Summary

Creator:

Corden, W. M. (Warner Max)

Abstract:

Warner Max Corden (W. M. Corden) is an Australian economist specializing in trade protection. Collection of his professional papers includes materials from his studies, work, and professorship in Australia, including many files of correpondence with fellow economists around the world; also includes drafts, publications, and reviews of his writings.

Extent:

14.5 Linear Feet
10 boxes

Language:

Materials in English

Collection ID:

RL.11261

Background

Scope and Content:

Collection consists of materials created and assembled by W. Max Corden, including writings, correspondence, and project files from his studies and career at Oxford, the International Monetary Fund, and the Australian National University. Items in this collection have been described and sorted by Corden; descriptions are replicated here. He has largely arranged the materials to correspond with his professional career; materials from his time working at Oxford, IMF, and SAIF have been separated from his materials produced in Australia. The collection also contains series based on format, including conferences and lectures, writings and publications, and many files of correspondence with economists around the world. Acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive at Duke University.

Biographical / Historical:

W. M. (Warner Max) Corden (1927- ) is an Australian economist. He is mostly known for his work on the theory of trade protection, including the development of the dutch disease model of international trade. He has also been active in the fields of international monetary systems, macroeconomic policies of developing countries, and Australian economics. Corden, originally German, emigrated from Nazi Germany to Melbourne in 1939.

Corden graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1950 and obtained his Ph.D. in economics at the London School of Economics (1956). He was subsequently Nuffield Reader in International Economics and Fellow of Nuffield College at Oxford University, and from 1977 to 1988 he was Professor of Economics at the Australian National University. Furthermore, he was Senior Advisor in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund from 1986 until 1988.

He then became professor and, later on, Chung Ju Yung Distinguished Professor of International Economics at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University until he retired in late 2002. He is currently Emeritus Professor of International Economics at SAIS and a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Economics of the University of Melbourne.

Acquisition Information:

The W. M. (Warner Max) Corden papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2002, 2016, and 2021.

Processing information:

Processed by Dan Chen, Meghan Lyon, July 2016. Description updated and enhanced by Paula Jeannet, March 2022.

Accession(s) described in this collection guide: 2002-0211; 2002-0214; 2016-0054; 2021-0020.

Accession 2021-0020 is unprocessed and closed to research.

Arrangement:

Collection has been arranged by Corden into series based on the various stages of his professional life and work. Each file was assembled by him and contains summary material that has been transcribed in this guide. Series-level descriptions have been created by Rubenstein Library staff.

Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:

Commerce
Economic development
Economic policy
Economics -- Australia
Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Economists -- Australia
Economists -- Correspondence
International economic relations
Macroeconomics
Monetary policy
Trade regulation

Formats:

Optical disks
Photographs

Names:

International Monetary Fund
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Australian National University. Department of Economics