econometric modeling to government economic planning and accounting. He was one of the founders of the Econometric Society and editor of Econometrica for over twenty years. The Frisch Medal, so named in his honor, is given every two years for the best paper published in the aforementioned Econometrica in the previous five years. Frisch's most important hobby was bee-keeping, for which Frisch performed genetic studies. Selected publications There is a bibliography of Frisch's writings up to 1960 in and there is a collection of selected essays References Further reading External links Ragnar Frisch at nobel-winners.com IDEAS/RePEc Econometricians Nobel laureates in Economics Norwegian Nobel laureates Academic staff of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo Academic staff of the University of Oslo University of Oslo alumni 1895 births 1973 deaths Fellows of the Econometric Society Presidents of the Econometric Society Bredtveit concentration camp survivors Berg concentration camp survivors Grini concentration camp survivors 20th-century Norwegian economists Economics journal editors Norwegian people of German descent Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the American Philosophical Society