Acta Oeconomica 5. (1970)

1970 / 4. szám - REVIEWS - The New Editorial Board of Acta Oeconomica

REVIEWS economic literature. He had an outstanding part in the preparation and imple­mentation of the Hungarian economic reform. He often delivers lectures and publishes studies both at home and abroad. The number of his pubications is over 140. Kálmán Kádas was born in 1908, graduated at first as mechanical en­gineer, later as economist. In both subjects he habilitated too. He was a close collaborator to Professor Wolfgang Heller, an eminent scholar in the interwar period. Until 1949 he taught at the Faculty of Economics, afterwards held an important post at the Ministry of Transport and Communication. In 1955 he was appointed as full professor to the Chair of Transport and Building Eco­nomics of the Technical University, which he has held ever since. He has a considerable part in introducing engineering students and young engineers into economic reasoning. Having been educated first as engineer he became interested in exact economic research methods and was involved in econometric studies. He was first to apply the Cobb-Douglas production function to the Hungarian industry. Later he was engaged in productivity measurement and analysis. Lead by his practical activities he began to investigate problems of transport economics. His contribution is regarded as significant even in an international context. He is Doctor h. c. of the Transport University at Dresden. He published a great number of studies on transport economics, regional analysis. He is in­volved in urban studies and in the investigation of microeconomic and recently organometric problems. He is a member of board of several scientific societies and scientific journals both at home and abroad. THE NEW EDITORIAL BOARD OF ACTA OECONOklCA At the July session of the Committee of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences a decision was taken on the extension of the scope of activity and the size of the Acta Oeconomica. In order to meet the growing responsibilities a new Editorial Board was appointed and the vacant place of the late Professor Imre Vajda as Chairman was filled. Professor József Bog­nár, correspondent member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, director of the Centre for Afro-Asian Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Chairman of the Hungarian Scientific Council of World Economy was elected Chairman. The members of the Editorial Board are as follows: Sándor Ausch, D. econ. sei., head of section of the Institute of Economics, Hung. Acad. Sei. György Cukor, D. econ. sei., deputy director of the Institute of Economics, Hung. Acad. Sei. Ernő Csizmadia, D. econ. sei., pro-rector of the University' of Economics, Budapest. Péter Erdős, D. econ. sei., head of section of the Institute of Economics, Hung. Acad. Sei., professor of the Technical University of Budapest. Ferenc Fekete, D. econ. sei., at present Iowa State University, USA. Iván Gönczi, Cand. econ. sei., professor at the Agricultural University, Debrecen. István Hetényi, vice-president of the National Planning Office. Róbert Hoch, Cand. econ. sei., head of Research Group of the Institute of Eco­nomics, Hung. Acad. Sei. Acta Oeconomica Academiae Scientiarurn Hungaricae 5, 1970

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