The Haavelmo lectures
The Haavelmo Memorial Lectures are held biennially to honor the economist and Nobel laureate, Trygve Haavelmo.
The Haavelmo Lectures invite leading economists to present their work at the forefront of economics and in relation to Haavelmo’s work with econometrics and economic theory.
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Professor Debraj Ray held a lecture linked to the theme of conflict and grabbing from Trygve Haavelmo's book from 1954: "A study in the theory of economic evolution". The title of the lecture wass: “Beyond the Market: Economic Disparities and Conflict”.
2019 marked the 50th and 30th anniversaries of Ragnar Frisch' and Trygve Haavelmo's reception of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Department of Economics and the Faculty of Social Sciences invited to a celebration.
Olivier Blanchard, Professor emeritus at MIT and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, held a lecture on the natural rate unemployment hypothesis, in honour of Trygve Haavelmo.
Professor Sir David F. Hendry from Nuffield College at Oxford University presented "Deciding between Alternative Approaches in Macroeconomics", in honour of Trygve Haavelmo.
Nobel Laureate James J. Heckman gave the lecture "Causal Analysis After Haavelmo", in honour of Trygve Haavelmo.