R. G. D. Allen

Sir Roy George Douglas Allen CBE
Allen in 1978
Born	(1906-06-03)3 June 1906 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Died	29 September 1983(1983-09-29) (aged 77)[1] Southwold, Suffolk, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Known for	Partial elasticity of substitution
Awards	Guy Medal (gold, 1978)
Scientific career
Fields	Statistics
Institutions	London School of Economics

Sir Roy George Douglas Allen, CBE, FBA (3 June 1906 – 29 September 1983) was an English economist, mathematician and statistician, also member of the International Statistical Institute.

Persons

Allen was born in Worcester and educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, from which he won a scholarship to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He gained a First Class Honours in Mathematics, ranking top of his year as the Senior Wrangler.

He became a lecturer at the London School of Economics (LSE) later becoming Professor of Statistics. He wrote many papers and books on mathematical economics including the famous paper on A Reconsideration of the Theory of Value published in Economics in 1934 with Sir John Hicks. Other books include: Mathematical Analysis for Economists (1938), Statistics for Economists (1949), Mathematical Economics (1956), and Macroeconomic Theory (1967).

Allen was knighted in 1966 for his services to economics and became president of the Royal Statistical Society, who awarded him the Guy Medal in Gold in 1978. He was also treasurer of the British Academy of which he was a fellow (FBA).

He introduced the concept of "partial elasticity of substitution" to economics in his famous 1938 book "Mathematical Analysis for Economists".

Allen became a fellow of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge and died in 1983. He had a son Jeremy who was a co-founder of the consultancy International Planning and Research and a grandson Dion aka Neon.

간행물(선택)

• "무관심곡선의 특성" 1934년 RES
• "수요의 아크탄성 개념", 1934, RES
• "가치론의 재론" 1934년, 이코노미아, 제2부 1(2), 페이지 196-219. (제1부 J.R. 힉스)
• A.L. Bowley의 가족 지출, 1935.
• 경제학자들을 위한 수학 분석, 1938. 1페이지의 챕터 링크. J.R.에 의한 단편 검토. 힉스[1]와 칼 F. 그리스도(1항)[2]
• B와 함께 "경기호황하의 공학적 노동력 공급" 토마스, 1939년 경제 저널
• 경제학자들을 위한 통계, 1949. 빌헬름 윙클러[3] (독일어)의 리뷰.
• "소매 가격 지수, 1938-51", 1952년 적용 통계"
• 수리 경제학, 1956. Oskar Morgenstern[4], C.F. Carter[5] 및 Carl F.의 단편 검토. 그리스도(2번과 3번)[6]
• 거시경제 이론, 1967.
• "공식 통계 및 공식 통계학자에 대하여", 1970년, 왕립통계학회의 J.
• 이론과 실제의 지수, 1975.
• 1980년 국민계정통계 소개.

참조

원천

부관

• E. Greebenik Roy George Douglas Allen 1906–1983, 왕립통계학회 저널 시리즈 A(일반), 147권, 5번(1984), 페이지 706–707.
• 부고: 로이 알렌 경, CBE, FBA (1906-1983)통계학자, 제33권, 제4권(1984년 12월), 페이지 401–406(알렌의 간행물 목록 포함)

외부 링크

• 새 학교: 로이 지디 앨런