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[Identification of item], Lawrence Klein Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Lawrence Klein Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1986 and 2011.
Processed by Meghan Lyon and Jane Metters, November 2011
Encoded by Jane Metters, November 2011
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2011-1000
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Lawrence Robert Klein (b. 1920) is an American economist born in Omaha, Nebraska. Much of his work involves building macroeconometric models for economic forecasting. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1942, and studied under economist Paul Samuelson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), completing his Ph.D. in 1944. Klein then worked on macroeconometric models at the University of Chicago. In the following years, he worked at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan, and the Institute of Statistics at the University of Oxford, before accepting a position at the University of Pennsylvania in 1958. In 1968, he became the Benjamin Franklin Professor of Economics and Finance at the Wharton School. In 1980, he won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
In the 1960s, Klein sold econometric forecasts to benefit his department at the University of Pennsylvania. Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. grew from these efforts. In 1960, Klein visited and subsequently began working with economists in Japan. Klein also led research for the Social Science Research Council, and served as one of the principal investigators for Project LINK, which was created in 1968. Klein has traveled to Europe and Asia many times to give lectures, attend meetings, and work on collaborative projects. He and his wife, Sonia, have four children.
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The collection includes Klein's correspondence, writings and drafts, economic research and subject files, organizational papers, and dissertations from Klein's many students. It contains significant amount of material from Project LINK, particularly from the late 1960s. Audiovisual recordings of the first LINK conference in 1969 will require reformatting prior to use. Also included are files from Klein's presidency of the National Academy of Science, his professorship at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and printouts from early economic computer programs and experiments.
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In addition, a small amount of electronic media has been removed from the collection and transferred to Duke's server. Please contact Research Services for access to this material.
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Includes dissertations and drafts from Klein's students and other advisees, ranging in date from the late 1960s through 2000. Arranged alphabetically by author's name in record storage cartons, unless otherwise noted.
Contains subject files on various publications, economic research topics, and projects. Also contains organizational papers, including materials from Klein's presidency at the National Academy of Science, his work with the National Science Foundation, and his professorship at the University of Pennsylvania.
Contains materials on Project LINK, an international research project integrating various national econometric models into a global econometric model. (
Includes letters, memos, faxes, etc. Years are generally arranged alphabetically by first letter of correspondents' surnames. Outgoing correspondence from 1987 is arranged chronologically in record storage cartons. Some additional correspondence can be found in the
Includes articles, reports, papers, etc. written by Lawrence Klein. Arranged alphabetically by title in record storage cartons.
Includes articles, reports, papers, etc., written by people other than Klein. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Includes audio tapes of the first worldwide Project LINK conference in Hakone, Japan, in 1969.