Frank Hahn
Frank Hahn | |
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| Born | 26 April 1925 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 29 January 2013 (aged 87) Cambridge, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Kaldor Lionel Robbins |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics |
| Institutions | University of Birmingham Cambridge University London School of Economics |
| Doctoral students | Christopher Bliss Douglas Gale Edwin Mills (economist) James Mirrlees David Newbery Stephen Nickell Subroto Roy (economist) Hamid Sabourian Anthony Shorrocks |
| Notable ideas | General equilibrium theory, critique of monetarism, monetary theory, Keynesian economics, Non-Walrasian economics, "Hahn's problem", Stability of general equilibrium |
| Website | |
Frank Horace Hahn FBA (26 April 1925 – 29 January 2013) was a British economist whose work focused on general equilibrium theory, monetary theory, Keynesian economics and critique of monetarism. A famous problem of economic theory, the conditions under which money, which is intrinsically worthless, can have a positive value in a general equilibrium, is called "Hahn's problem" after him. One of Hahn's main abiding concerns was the understanding of Keynesian (Non-Walrasian) outcomes in general equilibrium situations.