Contributor
Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947.
Imprint:Cheltenham, UK : Northampton, MA : Elgar Pub., c1999.
Descriptionxx, 343 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:A collection of 14 papers presented at a conference of the Irving-Fisher Gesellschaft held May 22-24, 1997, Königstein, Germany, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Fisher's death, with the addition of some reprints of non-conference papers.
Note:Part One: IRVING FISHER'S WORKS AND CORRESPONDENCE: 1. Irving Fisher (1867-1947): career highlights and formative influences / William J. Barber -- 2. On working with Irving Fisher's papers / William J. Barber -- Part Two: MACROECONOMICS AND THE QUANTITY THEORY: 3. Irving Fisher's monetary macroeconomics / Robert W. Dimand -- 4. Irving Fisher and Knut Wicksell: different interpretations of the quantity theory? / Thomas M. Humphrey -- Part Three: MONETARY POLICY, MONETARY REFORM, AND CONSTRUCTIVE INCOME TAXATION: 5. Monetary policy and monetary reform: Irving Fisher's contributions to monetary macroeconomics / Hans-E. Loef, Hans G. Monissen -- note: Volbert Alexander -- 6. Constructive income taxation: a modern interpretation / Clemens Fuest -- comment / Christian Scheer -- Part Four: DEBT-DEFLATION AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION: 7. Irving Fisher's debt-deflation theory of great depressions / Robert W. Dimand -- 8. Irving Fisher, the quantity theory, and the Great Depression / Frank G. Steindl -- Part Five: STATISTICS, ECONOMETRICS, AND INDEX NUMBERS: 9. Irving Fisher's contributions to economic statistics and econometrics / John S. Chipman -- 10. A statistical relation between employment and price changes in the United States and Germany, 1960-1995: Fisher's discovery of the 'Phillips Curve' reconsidered / Horst Entorf -- 11. Irving Fisher and the modern theory of index numbers / János Barta -- Part Six: CAPITAL, INCOME, AND INTEREST: 12. The nature of capital and interest / Bertram Schefold -- comment: Volker Caspari -- 13. Capital and income in the theory of investment and output: Irving Fisher and John Maynard Keynes / Jan A. Kregel -- Part Seven: VALUE, PRICES, AND FINANCIAL ASSETS: 14. Irving Fisher's mathematical investigations in the theory of value and prices / Ulrich Schwalbe -- comment / Norbert Schulz -- 15. Real assets, financial assets, and Fisher separation / Udo Broll, Hellmuth Milde -- 16. Beyond Fisher's NPV? Much ado about nothing! / Andreas Gintschel.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
