Biography

Born in 1936 in Göttingen (Germany).

Professional career

  • 1961 : " Diplômé " in mathematics, applied mathematics and physics at the University of Heidelberg
  • 1964 : " Dissertation ", University of Heidelberg with thesis Über straffe Funktionale
  • 1958-1966 : Teaching and research assistant, then lecturer at Heidelberg University (Institute of Applied Mathematics, then Department of Economics)
  • 1966-1968 : Visiting Associate Professor, University of California (Berkeley)
  • 1968-1976 : Research Professor, University of Louvain
  • Since 1969 : Professor of Economics and Director of the Wirtschaftstheoretisches Institut at the University of Bonn
  • Since 1970 : Visiting Professor at Berkeley (four times )
  • 1993-1994 : Visiting Professor at the Collège de France, holding the annual European Chair

Awards and honors

  • Member of the Rheinisch - Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Member of the Academia Europaea
  • Member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische, Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Honorary doctorate from Université Louis-Pasteur (Strasbourg)
  • Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibnitz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Associate editor of several international journals, including the Journal of Mathematical Economics from 1974 to 1985

Selected bibliography

Main works

  • Core and equilibria of a large economy

    Hildenbrand W., Core and equilibria of a large economy, Princeton University Press, 1974.

  • Lineare Ökonomische Modelle

    Hildenbrand W. et Hildenbrand K., Lineare Ökonomische Modelle, Springer-Verlag, 1975.

  • Equilibrium Analysis

    Hildenbrand W. et Kirman A. P., Equilibrium Analysis, North Holland Pub. Co., 1988.

  • Market Demand, Theory and Empirical Evidence

    Hildenbrand W., Market Demand, Theory and Empirical Evidence, Princeton University Press.

Main articles

  • On the law of demand

    Hildenbrand W., « On the law of demand », Econometrica, 1983.

  • Equilibrium Analysis of large economies

    Hildenbrand W., « Equilibrium Analysis of large economies », Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, American Mathematical Society, 1987.

  • Short-run production functions based on micro-data

    Hildenbrand W., « Short-run production functions based on micro-data », Econometrica, 1981.

  • Facts and ideas in microeconomic theor

    Hildenbrand W., « Facts and ideas in microeconomic theory », European Economic Review, 1989.

  • Empirical evidence on the law of demand

    Jerison M., Hildenbrand W. et Hardle W., « Empirical evidence on the law of demand », Econometrica, 1991.

  • Family Expediture data, heteroscedasticity and the law of demand

    Hildenbrand W. et Kneip A., « Family Expediture data, heteroscedasticity and the law of demand », Ricerche Economiche, 1993.