Arnold Harberger

Arnold Harberger
Born (1924-07-27) July 27, 1924 (age 100)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materJohns Hopkins University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA, PhD)
Known forPublic finance
Spouse
Anita Valjalo
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(m. 1958; died 2013)​
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorLloyd Metzler
Doctoral studentsYoram Barzel
Gregory Chow
Sebastián Edwards
Zvi Griliches
Robert Lucas, Jr.
Richard Muth[1]
Marc Nerlove

Arnold Carl Harberger (born July 27, 1924) is an American economist. His approach to the teaching and practice of economics is to emphasize the use of analytical tools that are directly applicable to real-world issues. His influence on academic economics is reflected in part by the widespread use of the term "Harberger triangle" to refer to the standard graphical depiction of the efficiency cost of distortions of competitive equilibrium.[2]

  1. ^ "Richard Muth in the Mathematics Genealogy Project". Archived from the original on 2022-12-23. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  2. ^ Harberger, Arnold C. (September 1971). "Three Basic Postulates for Applied Welfare Economics: An Interpretive Essay". Journal of Economic Literature. 9 (3): 785–797. JSTOR 2720975.