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Ragnar Frisch
Economist

Ragnar Frisch

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Helping establish econometrics and sharing the first economics Nobel memorial prize.

Business-cycle modelling · Economics prize

Born
3 March 1895
Birthplace
Oslo, Norway
Died
31 January 1973

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Ragnar Frisch

Ragnar Frisch was a Norwegian economist who brought mathematical models and statistical measurement into the study of economic systems.

Early life

Family workshop

Trained as a goldsmith while studying economics in Oslo.

Research training

Completed a doctorate in mathematical statistics in 1926.

Career

  1. 1925

    University teaching

    Began teaching at the University of Oslo.

  2. 1930

    Econometric Society

    Helped found the international research society.

  3. 1931

    Oslo professorship

    Became professor of economics and statistics.

Selected work

Business-cycle modelling

Developed a quantitative account of economic fluctuations.

Economics prize

Shared the inaugural Nobel memorial economics prize with Jan Tinbergen.

Beyond work

Editorial work

Edited Econometrica during its first twenty-one years.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Borgens Atelier. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.