Frank Hahn

Frank Horace Hahn ( born April 26, 1925 in Berlin, † January 29, 2013 in Cambridge ) was a German-born British economist.

Life

Frank Hahn came with his family in 1938 over Czechoslovakia ( 1931-1938 ) to the UK. Under Nicholas Kaldor and Lionel Robbins, he later studied economics at the London School of Economics. As a lecturer he was a member from 1948 to the academic staff of the University of Birmingham, before he moved on to the University of Cambridge in 1960. In 1967 he returned to the London School of Economics, where he was appointed a full professor. Five years later he moved again to the University of Cambridge, where he remained until his retirement in 1992. 1990 to 1996 he was a professor at the University of Siena, where he was responsible for the doctoral program. Italy subsequently remained his primary residence.

Hahn contributed with basic work to the understanding and development of general equilibrium theory and the theory of money. Starting from the thesis of John Richard Hicks ', an economic model must represent as many elements of the economic process, he came to terms with the possibilities and limits of theories. He proved to be a critic of all economics schools and attempted to identify weaknesses in each case.

Contributions made ​​cock next to the basis of the general equilibrium theory in particular to the stability of equilibria, monetary theory in sequential economies and the consideration of economic growth in the model. In many works, he was there co-author of renowned scientists, including names such as Kenneth Arrow, Robert M. Solow, Takashi Negishi or Robin Matthews.

1968 Hahn served as President of the Econometric Society, and between 1986 and 1989 as President of the Royal Economic Society.

Frank Hahn died on January 29, 2013 after a short illness.