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'''Albert K. Ando''' (1929 – 19 September 2002) was a [[Japan]]ese-born economist. |
'''Albert K. Ando''' ({{nihongo|'''アルバート安藤'''|||15 November 1929 – 19 September 2002}}) was a [[Japan]]ese-born economist. |
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He came to the [[United States]] after World War II. He received his B.S. in economics from the University of Seattle in 1951, his M.A. in economics from [[St. Louis University]] in 1953, and an M.S. in economics in 1956 and a Ph.D. in mathematical economics in 1959 from [[Carnegie Institute of Technology]] (now [[Carnegie Mellon University]]). At Carnegie Mellon he collaborated, among others, with [[Herbert A. Simon]] on questions regarding aggregation and causation in economic systems and with [[Franco Modigliani]] on the |
He was born in [[Tokyo]], as a member of family running Ando Corporation, a major construction company. He didn't join the family business, and came to the [[United States]] after World War II. He received his B.S. in economics from the University of Seattle in 1951, his M.A. in economics from [[St. Louis University]] in 1953, and an M.S. in economics in 1956 and a Ph.D. in mathematical economics in 1959 from [[Carnegie Institute of Technology]] (now [[Carnegie Mellon University]]). At Carnegie Mellon he collaborated, among others, with [[Herbert A. Simon]] on questions regarding aggregation and causation in economic systems and with [[Franco Modigliani]] on the [[life-cycle hypothesis|life cycle analysis of saving, spending, and income]]. |
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[[life-cycle hypothesis|life cycle analysis of saving, spending, and income]]. |
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Albert Ando was a tenured professor of economics and finance at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] from 1967 until his death. |
Albert Ando was a tenured professor of economics and finance at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] from 1967 until his death, by leukemia in 2002. |
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==Awards, fellowships== |
==Awards, fellowships== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v49/n06/deaths.html Obituary] written by [[Lawrence Klein]]. |
*[http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v49/n06/deaths.html Obituary] written by [[Lawrence Klein]]. |
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*[http://www2.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~seido/DP/p78_Horioka.pdf Empirical Analysis of Economic Institutions Discussion Paper Series No.78] written by [[Charles Yuji Horioka]], October 15, 2005. |
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Revision as of 05:15, 20 October 2012
Albert K. Ando (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help)) was a Japanese-born economist.
He was born in Tokyo, as a member of family running Ando Corporation, a major construction company. He didn't join the family business, and came to the United States after World War II. He received his B.S. in economics from the University of Seattle in 1951, his M.A. in economics from St. Louis University in 1953, and an M.S. in economics in 1956 and a Ph.D. in mathematical economics in 1959 from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). At Carnegie Mellon he collaborated, among others, with Herbert A. Simon on questions regarding aggregation and causation in economic systems and with Franco Modigliani on the life cycle analysis of saving, spending, and income.
Albert Ando was a tenured professor of economics and finance at the University of Pennsylvania from 1967 until his death, by leukemia in 2002.
Awards, fellowships
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1970.
- Fellow, Econometric Society.
- Alexander Henderson Award, 1955.
External links
- Obituary written by Lawrence Klein.
- Empirical Analysis of Economic Institutions Discussion Paper Series No.78 written by Charles Yuji Horioka, October 15, 2005.
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