Franklin M. Fisher

Franklin M. Fisher
Born(1934-12-13)December 13, 1934
DiedApril 29, 2019(2019-04-29) (aged 84)
EducationHarvard University (BA, PhD)
Academic career
FieldIndustrial organization
Microeconomics
InstitutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology
National Bureau of Economic Research
Doctoral
advisor
John R. Meyer
Doctoral
students
Stanley Fischer[1]
Michael Rothschild[2]
Vincent Crawford[3]
Richard L. Schmalensee
Charles F. Manski
Mark J. Machina
Douglas Bernheim[4]
Michael Whinston
Nancy Rose[5]
Robert W. Vishny[6]
Andrei Shleifer[7]
ContributionsWork in antitrust economics, industrial organization, microeconomics, and econometrics
AwardsJohn Bates Clark Medal (1973)

Franklin Marvin Fisher (December 13, 1934 – April 29, 2019) was an American economist. He taught economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1960 to 2004.

  1. ^ Fisher, Stanley (1969). Essays on assets and contingent commodities (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/13873. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  2. ^ Rothschild, Michael (1969). Essays in economic theory (PDF) (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Crawford, Vincent P. (May 1976). Essays in Economic Theory (PDF) (Thesis).
  4. ^ "Rationalizable economic behavior and strategic choice". Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. ^ Rose, Nancy L. (1985). The incidence of rents in the regulated trucking industry (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  6. ^ Vishny, Robert W. (1985). Informational aspects of securities markets (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  7. ^ Shleifer, Andrei (1986). The business cycle and the stock market (PDF) (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved May 21, 2017.