Elhanan Helpman
| Elhanan Helpman | |
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| Born |
March 30, 1946 Jalal-Abad, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) |
| Nationality | Israeli American |
| Institution |
Harvard University Tel Aviv University (Emeritus) |
| Field | Political economy |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (Ph.D.) Tel Aviv University (M.A.) |
| Doctoral advisor |
Richard E. Caves Hendrik S. Houthakker |
| Doctoral students |
Paula Bustos |
| Influences |
Eitan Berglas Menahem Yaari[] |
| Contributions |
International trade Economic growth |
| Awards | Israel Prize (1991), 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Elhanan Helpman (Hebrew: אלחנן הלפמן, born March 30, 1946) is an Israeli-American economist who works in the field of international trade, political economy and economic growth.
Born in the Soviet Union, the family moved to Poland, where he attended a Jewish school. Later his family immigrated to Israel, where he completed elementary and high school. Initially he wanted to study engineering, but during his military service from 1963 to 1966 he decided to study economics after reading a copy of Paul Samuelson's Economics. He graduated with a B.A. in economics and statistics from Tel Aviv University in 1969. He continued his education at Tel Aviv University and graduated with a M.A. in economics in 1971. He enrolled at Harvard University in 1971 and graduated with a Ph.D. in economics in 1974. He returned to Israel, where he was a lecturer and later a university professor from 1974 to 2004 at Tel Aviv University. Since 1997 he is also a professor of economics at Harvard University.
He was an active participant in Israeli policy debates, and was a member of the advisory board of the Bank of Israel, the Council for National Planning and the National Council for Research and Development. He is married to Ruth Helpman, who is a financial analyst. Together they have two daughters.
As weel he was awarded a Honorary Doctorate by the Catholic University of Louvain and by the University of Warsaw, received the Mahalanobis Memorial Medal, the Bernhard Harms Prize, the Rothschild Prize, the EMET Prize, the Nemmers Prize and the Onassis Prize.
Helpman received the 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economy, Finance and Management for his outstanding work in two key areas in modern economics: international trade and output growth.
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