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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Pierre Harmel, Jean Rey, Jacques Dreze, Marc Lacroix, Jan Kowalewski, Robert Vincotte, Laurette Onkelinx, Georges Poulet, Albert Claude, Wincenty Kowalski, Charles Metz, Charles Rogier, Camille Huysmans, Andre Henri Constant van Hasselt, Joseph Lebeau, Auguste Kerckhoffs, Joseph Plateau, Anne-Marie Lizin, Jean Gol, Jean-Maurice Dehousse, Marcel Detienne, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Jean-Pierre Hansen, Joaquin Arderius, Louis de La Vallee-Poussin, Paul Fredericq, Didier Reynders, Noel Delfosse, Jin-Shan Wang, David Keilin, Mathieu Grosch, Guy Quaden, Alexis Jacquemin, Frederique Ries, Fernand Dehousse, Melchior Wathelet, Pol Swings, Jeremy Weate, Paul Demaret, Fernand Boden, Michel A. J. Georges, Philippe Bodson, Haroun Tazieff, Jean Defraigne, Constantin Le Paige, Jafar Zafarani, Max Rooses, Egide Nzojibwami, Georg Tysland, Jean Van Houtte, Marcel Florkin, Jean-Christophe Marine, Sabine Poleyn, Edouard Zeckendorf, Leon Rosenfeld, Paul Pastur, Eric G. Derouane, Georges Wohlfart, Marie Delcourt, Pierre-Arnoul de Marneffe, Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg, Martin Pascal Hubert Strens. Excerpt: Jacques H. Dreze is a Belgian economist noted for his contributions to economic theory, econometrics, and economic policy as well as for his leadership in the economics profession. Dreze was the first President of the European Economic Association in 1986 and was the President of the Econometric Society in 1970. Jacques Dreze is also the father of five sons. One son is the economist, Jean Dreze, who is known for his work on poverty and hunger in India (some of which has been in collaboration with Amartya K. Sen); another son, Xavier Dreze, is professor of Marketing at UCLA. Dreze's vision of economics emphasizes the normative role of economic theory in shaping policy, naturally using Bayesian econometrics and mathematical optimizat...
