Business cycle analysis was at the centre of attention in economics during Ragnar Frisch's formative years as a young economist. Frisch was concerned about the inability of modern economies to prevent economic fluctuations from playing havoc with the livelihood of millions. After first studying...

The memo consists of six papers on a common theme: applying economic analysis to subjects at the time, 1972, considered non-economic. The first paper considers changes in preferences. The second considers strategies of a regime and its opposition. The third discusses collective decision making...

Artikkelen redegjør innledningsvis for opprettelsen av statsøkonomisk eksamen i 1905 – den viktigste begivenhet i økonomifagets utvikling ved universitetet i de første 100 år av dets historie – og behandler deretter begivenheter som utspilte seg i 1910-20. I 1910 ble det for annen gang...

The article reviews the early history of the Cowles Commission, its close and intertwined relations with the Econometric Society (ES), and the influence and guidance of Ragnar Frisch. It provides much detail on the three rounds of choosing a research director, in 1937-38, in 1939 and at the end...

The paper traces the roots of Leif Johansen’s 1960 monograph A Multi-Sectoral Study of Economic Growth, recognized as the first computable general equilibrium (cge) model. Although Johansen might have been much attracted towards a purely theoretical study of a multi-sectoral equilibrium growth...

The journal of the Econometric Society, Econometrica, was established in 1933 and edited by Ragnar Frisch for the first 22 years. As a new journal Econometrica had three key characteristics. First, it was devoted to a research program stated in few but significant words in the constitution of...

Artikkelen behandler begivenheter som utspilte seg i 1876-77. I Stortinget ble det fremmet forslag om opprettelse av et professorat i statsøkonomi og statistikk. Forslaget fikk tilslutning av et stort flertall og etter Kongens godkjenning ble det umiddelbart satt ut i livet. Dette var det...

Ragnar Frisch’s concept of econometrics was broader in scope than the more restricted connotation it has today as a sub-discipline of economics, it may be more properly rendered as a reconstruction of economics along principles inspired and drawn from natural sciences. In this reconstruction...

Klein can well be said to have created the field of macroeconometric modeling almost singlehandedly. His international influence started at an early stage. The article offers scattered archive observations on Klein's early years from undergraduate study to the University of Pennsylvania in 1958....