Arthur Spiethoff

Arthur August Kaspar Spiethoff ( born May 13, 1873 in Dusseldorf, † April 4, 1957 in Tübingen ) was a German economist.

Biographical

Spiethoff was born in 1873 in Dusseldorf. After studying economics at the Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Berlin, he was there until 1908 Wizard of Gustav von Schmoller, one of the most important representatives of the so-called of the younger Historical School of Economics. During his Assitentenzeit he earned his doctorate at February 18, 1905 with a dissertation on "Contributions to analysis and theory of general economic crises ". 1907 and his habilitation. Following this, he became a full professor at the German -speaking Karl- Ferdinand University in Prague, one of the then leading universities in Central Europe. After the First World War he was appointed the Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Bonn, where he became professor emeritus in 1939.

Importance

Spiethoff considered one of the founders of modern economic research in economies. As his Bulgarian colleague Albert Aftalion pointed Spiethoff one of the first points to the accelerator principle.

Honors

Works

  • Gustav von Schmoller and the German historical economics, together with a couple of Gustav Schmoller. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1938.
  • Floor and flat in the market economy especially, in the Rhineland. Fischer, Jena, 1934.
  • Festschrift for Werner Sombart on the seventieth anniversary of his birth January 19, 1933. Duncker & Humblot, Munich 1933.
  • The state and the immediate future of economic research, together with a couple Gustav Clausing and Joseph Alois Schumpeter. Duncker & Humblot, Munich 1933.
  • Austria's finance and war, together with a couple Franz Meisel. Duncker & Humblot, Munich; Leipzig 1915.
  • The influence of gold production on the pricing of 1890-1913 ( Multipart works ). Duncker & Humblot, Munich.
  • The economic rapprochement between the German Empire and its allies. ( Multipart works ) Duncker & Humblot, Munich.
  • Contributions to the study of economic change documents: boom, crisis, stagnation
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