Contributor
Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947.
Imprint:Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2005.
Descriptionxv, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Celebrating Irving Fisher: the legacy of a great economist / Robert W. Dimand, John Geanakoplos -- Irving Fisher (1867-1947) / James Tobin -- Irving Fisher of Yale / William J. Barber -- How to compute equilibrium prices in 1891 / William C. Brainard, Herbert E. Scarf ; Comment / Donald Brown, Felix Kubler ; comment / K.R. Sreenivasan -- Controlling the price level / Robert E. Hall ; comment / James TObin -- Stable prices, money and the cost of living / Martin Shubik -- Econometric analysis of Fisher's equation / Peter C.B. Phillips ; comments / John Rust -- Fisher, Keynes, and the corridor of stability / Robert W. Dimand -- Fisher's introductory text / James Tobin -- Fisher's The Nature of Capital and Income / James Tobin -- Irving Fisher's Spendings (consumption) tax in retrospect / John B. Shoven, John Whalley -- Comments / Alan J. Auerbach, Michael J. Graetz -- The ideal inflation-indexed bond and Irving Fisher's impatience theory of interest with overlapping generations / John Geanakoplos -- Comments / Robert J. Shiller -- Index number theory using differences rather than ratios / W. Erwin Diewet -- Comment / Matthew D. Shapiro -- Irving Fisher and the contribution of improved longevity to living standards / William D. Nordhaus -- Comments / Robert W. Dimand, T.N. Srinivasan -- Health, government, and Irving Fisher / Victor R. Fuchs -- Does "health promotion" really promote health? / Alvan R. Feinstein -- Irving Fisher, Victor Fuchs, and the health-government tangle / Richard Zeckhauser.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
