Born in
1937, May 25, in Novosibirsk in the center of Siberia, he received his university
education in the capital, graduating from Moscow State Institute of Economics
in 1960. Returning to Novosibirsk in 1961 he accepted a post with Siberian Branch
of the USSR Academy of Sciences, becoming a scientific worker in the Institute
of Mathematics.
In
1967 he was appointed Laboratory Chief, remaining in the position until 1973,
when he became Deputy Director. By then he held a Ph.D in Economics, obtained
in 1965, and a Doctorate in Mathematics (1968), as well as Professorship in Mathematical
Economics (1970).
In
1980 he was appointed General Secretary of the Academy's Siberian Branch. He continued
in this post until 1983, when he moved to Moscow to a new appointment as Director
of the National Institute of Industrial Management. In 1985, the year of Perestroika,
he took up his current position as the Director of the Central Economics and Mathematical
Institute in Moscow. Professor at Novosibirsk University from 1970 to 1983, he
is now Professor at Moscow State University.
Dr.
Makarov has written a number of books. Among them:
- "Mathematical
Economic Theory: Pure and Mixed Types of Economic Mechanisms", with co-authors
A.Rubinov and M.Levin (ELSEVIER, North-Holland, 1994)
- "Mathematical
Theory of Economic Dynamics and Equilibria" with A.Rubinov (Springer-Verlag,
1977)
- "Models
and Computers in Economics" (Moscow, Znanie, 1979)
- "Computer
Simulation in Analysis of Regional Problems" (Novosibirsk, Nauka, 1987).
A
Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979), Full Member of the
Academy (1990). Now he is a full member of Russian
Academy of Sciences. He was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Economics
and Mathematical Methods, member of editorial board of journals: Economics
of Planning, The Economics of Transition, Economic Systems Research. In addition
he is a Fellow of the Econometric
Society (1979) and been a member of a number of Government Commissions.
The
contributions he has made in his field have been recognized by the USSR Council
of Ministries through the award of a State prize. In 1995 he got the Kantorovich's
award of the Russian Academy of Sciences for his contribution to economic theory.
In 1992 New Economic School in Moscow
was established by his initiative and Dr. Makarov was appointed Rector of the
School. In 1995 he was elected as a member of an Executive Committee of the International
Economic Association. In 2004 he became the first President of the School.
