Franklin M. Fisher
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Franklin M. Fisher was an influential American economist known for his work in econometrics, industrial organization, and antitrust economics, and for his long tenure as a professor at MIT.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Franklin M. Fisher canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2582288 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franklin M. Fisher Context triple: [John B. Taylor, hasAcademicAdvisor, Franklin M. Fisher]
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A.
Franklin H. Martin
Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
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B.
Franklin C. Sibert
Franklin C. Sibert was a U.S. Army lieutenant general and World War II corps commander noted for leading American forces in major Pacific campaigns.
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C.
William J. Fisk
William J. Fisk was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.
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D.
Alvin B. Phillips
Alvin B. Phillips is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Western Digital.
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E.
Joseph P. Widney
Joseph P. Widney was an American physician, educator, and religious leader who played a key role in early Nazarene and holiness movements and served as the second president of the University of Southern California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franklin M. Fisher Target entity description: Franklin M. Fisher was an influential American economist known for his work in econometrics, industrial organization, and antitrust economics, and for his long tenure as a professor at MIT.
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A.
Franklin H. Martin
Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
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B.
Franklin C. Sibert
Franklin C. Sibert was a U.S. Army lieutenant general and World War II corps commander noted for leading American forces in major Pacific campaigns.
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C.
William J. Fisk
William J. Fisk was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.
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D.
Alvin B. Phillips
Alvin B. Phillips is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Western Digital.
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E.
Joseph P. Widney
Joseph P. Widney was an American physician, educator, and religious leader who played a key role in early Nazarene and holiness movements and served as the second president of the University of Southern California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
applied econometrics
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microeconomics ⓘ |
| affiliation | National Bureau of Economic Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
competition policy
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litigation support ⓘ regulation of monopolies ⓘ |
| awardReceived | John Bates Clark Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Franklin Marvin Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
antitrust economics
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econometrics ⓘ economics ⓘ industrial organization ⓘ |
| hasRole | expert witness in antitrust cases ⓘ |
| influenced |
antitrust policy analysis
ⓘ
applied econometric practice ⓘ industrial organization economics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
antitrust litigation analysis
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contributions to econometric theory ⓘ contributions to industrial organization ⓘ expert testimony in United States v. IBM ⓘ work on disequilibrium in economics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Econometric Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
disequilibrium foundations of general equilibrium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
econometric identification in large systems ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Dennis W. Carlton
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Hausman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Disequilibrium Foundations of Equilibrium Economics
NERFINISHED
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Industrial Organization: A Strategic Approach NERFINISHED ⓘ The IBM Case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType |
academic journal articles
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books ⓘ monographs ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Franklin M. Fisher Description of subject: Franklin M. Fisher was an influential American economist known for his work in econometrics, industrial organization, and antitrust economics, and for his long tenure as a professor at MIT.
Referenced by (1)
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