Assar Lindbeck#
Sadly, this member passed away. | |
Membership Number: | 191 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
Elected: | 1989 |
Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Assar Lindbeck passed away August 28, 2020.
Positions Held
- 1971-1995 Professor of international economics, Stockholm University, and Director of the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University
- 1970 Visiting Fellow, National University of Australia, Canberra,
- 1969 Ford Rotating Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- 1968-1969 Wesley Clair Mitchell Research Professor, Columbia University, USA
- 1964-1971 Professor in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics
- 1963 Acting Professor in economics at the University of Stockholm
- 1962-1963 Docent (Reader) in economics at the University of Stockholm
- 1959-1960 Lecturer in economics at the University of Stockholm
Fields of Scholarship
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
- Public Economics
- Labor Economics
- International Economics
- Economic Systems and Economic Structures
- Methodology and History of Economic Thought
- Swedish Economy
Honours and Awards
- 1970 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
- 1971 Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences
- 1972 Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences 1972- of the Danish Academy of Sciences
- 1995 Member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences
- 1988 Honorary Doctor of Science (Economics), London University
- 1989 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1969-1994 Member of the Committee for Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Chairman 1980-94)
- 1988 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1991-1993 Member of Advisory Board of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) London
- 1992 Member of Advisory Board of Center for Economic Policy Research (CERP) London
- 1991 President of the European Economic Association
- 2006 Honorary Doctor of the University of Iceland
- Honorary Member of The American Economic Association
- The Ann-Kersti and Carl-Hakon Swenson Prize 2011 for research in the Humanities and Social Sciences awarded by The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien)
- The Myrdal Prize of 2010 for best article of the year in Ekonomisk Debatt – “Lärdomar av finanskrisen” (Lessons from the Financial Crisis) – awarded by the Swedbank
- The Great Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, 2001
- The Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy 1996, Rhodes College, Memphis
- The Bernard Harms Prize in international economics of 1996, Kiel Institute
- The Söderberg Prize 1987 for contributions to economic or legal research
- Cultural Prize from Natur och Kultur (publishing house) 1981
- Prize from the Olle Engkvist Foundation 1980 for scholarly work
- Popular science publication award, donated by the Albert Bonnier Centennial Memorial Foundation 1978
- The Herbert Tingsten Prize 1977 for important contribution in the spirit of Herbert Tingsten
- The Arnberg Prize 1964 from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the dissertation "A study in monetary analysis" published 1963
- The Erik Lindahl Prize 1963 awarded to younger Swedish researchers in economics