Abram Bergson
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Abram Bergson was an influential American economist best known for formalizing the concept of the social welfare function and shaping modern welfare economics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abram Bergson canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Joseph Schumpeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Francis A. Walker Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Abram Bergowitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | formalization of the social welfare function ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-04-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-04-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Johns Hopkins University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Brookings Institution
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Columbia University ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ U.S. Department of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Soviet economics
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comparative economic systems ⓘ economics ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| givenName | Abram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of welfare economics
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policy analysis of centrally planned economies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of Soviet economic performance
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foundations of modern welfare economics ⓘ social welfare function ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Economic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Abram Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | "A Reformulation of Certain Aspects of Welfare Economics" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of economics at Harvard University ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfNotableWork | 1938 ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
efficiency of centrally planned economies
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measurement of national income in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| residence |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lillian Aaronson Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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