Wassily Leontief

Wassily Leontief
Born	Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief August 5, 1905(1905-08-05) Munich, German Empire
Died	February 5, 1999(1999-02-05) (aged 93) New York City, United States
Citizenship	Russian Empire, Soviet Union, United States
Fields	Economics
Institutions	University of Kiel New York University Harvard University
Alma mater	Frederick William University, (PhD) University of Leningrad, (MA)
Doctoral advisor	Ladislaus Bortkiewicz Werner Sombart
Doctoral students	Paul Samuelson Thomas Schelling Robert Solow Kenneth E. Iverson Vernon L. Smith Richard E. Quandt Hyman Minsky Khodadad Farmanfarmaian Dale W. Jorgenson Michael C. Lovell Karen R. Polenske F.M. Scherer[1]
Known for	Input-output analysis
Influences	Léon Walras
Influenced	George B. Dantzig
Notable awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1973)

Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief (Russian: Василий Васильевич Леонтьев; August 5, 1905 – February 5, 1999), was a Russian-American economist. He is known for his research on input-output analysis.

Leontief won the Nobel Committee's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1973, and four of his doctoral students have also been awarded the prize (Paul Samuelson 1970, Robert Solow 1987, Vernon L. Smith 2002, Thomas Schelling 2005).

References

---

Help Improve This Page: Please contact us to become an approved KidzSearch editor and provide your credentials. Provide feedback on this article in our Wassily Leontief Forum