FOLIO I · DENKER
Studies in law and economics at the University of Vienna under Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk.[3]
Doctorate in law (Dr. iuris) at the University of Vienna in 1914 under Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk; a dissertation on monetary and credit economics using a mathematical approach.[3]
His first work, <em>Theorie der Geld- und Kreditwirtschaft</em> (1914) – an early mathematical treatment of monetary and credit theory; it anticipated the distinction between transaction and precautionary cash balances.[1]
Pursued a banking career in Vienna, latterly as deputy director of the Anglo-Austrian Bank and as chairman of the banking association. As an expert in banking and currency, he published on questions of monetary theory, currency policy, and banking.
A participant in Ludwig von Mises's private seminar during the 1920s and 1930s.[2]
In 1931 he engaged the mathematician Karl Menger as a private tutor.[1]
From 1933/34 he studied mathematics under Abraham Wald, although he was close to the Lausanne School and showed mathematical interests. He promoted the Austrian School.
His paper <em>Über die Produktionsgleichungen der ökonomischen Wertlehre</em> (1934) became an essential foundation for neoclassical equilibrium analysis.
Died by suicide in Vienna on the day of the Anschluss (12 March 1938).[1]
Studied and took his doctorate in 1914 at the University of Vienna under Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk; dissertation on the monetary and credit economy with a mathematical approach.
He stood close to the Lausanne School (Walras) and showed mathematical interests; despite his closeness to Lausanne he promoted the Austrian School.
Schlesinger nahm am Privatseminar Ludwig von Mises' in Wien teil (Wikipedia EN bestätigt).
Karl Schlesinger in the context of the School as a whole: five generations, their teacher-student lineages, circles and collegial ties.
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