Axel Leijonhufvud papers, 1953-1980 and undated

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Axel Leijonhufvud papers, 1953-1980 and undated

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/leijonhufvud/

Swedish economist, currently professor emeritus at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and professor at the University of Trento, Italy. The papers of economist Axel Leijonhufvud date from 1953-1980 and consist of correspondence, writing, research, and lecture notes pertaining to Leijonhufvud's career as a Keynesian economist and professor. Contents range from Leijonhufvud's work at the University of Pittsburgh as a graduate student to the early years of his professorship at the University of California at Los Angeles, including a sizeable amount of written work from his time at Northwestern University as a Ph.D. candidate and lecture notes from his time at the University of Lund in Sweden. Topics in economic thought include macroeconomic theory, especially as it pertains to finance; instability and disequilibrium economics; monetary theory and policies; inflation; banking; market systems; Keynesian thought; and the history of economics in general. A few items are in Swedish.

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Leijonhufvud, Axel.

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Economist and professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. From the description of Papers, 1958-1973. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 37687186 Swedish economist, currently professor emeritus at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and professor at the University of Trento, Italy. Leijonhufvud's main areas of academic research include economic theory, monetary theory, and the history of economic doctrines. ...