Background
Matthews, Robert Charles Oliver was born on June 16, 1927 in Edinburgh. Son of Oliver Harwood and Ida (Finlay) Matthews.
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A Study in Trade-Cycle History: Economic Fluctuations in Great Britain 1833-1842
(Originally published in 1954, this volume describes and a...)
Originally published in 1954, this volume describes and analyses the course of short-period fluctuations in the British economy between 1833 and 1842. Through concentrating on a relatively short space of time, the text is able to provide a rigorous examination of the evidence and also avoids the over-simplification inherent in comparing the history of fluctuations in different periods. A variety of sources are put under scrutiny, both 'literary' and statistical, reflecting a relative lack of surviving economic material from the period. This, in turn, reflects a generally broad approach which is described by the author as 'quantitative-historical'. Concise and highly informative, this book will remain of value to anyone with an interest in nineteenth century and economic history.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1107600111/?tag=2022091-20
[(A Study in Trade-Cycle History: Economic Fluctuations in Great Britain 1833-1842 )] [Author: R. C. O. Matthews] [Jun-2011]
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British Columbia population: Growth, profiles, and perspectives : a report (B.C. Tel series in business economics)
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Growth Without Development an Economic survey of Liberia
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The Managed Economy: Essays in British Economic Policy and Performance since 1929 (Studies of Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries)
(A collection of 13 essays by distinguished economists rel...)
A collection of 13 essays by distinguished economists relating to issues and events during the fifty years from the 1930s to the 1970s. The major themes of the volume are: the varying standard of British economic performance, and the development and application of policies to improve that performance.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198282893/?tag=2022091-20
The Trade Cycle
(This Series was planned and edited by the late Lord Keyne...)
This Series was planned and edited by the late Lord Keynes under the title "Cambridge Economic Handbooks". It is intended to convey to the ordinary reader and to the uninitiated student some conception of the general principles of thought which economists now apply to economic problems. -C.W. Guillebaud and Milton Friedman
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The Trade Cycle (Cambridge Economic Handbooks)
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Volumes I, II, & III of Surveys of Economic Theory - American Economic Association Royal Economic Society: 1) Money, Interest, Welfare 2) Growth & Development 3) Resource Allocation
(Volume 1: Money, Interest and Welfare Monetary Theory an...)
Volume 1: Money, Interest and Welfare Monetary Theory and Policy: H.G. Johnson Survey of Inflation Theory: M. Bronfenbrenner and F.D. Holzman Recent Theories Concerning the Nature and Role of Interest: G.L.S. Shackle A Survey of Welfare Economics 1939-1959: E.J. Mishan Volume 2: Growth and Development The Theory of Economic Economic Growth: R.C.O. Matthews Comparative Advantage and Development Policy:H.B. Chenery The Pure Theory of International Trade: J. Bhagwati Regional Economics: J.R. Mayer Volume 3: Resource Allocation Theories of Decision Making in Economics and Behavioral Science: H.A. Simon Operations Research: R. Dorfman Linear Theory: J.R. Hicks Research on Household Behavior: R. Ferber Theories of Cost Benefit Analysis: A.R. Prest and R. Turvey
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K0YPIE4/?tag=2022091-20
A Study in Trade-Cycle History: Economic Fluctuations in Great Britain 1833-1842
(Originally published in 1954, this volume describes and a...)
Originally published in 1954, this volume describes and analyses the course of short-period fluctuations in the British economy between 1833 and 1842. Through concentrating on a relatively short space of time, the text is able to provide a rigorous examination of the evidence and also avoids the over-simplification inherent in comparing the history of fluctuations in different periods. A variety of sources are put under scrutiny, both 'literary' and statistical, reflecting a relative lack of surviving economic material from the period. This, in turn, reflects a generally broad approach which is described by the author as 'quantitative-historical'. Concise and highly informative, this book will remain of value to anyone with an interest in nineteenth century and economic history.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1107600111/?tag=2022091-20
- A study in trade-cycle history : economic fluctuations in Great Britain, 1833-1842
- British Economic Growth, 1856-1973 (Studies of economic growth in industrialized countries) (A historical account of the course and causes of British ...)
- Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement. Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs. Volume I
- British Economic Growth 1951-1973: Success or Failure? (Geary lectures)
- Economic and population growth in the Guadalupe-Blanco River area (Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas at Austin. Area economic survey, no. 32)
- Canyon Reservoir: the economic growth of a planned recreation area (University of Texas. Bureau of Business Research Area economic survey)
- Public investment and the trade cycle in Great Britain,
- A study in trade-cycle history : economic fluctuations in Great Britain, 1833-1842
- Survey of the Alaskan forest products industry;: A review and analysis of the growth of the Alaskan pulp and lumber industry, with particular emphasis ... of Alaska. Research monograph no. 8)
- Investment in agricultural research and extension: A survey of international data (Yale University. Economic Growth Center. Discussion paper)
Other Work
- Author: A Study in Trade Cycle History, 1954, The Trade Cycle, 1958. Author: (with F.H. Hahn) Economic Growth: A Survey, 1964. Author: (with C.H. Feinstein, J. Odling-Smee) British Economic Growth, 1856-1873, 1982.Contributor articles to professional journals. Editor: Economic Growth: Trends and Factors, 1981.
Robert Charles Oliver Matthews
Robert Charles Oliver Matthews, British former economist, educator. Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge University, 1950-1965, All Souls College, Oxford University, 1965-1975; grantee honorary fellowship, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts University Oxford, 1947, 1958. Honorary DLitt University Warwick,
1980.
Career
Assistant University Lecturer, then Lecturer, Cambridge 1949-1965. Drummond Professor, of Political Economy 1965-1975, All Souls College, Oxford. Master of Clare College, Cambridge since 1975.
Professor, of Political Economy, Cambridge since 1980. Chairman Social Science Research Council 1972-1975. Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge 1950-1965, All Souls College, Oxford 1965-1975.
Honorary Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Honorary Doctor of Letters (Warwick University) 1981.
Achievements
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FBA, 1969; Member, Chairman, Economics Committee, Chairman, Council, United Kingdom Social Science Research Council, United Kingdom or United States of America, 1969-1972, 1970-1972, 1972-1975. Commander of the British Empire, 1975. Honorary Fellow, Corpus Christi College Oxford, 1976.
Trustee, Nuffield Foundation,
, Urwick, Orr & Partners, since 1978. Chairman, CLARE Group Economics. Chairman, Bank of England Panel Academic Consultant, since 1977.
Trustee, Social Sciences Research Trust, since 1984. Executive Committee, National Institute of Economie and Social Research, London, United Kingdom, since 1975, Economics Committee, Social Democratic Party, 1983. Council, President, Royal Economic Society, United Kingdom, 1973-1982, since 1984.
British Association Section F, 1984. Member, Council British Academy, 1972-1975. Central Advisory Committee Science and Technology, 1967-1970.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Expert Group Noninflationary Growth, 1975-1977. International Master Chess Composition, 1965.
Works
book
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British Economic Growth, 1856-1973 (Studies of economic growth in industrialized countries)
(A historical account of the course and causes of British ...)
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A Study in Trade-Cycle History: Economic Fluctuations in Great Britain 1833-1842
(Originally published in 1954, this volume describes and a...)
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A Study in Trade-Cycle History: Economic Fluctuations in Great Britain 1833-1842
(Originally published in 1954, this volume describes and a...)
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The Managed Economy: Essays in British Economic Policy and Performance since 1929 (Studies of Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries)
(A collection of 13 essays by distinguished economists rel...)
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The Trade Cycle
(This Series was planned and edited by the late Lord Keyne...)
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Volumes I, II, & III of Surveys of Economic Theory - American Economic Association Royal Economic Society: 1) Money, Interest, Welfare 2) Growth & Development 3) Resource Allocation
(Volume 1: Money, Interest and Welfare Monetary Theory an...)
- A study in trade-cycle history : economic fluctuations in Great Britain, 1833-1842
- [(A Study in Trade-Cycle History: Economic Fluctuations in Great Britain 1833-1842 )] [Author: R. C. O. Matthews] [Jun-2011]
- British Columbia population: Growth, profiles, and perspectives : a report (B.C. Tel series in business economics)
- Growth Without Development an Economic survey of Liberia
- Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement. Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs. Volume I
- The Trade Cycle (Cambridge Economic Handbooks)
- British Economic Growth 1951-1973: Success or Failure? (Geary lectures)
- Economic and population growth in the Guadalupe-Blanco River area (Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas at Austin. Area economic survey, no. 32)
- Canyon Reservoir: the economic growth of a planned recreation area (University of Texas. Bureau of Business Research Area economic survey)
- Public investment and the trade cycle in Great Britain,
- A study in trade-cycle history : economic fluctuations in Great Britain, 1833-1842
- Survey of the Alaskan forest products industry;: A review and analysis of the growth of the Alaskan pulp and lumber industry, with particular emphasis ... of Alaska. Research monograph no. 8)
- Investment in agricultural research and extension: A survey of international data (Yale University. Economic Growth Center. Discussion paper)
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British Economic Growth, 1856-1973 (Studies of economic growth in industrialized countries)
Other Work
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Author: A Study in Trade Cycle History, 1954, The Trade Cycle, 1958. Author: (with F.H. Hahn) Economic Growth: A Survey, 1964. Author: (with C.H. Feinstein, J. Odling-Smee) British Economic Growth, 1856-1873, 1982.Contributor articles to professional journals. Editor: Economic Growth: Trends and Factors, 1981.
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Views
A large part of my empirical work has been on the history of growth and fluctuations — economic history in the style written by economists. The historical slant (regrettably absent in much present-day economics) has also affected my writing in other fields, including theory and stabilisation policy. In the course of the writing of the largest piece of work on which I have been engaged, British Economic Growth 1856—1973, I came to feel that straightforward economic analysis, applied in conjunction with
careful and wide-ranging scrutiny of the statistical and other evidence, is capable of explaining a great deal about the course of economic change, but at the same time that the conventional model of rational individualistic utilitymaximisation has inadequacies that matter.
This last conclusion was reinforced by my personal experiences in practical administration and decisionmaking, academic and other. My more recent interests have therefore moved towards the institutional and psychological underpinnings of economic behaviour.
Interests
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Chess problems.
Connections
Married Joyce Lloyds Matthews, 1948.
- Father:
- Oliver Harwood Matthews
- Mother:
- Ida (Finlay) Matthews
- Spouse:
- Joyce Lloyds Matthews
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Born
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Nationality
British -
Ethnicity
Education
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Oxford University , Master of Arts
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1981
Warwick University , Doctor of Letters
Career
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1949 - 1965
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1949 - 1965
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1965 - 1975
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1972 - 1975
Awards
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Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge University, 1950-1965, All Souls College, Oxford University, 1965-1975. Grantee honorary fellowship, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge University, 1950-1965, All Souls College, Oxford University, 1965-1975. Grantee honorary fellowship, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.