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Jan Tinbergen

1903 - 1994

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Jan Tinbergen ( TIN-bur-gən, Dutch: [jɑn ˈtɪmbɛrɣə(n)]; 12 April 1903 – 9 June 1994) was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential economists of the 20th century and one of the founding fathers of econometrics. His important contributions to econometrics include the development of the first macroeconometric models, the solution of the identification problem, and the understanding of dynamic models. Tinbergen was a founding trustee of Economists for Peace and Security. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Tinbergen is the 22nd most popular economist (up from 35th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Economist.

Jan Tinbergen was a Dutch economist who won the first Nobel Prize in Economics in 1969. He is most famous for his work on econometrics and the use of game theory to understand economic decision-making.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jan Tinbergen ranks 22 out of 414. Before him are Alfred Marshall, John Law, Ludwig von Mises, W. Arthur Lewis, Klaus Schwab, and William F. Sharpe. After him are Robert Lucas Jr., Ragnar Frisch, Paul Samuelson, Alexander Hamilton, Jean-Baptiste Say, and Joseph Stiglitz.

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Among people born in 1903, Jan Tinbergen ranks 15. Before him are Ernst Kaltenbrunner, C. F. Powell, Adolf Butenandt, Habib Bourguiba, Fernandel, and Mark Rothko. After him are Andrey Kolmogorov, Galeazzo Ciano, Vladimir Horowitz, Yasujirō Ozu, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Tamam Shud case. Among people deceased in 1994, Jan Tinbergen ranks 17. Before him are Linus Pauling, Burt Lancaster, Raul Julia, Dorothy Hodgkin, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Giulietta Masina. After him are Kurt Cobain, Harry Nilsson, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Melina Mercouri, and Andrei Chikatilo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Tinbergen ranks 45 out of 1,646. Before him are Guus Hiddink (1946), Rutger Hauer (1944), Marco van Basten (1964), Simon van der Meer (1925), Johan Huizinga (1872), and Rinus Michels (1928). After him are James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), William II of the Netherlands (1792), Jan Steen (1626), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), Max Euwe (1901), and Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Netherlands

Among economists born in Netherlands, Jan Tinbergen ranks 1. After him are Bernard Mandeville (1670), Tjalling Koopmans (1910), Mark Blaug (1927), Guido Imbens (1963), and Euclid Tsakalotos (1960).

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