(3rd from the left) and several Spanish Professors of Applied Economics: Josefa Fernandez-Arufe
to this left, J.Bernardo Pena-Trapero (to the left of Josefa), Antonio Pulido and Adolfo Castilla
(5th and 6th from the lefft at the 1st fow) and other international participants in the meeting.
L.R. Klein (4th from the left) with members of FEUGA (Foundation of University and Enterprises, and with Professors Maria-Carmen Guisan and Adolfo Castilla t(o the right), Santiago de Compostela, 1986
The complete pictures of the Project Link meeting 1994 at Salamanca (Spain), Lawrence R.Klein and economists from all over the World. Among Spanish economists there are several teachers from the universities UAM and UAH
Professor Lawrence R. Klein and his wife Sonia Klein, in year 2004, with teachers
Actualización de 20-10-2025
Tribute in memory of Professor Lawrence R. Klein, Honorary Presidente of the Euro-American Association of Economic Development Studies
Nobel Prize: The biography of Lawrence Robert Klein appears at the Nobel Prize Website: He was born in Omaha(N.E. USA) on 14th September of 1920, and died on 20th October 2013 in Gladwyne, PA, USA. They remark the profound impact of the Great Depression on this priority for Economic Models and Policies to prevent crises:
"His growing up under the Great Depression had a profound impact on his professional career. Klein went on to study at the University of California in Berkley before earning his Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1944. He worked at several universities in the US, and resided in the UK for a few years. Klein also worked as chief economic advisor to Jimmy Carter during his 1976 presidential campaign".
Memories
Memories at the Euro-American Association of Economic Development Studies: We express our heartfelt condolences for the passing of Professor Lawrence R. Klein at the age of 92 on 10th Octoboer of 2013. We wish to show our gratitude to Professor L.R. Klein, who has honoured our Euro-American Association by accepting to be Honorary President of the Advisory Board of our journal international journal Aplied Econometrcis and International Development (AEID), published by our Euro-American Association of Economic Development Studies (EAADS), until his deeply felt death on 10th October of year 2013. We include, in this Entry of our Blog, a reference to the friends and links of Professor Klein in Spain for the period 1981-2013, in the Sections: Profesor Klein in Spain and Our meetings with L.R. Klein.
Condolences by Director of Project Link: In an article in Spanish, by Andrea Larios-Vazquez (2014): Lawrence Robert Klein, 1920-2013, in Vol. 2014. Núm. 388. of Elsevier Informa, in Mexico, this author indicates that Peter Pauly Director of Project Link, declared_
“But for all of us he was, of
course, the Founding Father of Project Link, its creator and life-long
supporter. It is particularly poignant to lose him at a time when so many of us
are gathered in New York for our annual meeting at the United Nations. For all
of us, he was a friend and generous mentor. Many were his colleagues or
students, and we all are in awe of his lifetime achievements. He was
unfailingly supportive, kind, and engaged. The project would not exist with out
him, and many of us owe their careers to his mentorship. Our thoughts go out to
his wife Sonia, his children and many grandchildren. We will send our deepest
condolences on behalf of the entire Link family”.
Professor Klein in Spain.
L.R. Klein and the UAM, Madrid: There has been an important relationship of Professor Klein with Professor Antonio Pulido at the University Autonomous of Madrid (UAM) for many years, where he was Doctor Honoris Causa, a high distinction, in year 1981 and the university created a Research Institute on this tribute (The L.R. Klein Institute at the UAM, Madrid).
Interesting Information and photos of the relationship of L.R. Klein with the UAM: Article written by Professor Jose Vicens at the Website of history of the UAM Faculty of Economics
Profesor Jose Vicens states: ".... the genesis of the institute began in the
1977-78 academic year, when Professor Adolfo Castilla, a personal friend of the
later Nobel Prize winner in economics and honorary doctor of the UAM, Professor
Lawrence R. Klein, proposed to our group the development of an econometric
model for Spain, in the manner and form in which the models were developed at
WEFA (Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates)".
L.R. Klein and the Congress of ASEPELT in Barcelona, 1986: Professors Pulido and Pena, organized, together with other economists interested, the creation of the Association of Applied Economics ASEPELT Spain, and invited to Professor L.R. Klein to the foundation Congress in Barcelona in year 1986.
L.R. Klein in A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela, 1986:
From left to write; Kenneth Galbraith, Gonzalo Ortiz, Lawrence R.Klein, Enrique Marfany,
and Maria-Carmen Guisán, First Congress of Economists of Galicia, A Coruña 1986.
L.R. Klein in Salamanca, 1994: In year 1994 the Project Link meeting was held in Salamanca, and Professor Klein was the leader of the meeting. It was a very interesting meeting with participants from many countries. Here are some photographs of the meeting. The meeting was organized by the Regional Government of Castilla y León.
The complete pictures of the Project Link meeting 1994 at Salamanca (Spain), Lawrence R.Klein and economists from all over the World. Among Spanish economists there are several teachers from the universities UAM and UAH
Madrid), UVA (Valladolid), USC (Santiago de Compostela) and UDC (A Coruña)
L.R. Klein in Santiago de Compostela, Spain), 2004: Professor Klein has been a great support to the internationaljournal AEID (Applied Econometrics and International Development), published by the Euro-American Association of Economic Development Studies, which is included in the prestigious Index Scopus of Elsevier, and other outstanding indexes, with a high position at the downloads ranking of Ideas.Repec (both by total downloads and by downloads per item). He has colaborated as an author, publishing and article on India and China, in year 2004, and also as Honorary President of the Advisory Council of AEID from 2001 until his deeply felt death in year 2013.
and students of the Master ESI of International Sectoral Economics (USC),
Photo at the Obradoiro Square of the city of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
Other visits of L.R. Klein to Spain: Professor L.R. has colaborated as Member of the Comittee of Economics Prizes of the the Foundation King James I of Castellñn (Spain), and has visited Valladolid in the celebration of the Statistical Office of the region of Castilla y Leon in year 2005.
Our meetings with L.R. Klein (by the President of the Euro-American Associatio (EAAEDES) , Professor Maria-Carmen Guisan :
"We have had several opportunities to meet Professor L.R. Klein in Spain: 1) At the Congress of Economists of Galicia in year 1986, in the city of A Coruña, 2) in his visit to the University of Santiago de Compostela in the save year, at the First Congress of the Applied Economics Association ASEPELT in Barcelona in the same year, 4) at the Project Link Meeting in year 1994 at Salamanca. 5) Since year 2000 we have met him, and his wife Sonia, in their travel to the city of Santiago de Compostela of year 2004, where they had a meeting with members of our Euro-American Associationf of Economic Development Studies and with students of our international Master on Economics. For the periodo 2001-2013, s Honorary President of our journal AEID, he has been a great support to the journal."
In Entry 63 of this Blog we celebrate the "25th Anniversary of the Euro-American Association of Economic Development Stuides", with our gratitude to the great support received from Professor L.R. Klein, and with a summary of activities of the Association for the period 2001-2025.
Some remarkable Publications of L.R. Klein:
The list of his works at Ideas.Repec includes 179 works (11 working papers, 106 journal articles, 50 chapters and 12 books:
Some remarkable works are those pioneer on regional modeling and macroeconometric models.
Regional Models: The influence of L.R. Klein on the development of econometrics models of the United States, has been outstanding. Two pioneering studies, that we cite, as well as several models from Glickman and other authors, in a book on Interregional Models (book EE5 of the series EE-AHG).
KLEIN, L.R. (1969). "The Specification of Regional Econometric Models".
Papers of the Regional Science Association, 23. pp. 105-115.
KLEIN, L. R.; GLICKMAN, N.J.(1977). "Econometric Model-Building at Regional Level". Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 7. pp.3-23.
We have had the opportunity to cite these articles in several works as it may be seen at Ideas.Repec citations of Klein, L.R. (1969). and at Ideas.Repec citations of Klein and Glickman(1977).
Macroeconometric models
Lawrence R. Klein, 1976. "Project LINK: Linking National Economic Models," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 25-29, November.
Klein, L R, 1985. "New Developments in Project LINK," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 75(2), pages 223-227, May.
The following table includes the titles and a short list of contents of 3 selected books of his authorship
Articles about the works of Professor Klein:
Lawrence R. Klein y la economía aplicada
Pulido San Román, A.(*) y Pérez García, J.(**) Instituto “L.R.Klein”-Centro Stone,.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
La herencia de Klein
(1920-2013): Una visión de futuro , by Antonio Pulido (2015). Estudios de Economía Aplicada
Other News of the Euro-American Association of Economic Development Studies 2013 and 2014
In Entry 22 we include an analysis of year 2013 about the econimic crisis of the European Union for 2008-2012 and a reference to the EU Parliament Debate in year 2013.
In Entry 23-2 we have moved the old content of this Entry 23-1 related with new publications of year 2014.
