Leif Johansen (11 May 1930 – 29 December 1982) was a Norwegian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

who made a substantial contribution to economic science. He was born in

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. Throughout his academic career Johansen was employed at the

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. He was a member of the

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. Johansen was a lifelong communist, a central board member of the

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for twelve years, and was therefore never able to visit the United States, in spite of his many positions and contacts as a researcher.About Leif Johansen, from the University of Oslo, Department of Economics
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* ''A Multi-sectoral Study of Economic Growth'' (1960) * ''Production Functions. An integration of Micro and Macro, Short Run and Long Run Aspects'', North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 274 pp. (1972) * ''Lectures on Macroeconomic Planning'', 2 bd., Amsterdam 1977–78 1930 births 1982 deaths University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Communist Party of Norway politicians 20th-century Norwegian economists Fellows of the Econometric Society People from Eidsvoll Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Norway-academic-bio-stub