Ronald Findlay
Ronald Edsel Findlay (April 12, 1935 – October 8, 2021)[2] was an economist and trade theorist. He was Professor of Economics at Columbia University, New York.
Ronald E. Findlay | |
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| Born | April 12, 1935 Rangoon, Burma |
| Died | October 8, 2021 (aged 86) Austin, Texas |
| Institution | Columbia University |
| Alma mater | Rangoon University (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert M. Solow[1] |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
He was born in Rangoon, Burma during British colonial rule.[2] He has a BA from Rangoon University, Burma (1954) and a PhD from MIT (1960). He worked at Rangoon University as an economist first as a tutor (1954–57), then as a lecturer (1960–66), and finally as a research professor of (1966–68).[3]
He joined Columbia in 1969 first as a visiting professor and was appointed a professor in 1970. His research focus has been on international trade and economic development, and he takes what has been described as a political economy perspective.[3] He became a U.S. citizen in 1976.
Selected publications
Selected publications include:
- with Kevin H. O'Rourke, 2007, "Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium", Princeton University Press
- with Ronald W. Jones, 2001, "Input Trade and the Location of Production", The American Economic Review
- 1996 "Modeling Global Interdependence: Centers, Peripheries, and Frontiers", The American Economic Review
- with Richard Clarida, 1992, "Government, Trade, and Comparative Advantage", The American Economic Review (1992);
- 1992 "The Roots of Divergence: Western Economic History in Comparative Perspective", The American Economic Review
- with Stanislaw Wellisz, 1988, "The State and the Invisible Hand", World Bank Research Observer
- 1984 "Trade and Development: Theory and Asian Experience", Asian Development Review, Vol 2, No. 2
- An "Austrian" Model of International Trade and Interest Rate Equalization, in Journal of Political Economy
See also
References
- Findlay, Ronald Edsel (1960), Essays on some theoretical aspects of economic growth. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Lanesays, Philip (2021-10-15). "Ronald Findlay, 1935-2021". The Irish Economy. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- "Columbia University: SIPA - Biography of Ronald E. Findlay". Columbia University. 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2014-12-08.