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Franco Modigliani

Franco Modigliani

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
63
Citations
40460
World Ranking
665
National Ranking
419

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
  • 1985 - Nobel Prize for his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets
  • 1985 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets
  • 1977 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Franco Modigliani was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their academic work focused on economic analysis, particularly related to saving and financial markets.

During their career, Modigliani collaborated with several notable economists. Frequent co-authors included:

  • William R. Lewis
  • Lawrence Klein
  • Kenneth J. Arrow
  • Paul A. Samuelson
  • Milton Friedman

Modigliani contributed to book publications with The MIT Press, including the title Lives of the Laureates, published in 2020.

Awards received by Modigliani recognized different stages and aspects of their career:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1973)
  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (1977)
  • Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA) (2000)
  • Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economics (1985) for pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets
  • Nobel Prize (1985) for pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets

Best Publications

  • Dividend Policy, Growth, and the Valuation of Shares

    Merton H. Miller;Franco Modigliani

  • CORPORATE INCOME TAXES AND THE COST OF CAPITAL: A CORRECTION

    Unknown

  • THE LIFE CYCLE HYPOTHESIS OF SAVING: AGGREGATE IMPLICATIONS AND TESTS

    Unknown

  • Life Cycle, Individual Thrift and the Wealth of Nations

    Franco Modigliani

  • INNOVATIONS IN INTEREST RATE POLICY

    Franco Modigliani;Richard Sutch

  • INFLATION, RATIONAL VALUATION, AND THE MARKET

    Franco Modigliani;Richard A. Cohn

  • The Role of Intergenerational Transfers and Life Cycle Saving in the Accumulation of Wealth

    Franco Modigliani

  • Capital Markets: Institutions and Instruments

    Frank J. Fabozzi;Franco Modigliani

  • Liquidity Preference and the Theory of Interest and Money

    Franco Modigliani

  • Consumption decisions under uncertainty

    Jacques H Drèze;Franco Modigliani

  • Risk-Adjusted Performance

    Franco Modigliani;Leah Modigliani

  • SOME ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF CAPITAL TO THE ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY, 1954-57

    M H Miller;F Modigliani

  • The Chinese Saving Puzzle and the Life-Cycle Hypothesis

    Franco Modigliani;Shi Larry Cao

  • A Linear Decision Rule for Production and Employment Scheduling

    Charles C Holt;Franco Modigliani;Herbert A Simon

  • Foundations of Financial Markets and Institutions

    Frank J. Fabozzi;Franco Modigliani;Frank Joseph Jones

  • Towards An Understanding of the Real Effects and Costs of Inflation

    Stanley Fischer;Franco Modigliani

  • The life cycle hypothesis of saving

    Franco Modigliani;Andrew B. Abel

  • Stabilization Policy Ten Years After

    James Tobin;Edmund S. Phelps;William Poole;Martin Feldstein

  • New Developments on the Oligopoly Front

    Franco Modigliani

  • Long-Run Implications of Alternative Fiscal Policies and the Burden of the National Debt

    Unknown

  • A Theory and Test of Credit Rationing

    Dwight M Jaffee;Franco Modigliani

  • Inflation, Rational Expectations and the Term Structure of Interest Rates

    Franco Modigliani;Robert J. Shiller

  • The Pasinetti Paradox in Neoclassical and More General Models

    Paul A. Samuelson;Franco Modigliani

Frequent Co-Authors

Merton H. Miller
Merton H. Miller University of Chicago
Frank J. Fabozzi
Frank J. Fabozzi Johns Hopkins University
Jacques H. Dreze
Jacques H. Dreze Université Catholique de Louvain
Stanley Fischer
Stanley Fischer BlackRock (United States)
Tullio Jappelli
Tullio Jappelli University of Naples Federico II
Dennis J. Snower
Dennis J. Snower Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Enrico C. Perotti
Enrico C. Perotti University of Amsterdam
Robert J. Shiller
Robert J. Shiller Yale University

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