Hendrik S. Houthakker
Hendrik S. Houthakker | |
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.jpg) Hendrik S Houthakker (1969) | |
| Born | December 31, 1924 |
| Died | April 15, 2008 (aged 83) Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Education | University of Amsterdam |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Harvard University Stanford University |
| Field | Behavioral economics Econometrics |
| Doctoral students | Christopher A. Sims Elhanan Helpman |
| Influences | Richard Stone |
Hendrik Samuel Houthakker (December 31, 1924 – April 15, 2008) was a Dutch-American economist.
Life and career
Houthakker was born in
Houthakker's contributions to economic theory have been summarized by Pollak (1990).
Houthakker's wife, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, was a Polish-born philosopher and founder of the World Phenomenology Institute; they were married for 52 years, up to his death. Through her he became friendly with Karol Wojtyła, subsequently Pope John Paul II.
Barack Obama Sr. (Barack Obama's father) worked as a research assistant for Houthakker over the summer in 1963 at Harvard.[6]
Selected bibliography
- Houthakker, Hendrik S. (1959), "The scope and limits of futures trading", in OCLC 490147128.
References
- ^ "Hendrik Samuel Houthakker (1924-2008) Academic/Scholar". New Netherland Institute.
- ^ Hendrik Samuel Houthakker: 31 december 1924-15 april 2008
- ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2016-07-23.
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- JSTOR 2549382.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- Bernstein, Adam (2008-04-23). "Hendrik Houthakker, 83; Economist, Nixon Adviser". Obituaries. Washington Post. p. B07. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- Valley News, 19 April 2003, article and interview with Houthakker.
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