MODIGLIANI, Franco

MODIGLIANI, Franco. American (born Italy), b. 1918. Genres: Economics, Money/Finance. Career: Professor of Economics and Finance, since 1962, and Institute Professor, since 1970, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Visiting Professor of Economics, 1960-61). Instructor in Economics and Statistics, New Jersey College for Women, New Brunswick, 1942; Instructor to Associate in Economics and Statistics, Bard College, Columbia University, NYC, 1942-44; Lecturer to Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Economics, and Econometrics, New School for Social Research, NYC, 1943-44, 1946-48; Research Associate and Chief Statistician, Institute of World Affairs, NYC, 1945-48; Research Consultant, Cowles Commission on Research in Economics, University of Chicago, 1949-54; Professor of Economics and Industrial Administration, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1952-60; Visiting Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-58; Professor of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1960-62. Recipient: Nobel Prize for Economics, 1985. Publications: National Incomes and International Trade, 1953; Planning Production, Inventories and Work Forces, 1960; The Role of Anticipations and Plans in Economic Behavior and Their Use in Economic Analysis and Forecasting, 1961; New Mortgage Designs for Stable Housing in an Inflationary Environment, 1975; The Determinants of National Savings and Wealth, 1983; The Debate over Stabilization Policies and Other Macroeconomic Issues, 1986; The Collected Papers of Franco Modigliani, 5 vols., 1980-89; (co-author) The Management of an Open Economy with 100%Plus Wage Indexation, 1990. Died 2003.