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Trevor W. Swan, 1918-1989.

Pioneering Australian macroeconomist.

Trained at the University of Sydney, Trevor Winchester Swan was employed by Australian government during the war, and there developed his first works in empirical macroeconomics, including his pioneering ten-equation econometric model of Australian economy (1943-45, published finally in 1989).  He is also famously known for his "Swan Diagram", a model of internal and external balance (circulated 1955, pub. 1963) and independently developing the Neoclassical growth model (1956), simultaneously and nearly identical to that of Robert Solow. 

Trevor Swan was a professor at Australian National University for much of his post-war career.

 

  

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Major Works of Trevor W. Swan

  • "Economic Growth and Capital Accumulation", 1956, Econ Record,
  • "Longer Run Problems of the Balance of Payments", 1963, in  H. Arndt and W. Corden, editors, The Australian Economy
  •  "The Principle of Effective Demand: a real life model", 1989, Econ Record

 
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Resources on Trevor Swan

  • "Trevor Winchester Swan, AO" by Peter L. Swan, 2006 [pdf]
  • "Trevor Swan And The Neoclassical Growth Model" by R.W. Dimand and B.J. Spencer, 2008 [nber]
  • Swan Model by Robert Dixon
  • Swan Diagram by Paul Krugman
  • Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures at ANU [online]
  • Wiki

 

 
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