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Lady Ursula Kathleen Hicks, 1896-1985 

Originating from Dublin, Ireland, Ursula Kathleen Webb was educated in history at Somerville College, Oxford, and after an interlude on Agricultural Wages Board, went on to study economics at the London School of Economics (LSE).  She was one of the founders of the Review of Economic Studies in 1933, designed as an outlet for young economists.  Ursula Hicks obtained her Ph.D. in 1935, and was appointed to remain on at the LSE.  But later that same year, she married LSE lecturer John Hicks, and as he was moving to Cambridge, she resigned her position.

Ursula Hicks continued an active researcher, and was a renowned public finance and development economist. 

 (Unlike sometimes alleged, Ursula was not the daughter Sidney and Beatrice Webb).

 

  

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Major Works of Ursula K. Hicks

  • The Finance of British Government, 1920-1936, 1938
  • "Public Finance in National Income" with John Hicks, 1939, RES.
  • British Public Finances : their structure and development, 1880-1952, 1954
  • Public Finance, 1955.
  • Development from Below, 1961
  • Federalism and Economic Growth in Underdeveloped Countries, 1961
  • Choice, Efficiency, and Control in the Public Services, 1964
  • Development Finance, 1965
  • Federalism -- Failure and success: a comparative study. 1978

 
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Resources on Ursula K. Hicks

  • "John and Ursula Hicks" by John Creedy, 2011 (pdf)
  • Short bio of Ursula Hicks from LSE.
  • Wikipedia

 

 
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