Eli Heckscher

Eli Filip Heckscher (* November 24, 1879 in Stockholm, † 23 December 1952 ) was a Swedish political economist and economic historian.

Life

Eli Filip Heckscher was born into a prominent Jewish family; his parents were Isidor Heckscher, the Danish merchant, and Rosa May early 1870s the family moved from Hamburg to Stockholm, as Isidor Heckscher should participate in his brother's bank. 1896 Heckscher concluded his secondary education at Nora Latin grammar school and then took up his studies in history at the University of Uppsala. Due to his broad interest, he also began to study economics. In 1904, he put his final examination with the work Till belysning av järnvägarnas betydelse promote Svenges ekonomiska UTVECKLING (For the significance of the railroad for the economic development of Sweden ) from. From 1904 Heckscher was assistant of Gustav Cassel at the Stockholm School of Economics; five years later became Heckscher his doctorate degree. From 1909 to 1929 he was professor of economics and economic geography at the Stockholm School of Economics and also wrote many newspaper articles for general and specialized newspapers.

He wrote important works on mercantilism and other historical topics such as the Continental System and the Swedish economic history. In 1919 Heckscher wrote in the essay reflected the effects of international action on the distribution of income ideas that Bertil Ohlin were by much later than Heckscher- Ohlin theorem for the explanation of international trade.

Heckscher was a member of the Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (1919), the Kungliga Samfundet promote utgivande av handskrifter rörande Scandinavia historia (1919), the Kungliga Vetenskaps -och Vitterhetssamhället i Göteborg (1925 ), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1932) and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences ( 1933). The University of Copenhagen in 1929 awarded him with an honorary doctorate.

Heckscher's son Gunnar Heckscher and grandchildren Sten Heckscher later became well-known Swedish politician.

Writings

• Mercantilism. Authorized translation from the Swedish by Gerhard Mackenroth. First volume. Publisher of Gustav Fischer in Jena in 1932.
• International Trade and Economic History: Edited by Ronald Findlay, Rolf G.