Evsey Domar | |
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Born |
Łódź, Russian Empire (now Poland) |
April 16, 1914
Died | April 1, 1997 Concord, Massachusetts |
(aged 82)
Nationality |
Russian American |
Field | Political economy |
School or tradition |
Post-Keynesian economics |
Alma mater |
University of California, Los Angeles University of Michigan Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor |
Alvin Hansen |
Doctoral students |
Robert Eisner Laura Tyson |
Influences | John Maynard Keynes, John A. Hobson |
Contributions | Harrod–Domar model |
Evsey David Domar (Russian: Евсей Давидович Домашевицкий, Domashevitsky; April 16, 1914 – April 1, 1997) was a Russian American economist, famous as co-author of the Harrod–Domar model.
Evsey Domar was born on April 16, 1914 in the Polish city of Łódź, which was part of Russia at that time. He was raised and educated in Russian Outer Manchuria, then emigrated to the United States in 1936.
He received a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA in 1939, a Master of Science from the University of Michigan in 1940, a Master of Science from Harvard University in 1943, and a doctorate from Harvard in 1947.
In 1946 Evsey Domar married Carola Rosenthal. The couple had two daughters.
He was a professor at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, The University of Chicago, the Johns Hopkins University and then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1957 until the end of his career.
Evsey Domar was president of the Association for Comparative Economics and a member of several other academic organizations including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He was on the executive committee of the American Economic Association from 1962 until 1965, and became the organization's vice president in 1970.