Béla Balassa (1928-1991, born Budapest) was a Hungarian economist and world-renowned professor at Johns Hopkins University; most famous for his work with Paul Samuelson (Balassa-Samuelson effect).

[edit] Studies

• 1948 Magyar Kereskedelmi Akadémia, Budapest
• 1951 Budapest University
• 1958, 1959 Yale University, MA and Ph.D. in economics

[edit] Biography

• 1962-67 teaching assistant at Yale University
• 1966-1991 Professor at Johns Hopkins University
• 1966- the World Bank's advisor
• 1970-71 editor of REStat; chairman of the Association of Comparative Economics
• 1979-80 chairman of the Association of Comparative Economic Studies
• 1980 Institut de France, Laureate

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