Jacques Drèze
Jacques H. Drèze (5 August 1929 – 25 September 2022) was a Belgian economist noted for his contributions to economic theory, econometrics, and economic policy as well as for his leadership in the economics profession. Drèze was the first President of the European Economic Association in 1986 and was the President of the Econometric Society in 1970.
Jacques H. Drèze | |
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| Born | 5 August 1929 Verviers, Belgium |
| Died | 25 September 2022 (aged 93) |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Université catholique de Louvain University of Chicago (1963–1968) Cornell University (1971–1977) |
| Field | Economic theory Economic policy Econometrics Statistics Operations research |
| School or tradition | Mathematical economics |
| Alma mater | Université de Liège (Licencié) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Vickrey |
| Doctoral students | Franz Palm |
| Influences | Kenneth J. Arrow Robert J. Aumann Edmond Malinvaud Franco Modigliani Leonard Jimmie Savage |
| Contributions | Drèze equilibrium with price rationing Disequilibrium macroeconomics and econometrics Policies to combat unemployment Public economics Bayesian simultaneous equations |
| Awards | President, Econometric Society (1970) President, International Economic Association (1996–1999) (Inaugural) President, European Economic Association (1985–1986) Walras-Bowley Lecture (1976) Yrjö Jahnsson Lecturer (1983) Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences (1993) Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Foreign Member, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences Corresponding Fellow, British Academy (1990) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Jacques Drèze was also the father of five sons. One son is the economist, Jean Drèze, who is known for his work on poverty and hunger in India (some of which has been in collaboration with Amartya K. Sen); another son, Xavier Drèze, was a professor of Marketing at UCLA.
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