (1974-2004). In 1997, having already made landmark contributions in three separate areas of economics, he agreed to return to Harvard University.

He is married to Ruth Helpman, and has two daughters. All three women are highly trained professionals. A renaissance man of many interests, his passion is opera.[5]

Career

Helpman's contributions include studies of the

new growth theory,'' which emphasize the roles of economies of scale and imperfect competition. Much of his work in trade, growth, and political economy is summarized in seven books: Market Structure and Foreign Trade (with Paul Krugman), Trade Policy and Market Structure (with Paul Krugman), Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy (with Gene Grossman
), Special Interest Politics (with Gene Grossman), Interest Groups and Trade Policy (with Gene Grossman), The Mystery of Economic Growth, and Understanding Global Trade.

Helpman has also studied the

Israeli economy and has been an active participant in Israeli policy debates. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Bank of Israel, the Council for National Planning, and the National Council for Research and Development. In addition, he was a member of the board of directors of Bank Hapoalim
.

Helpman has served on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, and served as Co-Editor of the

Onassis Prize, the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize, and the Israel Prize.[1]

Books for a General Audience

  • 2011. Understanding Global Trade. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. (Translated into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian and Spanish.)
  • 2004. The Mystery of Economic Growth. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. (Translated into Swedish, Chinese, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian and Japanese.)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b “Brief Biography and CV.” Harvard University.https://scholar.harvard.edu/helpman/biocv
  2. ^ “Top 10% Authors, as of May 2017.” IDEAS. https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.person.all.html
  3. ISBN 0-472-06685-4
    .
  4. doi:10.1017/S1365100599013061
  5. ^ “NBER Profile: Elhanan Helpman.” NBER. Summer 2000. http://www.nber.org/reporter/summer00/profiles
  6. ^ "Fellows | EEA". www.eeassoc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

External links

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