Arnold Harberger
Arnold Harberger | |
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| Born | July 27, 1924 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (BA) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Public finance |
| Spouse |
Anita Valjalo
(m. 1958; died 2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
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| Doctoral advisor | Lloyd Metzler |
| Doctoral students | Yoram Barzel Gregory Chow Sebastián Edwards Zvi Griliches Robert Lucas, Jr. Richard Muth 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.