Tord Folkeson Palander (6 October 1902 – 1972)
was a
Swedish economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
. His Ph.D. thesis, ''Beiträge zur Standortstheorie'' (Contributions to Location Theory), completed in 1935 at the
Stockholm University College
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, laid foundations to
regional science
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.
Palander first studied
chemical engineering
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at the
Royal Institute of Technology, and graduated in 1926. He then started to study
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
at the Stockholm University College. In 1941, Palander became a professor at the
Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, and in 1948 at the
University of Uppsala.
References
External links
''Beiträge zur Standortstheorie'' Palander's Ph.D. thesis
1902 births
1972 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg
Academic staff of Uppsala University
Stockholm University alumni
KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni
20th-century Swedish economists
Regional economists
Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
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