Colin Clark (economist)
Colin Grant Clark (2 November 1905 – 4 September 1989) was a British-Australian economist and statistician. He worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia.[1] He created the use of gross national product (GNP) as the basis for studying national economies. He was on the Council of the Econometric Society from 1948 to 1952.[2]
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| Born | 2 November 1905 London, England |
| Died | 4 September 1989 (aged 83) Brisbane, Australia |
| Nationality | British/Australian |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | Oxford University, Cambridge University, Monash University, University of Queensland |
| Doctoral students | Sir Richard Stone V.K.R.V. Rao Sir Alexander Cairncross Hans Singer |
| Influenced | Angus Maddison |
Publication
Papers
- "A System of Equations Explaining the United States Trade Cycle, 1921 to 1941", Econometrica, Vol. 17, No. 2 (April 1949), pp. 93–124
- "The Economic Functions of a City in Relation to Its Size", Econometrica, Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1945), pp. 97–113
- "Economic Development in Communist China", The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 84, No. 2 (April 1976), pp. 239–264
- "Theory of Economic Growth", Econometrica, Vol. 17, Supplement: Report of the Washington Meeting (July 1949), pp. 112–116
- "The Measurement of National Wealth: Discussion", (with Milton Gilbert; J. R. N. Stone; Francois Perroux; D. K. Lieu; Evelpides; Francois Divisia; Tinbergen; Kuznets; Smithies; Shirras; MacGregor), Econometrica, Vol. 17, Supplement: Report of the Washington Meeting. (July 1949), pp. 255–272
- "A Critique of Russian Statistics by Colin Clark", Economica, May 1941, NS 8, p. 212.
Colin Clark (economist) Media
Clark's sector model of an economy undergoing technological change. In later stages, the Quaternary sector of the economy grows.
Carl Romme (left) and Clark receiving an honorary doctorate from Tilburg University in 1962. Clark's wife Marjorie stands between them.
Clark (left) and Carl Romme on stage
References
- ↑ "The college retains a small collection of his papers" (PDF). www.bnc.ox.ac.uk.
- ↑ "Welcome to the website of The Econometric Society An International Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics". Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2008.