Ragnar Frisch (1895-1973) was a Norwegian economist, joint winner with Jan Tinbergen of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, awarded in 1969. He coined the term econometrics in 1926 and the terms microeconomics and macroeconomics in 1933, and co-founded the Econometric Society, shaping economics as a quantitative, model-based discipline. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Jan Tinbergen, Economists Why this is disputed. Tinbergen's econometric modelling drew a lively multi-party methodological debate naming Frisch directly; the two also shared the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1969) for jointly developing dynamic economic models. First direct edge between them on this atlas; both were hollow (in-category only) before this row.
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He coined the term econometrics in 1926 for utilising statistical methods to describe economic systems, as well as the terms microeconomics and macroeconomics in 1933.
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3 March 1895
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31 January 1973
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Wikimedia FoundationDebated With: Jan Tinbergen, Jan Tinbergen, Econometrics sectionQuote, Debated With: Jan Tinbergen, Jan Tinbergen, Econometrics section
Tinbergen's econometric modelling lead to a lively debate with several known participants including J.M. Keynes, Ragnar Frisch and Milton Friedman.
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