Conference on the Themes of Economics
Celebration of Irving Fisher on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of His Death
May 8-9, 1998
Sponsored by: The Cowles Foundation and The Department of Economics
| FRIDAY | |
| 9:00 | SESSION 1. Index Number Theory Using Differences Rather than Ratios Speaker: W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia Discussants: Matt Shapiro, University of Michigan & Ariel Pakes, Yale University |
| 10:45 | SESSION 2. Taxing Consumption Rather than Income Speakers: John Shoven, Stanford University and John Whalley, University of Western Ontario Discussants: Alan Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley & Michael Graetz, Yale University |
| 1:30 | Tour of Fisher Collection in the Yale Archives |
| 1:45 | SESSION 3. Monetary Institutions and Policies: Rules, Instruments, Goals Speaker: Robert E. Hall, Stanford University Discussants: James Tobin, Yale University & Martin Shubik, Yale University |
| 4:30 | SESSION 4. How to Compute Equilibria in 1892 Speakers: William C. Brainard, Yale University and Herbert E. Scarf, Cowles Foundation Discussants: Donald Brown, Yale University & Katepalli Sreenivasan, Yale University |
| 7:00 | Cocktails & Dinner, Graduate Club Irving Fisher of Yale — William Barber, Editor of The Works |
| SATURDAY | |
| 9:00 | SESSION 5. Econometric Analysis of Fisher's Equation Speaker: Peter C.B. Phillips, Cowles Foundation Discussants: John Rust, Yale University & Christopher Sims, Yale University |
| 10:45 | SESSION 6. The Rate of Interest, Incomplete Markets, Indexed Bonds and Social Security Speaker: John Geanakoplos, Cowles Foundation Discussants: Robert Shiller, Cowles Foundation & Peter Diamond, MIT |
| 1:45 | SESSION 7. Wealth and Health: The Contribution of Improved Health Status to Living Standards Speaker: William Nordhaus, Yale University Discussants: Robert Dimand, Brock University & T.N. Srinivasan, Yale University |
| 3:30 | SESSION 8. Promoting the Population's Health: The Role of Government Speaker: Victor Fuchs, Stanford University Discussants: Alan Feinstein, Yale University & Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard University, Kennedy School |