Abstract

Given Lionel Robbins’s strong scepticism about the value of statistical analysis in economics, it is not surprising that early developments in Econometrics at LSE came from members of the Statistics Department at the School. However, Victor Edelberg, a graduate student in the Economics Department at LSE in the 1930s, published the second article in Econometrica with ‘Econometrics’ in the title and further econometric articles in the Review of Economic Studies. Despite these publications, his work has been forgotten and is not included in the history of econometrics at LSE, nor in the wider history of economics. This study has three objectives: (i) to provide information on the life of Victor Edelberg to explain why, despite his high academic achievements, he failed to establish an academic career, (ii) to evaluate his contributions to econometrics, given the standards of the time, and (iii) to suggest reasons why he would become LSE’s forgotten econometrician.

中文翻译：

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Victor Edelberg：LSE被遗忘的计量经济学家

摘要

鉴于莱昂内尔·罗宾斯（Lionel Robbins）对经济学中统计分析价值的强烈怀疑，毫不奇怪，伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）计量经济学的早期发展来自该学院统计系的成员。然而，1930年代伦敦政治经济学院经济学系的研究生Victor Edelberg在Econometrica上发表了第二篇文章，标题为“ Econometrics”，并在《经济学研究评论》中发表了更多计量经济学文章。。尽管有这些出版物，但他的工作却被遗忘了，既没有被包括在LSE的计量经济学史中，也没有被包括在更广泛的经济学史中。这项研究的三个目标：（i）提供有关Victor Edelberg生平的信息，以解释为何尽管他取得了很高的学术成就，但他仍未建立学术职业；（ii）考虑到他的标准，他评估了他对计量经济学的贡献。时间；（iii）提出他成为伦敦证券交易所被遗忘的计量经济学家的理由。