Yves Balasko is a French economist working in
England
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. He was born in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
on 9 August 1945 to a Hungarian father and a French mother. After studying mathematics at the
École Normale Supérieure
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
in Paris he became interested in economics. He subsequently spent six years at
Électricité de France
Électricité de France S.A. (literally ''Electricity of France''), commonly known as EDF, is a French multinational electric utility company, largely owned by the French state. Headquartered in Paris, with €71.2 billion in revenues in 2 ...
where he was involved in the application of the theory of marginal cost pricing to electricity pricing. While at Électricité de France, he proved his first results on the structure of the equilibrium manifold in the theory of general equilibrium. After completing his dissertation on "L'équilibre économique du point de vue differentiel" (English: "The Economic equilibrium from the differential point of view"), he had positions at the Universities of Paris XII, Paris I, Geneva and York. In 2013, he held a visiting scholar position at
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio) is a Jesuit, Catholic, pontifical university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the joint responsibility of the Catholic Ar ...
, in
Brazil
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. Since 2014, he has returned to York University.
He is a Fellow of the
Econometric Society
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since 1980. He is also a Vice President of the
Society for Economic Measurement (SEM)
The Society for Economic Measurement, or SEM, is a scientific learned society in the field of economics. It was founded on August 24, 2013 by William A. Barnett in order to "promote research on economic measurement, using advanced tools from econo ...
.
In
mathematical economics
Mathematical economics is the application of mathematical methods to represent theories and analyze problems in economics. Often, these applied methods are beyond simple geometry, and may include differential and integral calculus, difference an ...
, Balasko has worked on
general equilibrium theory
In economics, general equilibrium theory attempts to explain the behavior of supply, demand, and prices in a whole economy with several or many interacting markets, by seeking to prove that the interaction of demand and supply will result in an ov ...
, the
overlapping generations model
The overlapping generations (OLG) model is one of the dominating frameworks of analysis in the study of macroeconomic dynamics and economic growth. In contrast, to the Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans neoclassical growth model in which individuals are ...
and the theory of
incomplete asset markets. In his research, Balasko uses
topology
In mathematics, topology (from the Greek language, Greek words , and ) is concerned with the properties of a mathematical object, geometric object that are preserved under Continuous function, continuous Deformation theory, deformations, such ...
.
Books
* ''Foundations of the Theory of General Equilibrium'', 1988, .
* ''The Equilibrium Manifold: Postmodern Developments in the Theory of General Economic Equilibrium'', 2009,
* ''General Equilibrium Theory of Value'', 2011,
External links
Yves Balasko's personal webpage
1945 births
Living people
General equilibrium theorists
Fellows of the Econometric Society
École Normale Supérieure alumni
Mathematical economists
Électricité de France people
20th-century French economists
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro faculty
21st-century French economists
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