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Robert Eisner
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Robert Eisner (1922-1998) was William R. Kenan Emeritus Professor of
Northwestern University. He is well known for his contributions to
understanding investment, consumption behavior, macroeconomic theory, and
fiscal and monetary policy. He published extensively in academic journals
such as the American Economic Review, Review of Economics and
Statistics, Quarterly Journal of Economics,
Econometrica, Economic Journal, Survey of Current
Business, Review of Income and Wealth. Eisner is
the author of many books including Social Security: More Not
Less (1998), The Misunderstood Economy: What Counts and How to
Count It (1994), and The Total Incomes System of
Accounts (1989).
Selected Publications
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Eisner, Robert. "The NAIRU and Fiscal and Monetary Policy for Now and Our
Future," Seminar Paper No. 1, Center for Full Employment and Price
Stability (January 2000).
Eisner, Robert. Social Security: More Not Less. New York: Century
Foundation Press, 1998.
Eisner, Robert. "State of the Union: Black Holes in the Statistics."
Challenge (January-February 1997): 615.
Eisner, Robert. The Misunderstood Economy: What Counts and How to Count
It. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
Eisner, Robert. "Divergences of Measurement and Theory and Some Implications for
Economic Policy." Presidential address to the American Economic Association, New
York (December 29, 1988), American Economic Review, 79 (March 1989):
113.
Eisner, Robert. The Total Incomes System of Accounts. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Eisner, Robert. How Real is the Federal Deficit? New York: The Free
Press, 1986.
Eisner, Robert. "The Total Incomes System of Accounts." Survey of Current
Business, 65 (January 1985): 2448.
Eisner, Robert. "Transfers in a Total Incomes System of Accounts." In
Economic Transfers in the United States. Studies in Income and Wealth,
vol. 49, edited by Marilyn Moon, 936. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1984. With David H. Nebhut.
Eisner, Robert. "Total Incomes in the United States, 194676: A Summary Report."
Review of Income and Wealth, series 28 (June 1982): 133174.
Eisner, Robert. "An Extended Measure of Government Product: Preliminary Results for
the United States, 194676." Review of Income and Wealth, series 27
(March 1981): 3364. With Emily R. Simons, Paul J. Pieper, and Steven
Bender.
Eisner, Robert. "Capital Gains and Income: Real Changes in the Value of Capital in the
United States, 194677." In The Measurement of Capital. Studies in Income
and Wealth, vol. 45, edited by Dan Usher, 175342. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1980.
Eisner, Robert. "Limitations and Potentials of Countercyclical Fiscal and Monetary
Policies," in Business Cycle and Public Policy, 1980.
Eisner, Robert. "Total Income, Total Expenditure and Growth," American
Economic Review, 1980.
Eisner, Robert. "Total Incomes in the United States, 1959 and 1969." Review
of Income and Wealth, series 24, (March 1978): 4170.
Eisner, Robert. Comment on "A Framework for the Measurement of Economic and
Social Performance," by F. Thomas Juster. In The Measurement of Economic
and Social Performance. Studies in Income and Wealth, vol. 38, edited by
Milton Moss, 99102. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973.
Eisner, Robert. "Components of Capital Expenditure: Replacement and modernization
versus expansion," Revue of Economics and Statistics, 1972.
Eisner, Robert. "New Twists to Income and Product." In The Economic
Accounts of the United States: Retrospect and Prospect. Survey of Current
Business, 51, part II, 50th anniversary issue (July 1971): 6768.
Eisner, Robert. "Investment and the Frustrations of Econometricians,"
American Economic Review, 1969.
Eisner, Robert. "Investment Behavior and Neoclassical Theory," with M.I. Nadiri, ,
Review of Economics and Statistics, 1968.
Eisner, Robert. "Capital and Labor in Production: Some Direct Estimates." In
The Theory and Empirical Analysis of Production. Studies in Income and
Wealth, vol. 31, edited by Murray Brown, 431462. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1967.
Eisner, Robert. "The Permanent Income Theory for Investment: Some empirical
explorations," American Economic Review, 1967.
Eisner, Robert. "Realization of Investment Anticipations," in Duesenberry et al, editors,
Brookings Quarterly Model, 1965.
Eisner, Robert. "Capital Expenditures, Profits and the Acceleration Principle," in
Models of Income Determination, 1964.
Eisner, Robert. "Capacity, Investment and Profits," Quarterly Journal of
Economics, 1964.
Eisner, Robert. "Investment: Fact and fancy," American Economic
Review, 1963.
Eisner, Robert. "Determinants of Business Investment," with R.H. Strotz, in
Impacts of Monetary Policy, 1963.
Eisner, Robert. "Investment Plans and Realizations," American Economic
Review, 1962.
Eisner, Robert. "A Distributed Lag Investment Function," Econometrica,
1960.
Eisner, Robert. "On Growth Models and the Neo-Classical Resurgence,"
Economic Journal, 1958.
Eisner, Robert. "The Permanent Income Hypothesis: Comment," American
Economic Review, 1958.
Eisner, Robert. Studies in Income and Wealth, vol. 19, 513584.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957.
Eisner, Robert. Determinants of Capital Expenditures: An interview
study, 1956.
Eisner, Robert. Studies in Income and Wealth, vol. 17, 484488.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955.
Eisner, Robert. Comment on "The Contribution of Consumer Anticipations in
Forecasting Consumer Demand," by Irving Schweiger. In Short-Term Economic
Forecasting.
Eisner, Robert. "Interview and Other Survey Techniques and the Study of Investment."
In Problems of Capital Formation.
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