Franklin M. Fisher
Franklin Marvin Fisher (born 13 December 1934 in New York City ) is an American economist. As a high school teacher he worked until his retirement in particular at Boston Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Career, teaching and research
Fisher attended Harvard University, where he graduated in 1956 after his summa cum laude obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in the following year as Master of Arts. In 1960 he graduated with the degree of Ph.D. in economics from his doctoral thesis was entitled " A Priori Information and Time Series Analysis ".
As early as 1959 Fisher worked as an assistant professor at the University of Chicago before moving into position itself to MIT the following year. There he rose to associate professor in 1962, three years later he was appointed to the University as a full professor. Even after his retirement in 2004, he occupied the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton - Chair of Microeconomics at MIT.
Fisher's central research and teaching areas cover particular industrial organization, microeconomics and related econometric methods. In particular, in the areas of competition, competition law and the violation and the breaking of treaties and trade mark rights, he distinguished himself as an expert. In this context, he was involved in the big competition law disputes between the U.S. antitrust and one hand IBM in the 1970s and 1980s as well as the other side with Microsoft in the 1990s.
Since 1963, Fisher is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, which he chaired in 1979 as president. He is a member of the American Economic Association and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969. Several times he was honored for his work, including the John Bates Clark in particular stands out Medal, which he received in 1973.
Works
The following list gives Fishers published books again, he has also written numerous journal articles and working papers.
- A Priori Information and Time Series Analysis: Essays in Economic Theory and Measurement. 1962
- With Carl Kaysen: A Study in Econometrics: The Demand for Electricity in the United States. 1962
- With Albert Ando & Herbert A. Simon: Essays on the Structure of Social Science Models. 1963
- Supply and Costs in the United States Petroleum Industry: Two Econometric Studies. 1964
- The Identification Problem in Econometrics. 1966
- With Karl Shell: The Economic Theory of Price Indices. Academic Press, New York 1972.
- With John J. McGowan & Joen Greenwood: Folded, spindled, and Mutilated: Economic Analysis and U.S. v. IBM. 1983 The anti-trust case against IBM U.S.. Mohr, Tübingen, 1985, ISBN 3-16-344880-1