Alma mater Ecole Polytechnique Name Serge-Christophe Kolm | Education Ecole Polytechnique Fields Public economics | |
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Born December 1932 Paris, France Books Macrojustice, Modern theories of justice, Reciprocity: An Economic, Justice and equity, Le bonheur‑liberté |
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Serge-Christophe Kolm (born December 1932) is a French economist. His work in economics and related social science includes his analyses, concepts and results in Public Economics and Normative Economics (hence also social ethics and political philosophy), and in other fields and problems often applying them.
Contents
- Session iv serge christophe kolm the human person economics catholic social thought
- Causton on pres ikeda s dialogue with dr serge christophe kolm part 1 of 2
- Biography
- Public economics
- Normative economics
- Reciprocity and giving
- Transitions
- Financial and monetary choices and macroeconomic policy
- Economic psychology
- Contributed volumes on Kolms works
- References
Causton on pres ikeda s dialogue with dr serge christophe kolm part 1 of 2
Biography
Born in Paris in December 1932, Serge Kolm studied at the Ecole Polytechnique where his rank permitted him to join the civil service body of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées (which has a long tradition of applied and theoretical economic research). He worked in Africa, heading water and river basin management in the Sahel region and setting up development plans for the new independent post-colonial states. He held teaching and research positions in France (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, General Planning Commission) and in the USA (Harvard University and Stanford University), and advisory and planning functions in Europe, in various countries in transition, and for international organizations (OECD, IMF, WHO). He founded and headed a school for development economics and a research center on socio-economic analysis. Author of over 40 books and several hundred scientific articles, member of the editorial board of various scholarly journals in economics and philosophy, fellow of the Econometric Society since 1972 and of the Institute of Public Economics, Serge Kolm received honoris causa doctorates from the universities of Fribourg and Soka, and the distinction of Officier des Palmes Académiques from the French Government.
Public economics
Kolm's work in Public Economics includes:
Normative economics
Kolm's works in Normative Economics include:
Reciprocity and giving
Kolm's works on pro-social conducts include the analyses of:
Transitions
Kolm's studies and theory of transitions between various kinds of economic systems include the various types of development, and transitions from or to various kinds of socialisms.
Financial and monetary choices and macroeconomic policy
Kolm's works on financial and monetary choices and macroeconomic policy include:
Economic psychology
Kolm's works on economic psychology and economic philosophical psychology include:
Contributed volumes on Kolm's works
The work of Serge Kolm has been the object of a number of conferences and of two volumes of contributions: