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Franklin Fisher

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Franklin Fisher · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Econometrician and authority on industrial organization; Clark Medal (1973)

When

1934, New York City, United States — 2019, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Where

United States

Prizes and awards
Biography

Franklin Fisher is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Econometrician and authority on industrial organization; Clark Medal (1973)

How & why

Fisher, an American economist of Jewish background who taught at MIT from 1960 to 2004, was a leading econometrician and authority on industrial organization and competition. He clarified aggregation theory and the estimation of simultaneous-equation models and served as a prominent expert witness in major antitrust cases. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1973.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal

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Econometrician and authority on industrial organization; Clark Medal (1973)

1973

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal