Irving Fisher

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academic economist human statistician

Irving Fisher was an influential American economist and statistician known for his pioneering work in interest theory, capital theory, and the development of modern economic and econometric analysis.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → economist → human → statistician →
academicDegree	PhD in economics →
awardReceived	President of the American Economic Association →
causeOfDeath	myocardial infarction →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1867-02-27 →
dateOfDeath	1947-04-29 →
doctoralAdvisor	Josiah Willard Gibbs →
educatedAt	Yale University →
employer	Yale University →
familyName	Fisher →
fieldOfWork	capital theory → econometrics → economics → interest theory → macroeconomics → monetary economics → public health → statistics →
fullName	Irving Fisher →
givenName	Irving →
knownFor	Fisher equation → Fisher separation theorem → capital theory → debt-deflation theory of great depressions → early contributions to econometrics → intertemporal choice theory → pioneering work in index numbers → quantity theory of money formulation → theory of interest →
memberOf	American Economic Association → American Statistical Association →
notableIdea	compensated dollar plan → equation of exchange → real interest rate and nominal interest rate distinction →
notableWork	Appreciation and Interest → The Nature of Capital and Income → The Purchasing Power of Money → The Theory of Interest →
occupation	economist → statistician → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Saugerties, New York →
placeOfDeath	New Haven, Connecticut →
positionHeld	professor of political economy at Yale University →
religion	Congregationalism →
spouse	Margaret Hazard →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fisher–Schultz Lecture → Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics →	namedAfter
Econometric Society →	founder
Irving Fisher →	fullName
Henry Schultz →	influencedBy