Dirk Bernard Joseph (Dick) Schouten (25 January 1923 – 3 February 2018) was a Dutch
economist
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, and Professor of General Economics and Economic History at
Tilburg University
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, known for his work concerning
macroeconomic modelling.
Biography
Schouten received his PhD from
Tilburg University
Tilburg University is a public university, public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands.
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in 1950 with a thesis entitled
De overheidsfinanciën in de volkshuishouding : een macro-economische studie over de betekenis van de openbare financiën op lange termijn voor de omvang, de verdeling en de besteding van het nationaal inkomen, supervised by M.J.H. Smeets.
After his graduation, Schouten kept working for the
Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
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. In 1954, he got appointed Professor of Economics and History of Economics at Tilburg University. Among his doctoral students were
Theo van de Klundert
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Born in Herwen en Aerdt, Van de Klundert received his PhD (cum laude) in 1962 at ...
(PhD 1962),
Piet A. Verheyen (PhD 1962),
Ad Kolnaar
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(PhD 1969) and
Wim van den Goorbergh
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(PhD 1978). In 1988, he retired as Professor of Economics at Tilburg University. On this occasion, Ad Kolnaar described his scientific career i
Schouten als wetenschapper(Maandschrift Economie, 52(2), 81-86).
From 1958 to 1992, Schouten was crown member of the
Social-Economic Council
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. He was elected a member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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in 1975.
He died on 3 February 2018 at the age of 95.
Publications
Schouten authored and co-authored numerous publications. A selection from his books includes:
* 1952. ''De sociale verzekering in de volkshuishouding''. With
Gerard Veldkamp
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. Amsterdam : Veen.
* 1957. ''Exacte economie : een samenvatting van de economische theorie in de vorm van tien algemeen-economische modellen''. Leiden : Stenfert Kroese.
* 1960. ''Groeitheorie''. With
Folkert de Roos
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...
. Haarlem : Bohn
* 1967. ''Dynamische macro-economie''. With
A.H.J. Kolnaar. Leiden : Stenfert Kroese
[In ''Economisch en sociaal tijdschrift'' (1968). Vol 22, p. 485 this work is credited with the words: "Dit tweedelig werk van de bekende Nederlandse economist Prof. D.B.J. Schouten betekent een belangrijke bijdrage tot de synthese van conjunctuur- en structuurtheorie, geïntegreerd in de macro-economische groeitheorie."]
* 1980. ''Macht en Wanorde: een vergelijking van economische stelsels''. Leiden: Stenfert Kroese, pp. 1-270.
* 1986. ''Het Wankele Evenwicht in de Economie''. Leiden: Stenfert Kroese.
Articles, a selection:
* Schouten, D. B. J., and J. Lips.
National accounts and policy models" Review of Income and Wealth 4.1 (1955): 78-100.
References
External links
D.B.J. SCHOUTENat knaw.nl
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1923 births
2018 deaths
Dutch economists
Tilburg University alumni
Academic staff of Tilburg University
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Writers from Frankfurt