Anton Peter Barten (14 January 1930 – 15 June 2016)Barten, A.P.
in ''De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008'', p. 251. was a Dutch economist. Barten was born in

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. He studied economics at the

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and obtained his PhD at the

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. He worked at the

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at the same university in the late 1950s. He there developed in interest in

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. In 1966 Barten started working at the

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, which had been set up by

Jacques Drèze Jacques H. Drèze (5 August 1929 – 25 September 2022) was a Belgian economist noted for his contributions to economic theory, econometrics, and economic policy as well as for his leadership in the economics profession. Drèze was the first P ...

. In the late 1980s Barten was involved in setting up the Center for Economic Research at

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(centER) in the Netherlands. He became the first director of the center. Barten later returned to Leuven, to take up a position at the

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. In 2008 Barten was awarded the

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medal by Tilburg University for his role in the foundation of centER. Barten became a corresponding member of the

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in 1984. He became member of the

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in 1990. He was a Fellow of the

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. Barten died in

.OBITUARY Anton Barten (1930-2016)
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Profile at KU Leuven
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barten, Anton 1930 births 2016 deaths Dutch economists Econometricians Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Fellows of the Econometric Society KU Leuven faculty Members of Academia Europaea Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Scientists from Amsterdam Tilburg University faculty University of Amsterdam alumni