Details about Paul A. Samuelson

Homepage:	http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1970/
Postal address:	Paul A. Samuelson obtained the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1970. His entry is maintained by the RePEc team. The listed email address will not respond to inquiries.
Workplace:	Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2005

1. Inside the Economist's Mind: The History of Modern Economic Thought, as Explained by Those Who Produced It
   WORKING PAPERS SERIES IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS, University of Kansas, Department of Economics
   Also in Method and Hist of Econ Thought, EconWPA (2005) View citations

2004

2. An Interview with Paul A. Samuelson
   Method and Hist of Econ Thought, EconWPA

1997

3. Wherein Do the European and American Models Differ?
   Working Papers, Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi View citations

1976

4. Comparative Advantage, Trade and Payments in a Ricardian Model With a Continuum of Goods
   Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1977)

1970

5. On the Trail of Conventional Beliefs About the Transfer Problem
   Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. A few remembrances of Friedrich von Hayek (1899-1992)
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 69, (1), 1-4

2008

2. A tribute to Richard Abel Musgrave
   Journal of Economics and Finance, 2008, 32, (4), 330-333
3. Asymmetric or symmetric time preference and discounting in many facets of economic theory: A miscellany
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2008, 37, (2), 107-114 View citations
4. Commemorating Richard Musgrave (1910-2007)
   FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2008, 64, (2), 145-170
5. Thoughts about the Phillips curve
   Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2008

2007

6. Classical and Neoclassical harmonies and dissonances
   European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2007, 14, (2), 243-271 View citations

2006

7. Complete work-up of the one-sector scalar-capital theory of interest rate: Third installment auditing Sraffa's never-completed "Critique of Modern Economic Theory"
   Japan and the World Economy, 2006, 18, (3), 331-356
8. Testing to confirm that Leontief-Sraffa matrix equations for input/output must obey constancy of returns to scale
   Economics Letters, 2006, 90, (2), 183-188
9. The pros and cons of globalization
   Japan and the World Economy, 2006, 18, (4), 592-594

2005

10. Abram Bergson, Economist
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (501), F130-F133
11. An Elizabethan Age for Pure Trade Theory: 1925-55
    Review of International Economics, 2005, 13, (5), 1001-1003
12. Testimonials
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2005, 47, (2), 492-502
13. Where Ricardo and Mill Rebut and Confirm Arguments of Mainstream Economists Supporting Globalization: Response
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (3), 242-244

2004

14. Conservation laws in economics
    Japan and the World Economy, 2004, 16, (3), 243-246
15. Testing the expected utility maximization hypothesis with limited experimental data
    Japan and the World Economy, 2004, 16, (3), 391-407
16. Where Ricardo and Mill Rebut and Confirm Arguments of Mainstream Economists Supporting Globalization
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (3), 135-146 View citations

2003

17. A few theoretical aspects of deregulation
    Japan and the World Economy, 2003, 15, (1), 131-133
18. Pure theory aspects of industrial organization and globalization
    Japan and the World Economy, 2003, 15, (1), 89-90
19. Reflections on the Schumpeter I knew well
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2003, 13, (5), 463-467
20. Tale of two macroeconomies
    Japan and the World Economy, 2003, 15, (3), 361-363

2002

21. Innovational progress sans thrift
    Japan and the World Economy, 2002, 14, (3), 281-284 View citations

2001

22. A MODERN POST-MORTEM ON BO¨HM'S CAPITAL THEORY: ITS VITAL NORMATIVE FLAWSHARED BY PRESRAFFIAN MAINSTREAM CAPITAL THEORY
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2001, 23, (3), 301-317
23. A Personal Tribute to John Harsanyi
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2001, 36, (1), 28-29
24. A Ricardo-Sraffa Paradigm Comparing Gains from Trade in Inputs and Finished Goods
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2001, 39, (4), 1204-1214 View citations
25. Future Asian stock market trends
    Japan and the World Economy, 2001, 13, (2), 187-189
26. Harry G. Johnson (1923-1977): Scholar, Mentor, Editor, and Relentless World Traveler
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2001, 60, (3), 601-649
27. On just how great 'great books are'
    European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2001, 8, (3), 305-308 View citations
28. Some game theory anecdotes
    Japan and the World Economy, 2001, 13, (3), 299-302

2000

29. Economic and cultural aspects of tomorrow's multinational firms
    Japan and the World Economy, 2000, 12, (4), 393-394
30. Japan's future financial structure
    Japan and the World Economy, 2000, 12, (2), 185-187
31. Speculations about Japan and US relations in the coming decade
    Japan and the World Economy, 2000, 12, (3), 285-287
32. Speeches by Nobel Laureates
    Financial Management, 2000, 29, (3)
33. The narrowing of the world market
    Japan and the World Economy, 2000, 12, (1), 99-101

1999

34. Samuelson’s Economics at Fifty: Remarks on the Occasion of the Anniversary of Publication
    Journal of Economic Education, 1999, 30, (4), 352-363
35. Some theoretical and empirical thoughts on developmental analysis
    Japan and the World Economy, 1999, 11, (2), 289-292

1998

36. How Foundations Came to Be
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1998, 36, (3), 1375-1386 View citations
37. Summing up on business cycles: opening address
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1998, (Jun), 33-36 View citations

1997

38. Credo of a Lucky Textbook Author
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (2), 153-60
39. Estimating Probabilities Relevant to Calculating Relative Risk-Corrected Returns of Alternative Portfolios
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997, 15, (3), 191-200
40. Growth theory tries once again
    Japan and the World Economy, 1997, 9, (2), 283-286
41. How Best to Flip-Flop If You Must: Integer Dynamic Stochastic Programming for Either-Or
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997, 15, (3), 183-90
42. Proof by Certainty Equivalents that Diversification-across-Time Does Worse, Risk Corrected, Than Diversification-throughout-Time
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997, 14, (2), 129-42
43. Theories of the feasible FIRST best
    Japan and the World Economy, 1997, 9, (4), 569-571

1996

44. Budget constraints that are not soft
    Japan and the World Economy, 1996, 8, (2), 225-228
45. Gottfried Haberler (1900-1995)
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (439), 1679-87
46. The next fifty years of Japan-US economic relations
    Japan and the World Economy, 1996, 8, (1), 121-124

1995

47. Corrigendum [Facets of Balassa-Samuelson Thirty Years Later]
    Review of International Economics, 1995, 3, (2), 248
48. Remin1nscences of Dudley Dillard
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1995, 21, (1), 1-6
49. Some uneasiness with the Coase Theorem
    Japan and the World Economy, 1995, 7, (1), 1-7 View citations

1994

50. Facets of Balassa-Samuelson Thirty Years Later
    Review of International Economics, 1994, 2, (3), 201-26 View citations
51. How can monetary policy be improved?
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1994, 229-258
52. Richard Kahn: His Welfare Economics and Lifetime Achievement
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1994, 18, (1), 55-72
53. The Classical Classical Fallacy
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1994, 32, (2), 620-39
54. The To-Be-Expected Angst Created for Economists by Mathematics
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1994, 20, (3), 267-273

1993

55. Altruism as a Problem Involving Group versus Individual Selection in Economics and Biology
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 143-48 View citations

1992

56. Factor-Price Equalization by Trade in Joint and Non-joint Production
    Review of International Economics, 1992, 1, (1), 1-9
57. Graduated Income Taxation, Which Reduces Inequality, Leaves Pareto's Coefficient Invariant: A Pseudo-paradox That Debunks Pareto's Coefficient
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (4), 205-06
58. Speaking of the unspeakable: Pearl Harbor after fifty years and at the century's turn
    Japan and the World Economy, 1992, 4, (2), 173-177

1991

59. Extirpating Error Contamination Concerning the Post-Keynesian Anti-Pasinetti Equilibrium
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1991, 43, (2), 177-86
60. Leontief's 'the economy as a circular flow': An introduction
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1991, 2, (1), 177-179
61. Sraffa's Other Leg
    Economic Journal, 1991, 101, (406), 570-74
62. Wall street and main street
    Japan and the World Economy, 1991, 3, (1), 93-101

1989

63. Ricardo Was Right!
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1989, 91, (1), 47-62
64. Robert Solow: An Affectionate Portrait
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1989, 3, (3), 91-97

1988

65. How a Certain Internal Consistency Entails the Expected Utility Dogma
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1988, 1, (4), 389-93
66. Mathematical Vindication of Ricardo on Machinery
    Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 96, (2), 274-82 View citations
67. The Keynes-Hansen-Samuelson multiplier-accelerator model of secular stagnation
    Japan and the World Economy, 1988, 1, (1), 3-19
68. The Passing of the Guard in Economics
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1988, 14, (4), 319-329

1986

69. Theory of optimal taxation
    Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 30, (2), 137-143 View citations
70. Yes to Robert Dorfman's Vindication of Thunen's Natural-Wage Derivation [Thunen at Two Hundred]
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1986, 24, (4), 1777-85

1985

71. Modes of Thought in Economics and Biology
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 166-72 View citations
72. Thermodynamic theory as mathematical economics could have discovered it
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1985, 10, (3), 281-281

1984

73. Princípios de maximização na economia analítica
    Revista Brasileira de Economia, 1984, 38, (4)
74. Second Thoughts on Analytical Income Comparisons
    Economic Journal, 1984, 94, (374), 267-78 View citations
75. Unattainability of Integrability and Definiteness Conditions in the General Case of Demand for Money and Goods
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (4), 588-604 View citations

1983

76. 1983: Marx, Keynes, and Schumpeter
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1983, 9, (3), 166-179
77. Thunen at Two Hundred
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1983, 21, (4), 1468-88 View citations

1982

78. Bertil Ohlin 1899-1979
    Journal of International Economics, 1982, 12, (1, Supplement), 31-49
    Also in Journal of International Economics, 1981, 11, (2), 147-163 (1981)
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1981, 83, (3), 355-71 (1981)

1981

79. Justice to the Australians
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1981, 96, (1), 169-70
80. Summing up on the Australian Case for Protection
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1981, 96, (1), 147-60 View citations

1980

81. Heckscher- Ohlin Trade Theory with a Continuum of Goods
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1980, 95, (2), 203-24 View citations
82. Noise and Signal in Debates among Classical Economists: A Reply
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1980, 18, (2), 575-78

1979

83. Paul Douglas's Measurement of Production Functions and Marginal Productivities
    Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (5), 923-39 View citations
84. Why we should not make mean log of wealth big though years to act are long
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 1979, 3, (4), 305-307 View citations

1978

85. Free trade's intertemporal Pareto-optimality
    Journal of International Economics, 1978, 8, (1), 147-149
86. Interest rate equalization and nonequalization by trade in Leontief-Sraffa models
    Journal of International Economics, 1978, 8, (1), 21-27
87. Maximizing and Biology
    Economic Inquiry, 1978, 16, (2), 171-83
88. The Canonical Classical Model of Political Economy
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1978, 16, (4), 1415-34 View citations

1977

89. A Modern Theorist's Vindication of Adam Smith
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (1), 42-49 View citations
90. Comparative Advantage, Trade, and Payments in a Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (5), 823-39 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1976)
91. Correcting the Ricardo Error Spotted in Harry Johnson's Maiden Paper
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1977, 91, (4), 519-30
92. Reaffirming the Existence of "Reasonable" Bergson-Samuelson Social Welfare Functions
    Economica, 1977, 44, (173), 81-88 View citations
93. St. Petersburg Paradoxes: Defanged, Dissected, and Historically Described
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1977, 15, (1), 24-55 View citations

1976

94. Alvin Hansen as a Creative Economic Theorist
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1976, 90, (1), 24-31
95. Economics of Forestry in an Evolving Society
    Economic Inquiry, 1976, 14, (4), 466-92 View citations
96. Is Real-World Price a Tale Told by the Idiot of Chance?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1976, 58, (1), 120-23 View citations
97. Optimality of Sluggish Predictors under Ergodic Probabilities
    International Economic Review, 1976, 17, (1), 1-7 View citations
98. The Optimum Growth Rate for Population: Agreement and Evaluations
    International Economic Review, 1976, 17, (2), 516-25 View citations

1975

99. A Note on Professor Dan Usher's Contributions to National Income Comparisons
    Economic Journal, 1975, 85, (339), 614
100. Optimum Social Security in a Life-Cycle Growth Model
     International Economic Review, 1975, 16, (3), 539-44 View citations
101. Seymour Harris as Political Economist
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1975, 57, (1), ii-v
102. Steady-State and Transient Relations: A Reply on Reswitching
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1975, 89, (1), 40-47 View citations
103. The Optimum Growth Rate for Population
     International Economic Review, 1975, 16, (3), 531-38 View citations
104. Trade pattern reversals in time-phased Ricardian systems and intertemporal efficiency
     Journal of International Economics, 1975, 5, (4), 309-363 View citations

1974

105. Analytical Notes on International Real-Income Measures
     Economic Journal, 1974, 84, (335), 595-608
106. Comments on the Favorable-Bet Theorem
     Economic Inquiry, 1974, 12, (3), 345-55
107. Complementarity-An Essay on the 40th Anniversary of the Hicks-Allen Revolution in Demand Theory
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1974, 12, (4), 1255-89 View citations
108. Fallacy of the log-normal approximation to optimal portfolio decision-making over many periods
     Journal of Financial Economics, 1974, 1, (1), 67-94 View citations
109. Generalized Mean-Variance Tradeoffs for Best Perturbation Corrections to Approximate Portfolio Decisions
     Journal of Finance, 1974, 29, (1), 27-40 View citations
110. Insight and Detour in the Theory of Exploitation: A Reply to Baumol
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1974, 12, (1), 62-70 View citations
111. Invariant Economic Index Numbers and Canonical Duality: Survey and Synthesis
     American Economic Review, 1974, 64, (4), 566-93 View citations
112. Is the Rent-Collector Worthy of His Full Hire?
     Eastern Economic Journal, 1974, 1, (1), 7-10 View citations
113. Lessons from the Current Economic Expansion
     American Economic Review, 1974, 64, (2), 75-77
114. Remembrances of Frisch
     European Economic Review, 1974, 5, (1), 7-23 View citations
115. Scale Economies and Non-Labor Returns at the Optimum Population
     Eastern Economic Journal, 1974, 1, (2), 125-127
116. The Transformation of Values: What Marx "Really" Meant: Rejoinder: Merlin Unclothed, A Final Word
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1974, 12, (1), 75-77

1973

117. "Samuelson and Marx": Reply
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1973, 11, (4), 1367
118. Proof That Properly Discounted Present Values of Assets Vibrate Randomly
     Bell Journal of Economics, 1973, 4, (2), 369-374 View citations
119. Relative Shares and Elasticities Simplified: Comment
     American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (4), 770-71 View citations
120. Samuelson's "Reply on Marxian Matters."
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1973, 11, (1), 64-68

1972

121. Heretical doubts about the international mechanisms
     Journal of International Economics, 1972, 2, (4), 443-453 View citations
122. Jacob Viner, 1892-1970
     Journal of Political Economy, 1972, 80, (1), 5-11 View citations
123. Maximum Principles in Analytical Economics
     American Economic Review, 1972, 62, (3), 249-62 View citations
124. Samuelson on the Neoclassical Dichotomy: A Reply
     Canadian Journal of Economics, 1972, 5, (2), 283-92
125. The Consumer Does Benefit From Feasible Price Stability
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1972, 86, (3), 476-93 View citations
126. The Consumer Does Benefit From Feasible Price Stability: Rejoinder
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1972, 86, (3), 500-503 View citations
127. The Economics of Marx: An Ecumenical Reply
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1972, 10, (1), 51-57
128. The general saddlepoint property of optimal-control motions
     Journal of Economic Theory, 1972, 5, (1), 102-120 View citations

1971

129. An exact Hume-Ricardo-Marshall model of international trade
     Journal of International Economics, 1971, 1, (1), 1-18 View citations
130. Paradoxes of Schumpeter's Zero Interest Rate
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1971, 53, (4), 391-92
131. Understanding the Marxian Notion of Exploitation: A Summary of the So-Called Transformation Problem Between Marxian Values and Competitive Prices
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1971, 9, (2), 399-431 View citations

1970

132. Professor Samuelson on Free Enterprise and Economic Inefficiency: Reply
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1970, 84, (2), 341-45
133. Reflections on Recent Federal Reserve Policy
     Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1970, 2, (1), 33-44 View citations
134. The Fundamental Approximation Theorem of Portfolio Analysis in terms of Means, Variances, and Higher Moments
     Review of Economic Studies, 1970, 37, (4), 537-42 View citations
135. What Makes for a Beautiful Problem in Science?
     Journal of Political Economy, 1970, 78, (6), 1372-77

1969

136. Contrast between Welfare Conditions for Joint Supply and for Public Goods
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1969, 51, (1), 26-30 View citations
137. Corrected Formulation of Direct and Indirect Additivity
     Econometrica, 1969, 37, (2), 355-59
138. Lifetime Portfolio Selection by Dynamic Stochastic Programming
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1969, 51, (3), 239-46 View citations
139. Nonoptimality of Money Holding under Laissez Faire
     Canadian Journal of Economics, 1969, 2, (2), 303-308 View citations
140. Notes on Turnpikes: Stable and unstable
     Journal of Economic Theory, 1969, 1, (4), 454-475

1968

141. THE COST OF DUMPING BUTTER: A COMMENT
     Journal of Common Market Studies, 1968, 7, (3), 243-252
142. What Classical and Neoclassical Monetary Theory Really was
     Canadian Journal of Economics, 1968, 1, (1), 1-15 View citations

1964

143. Tax Deductibility of Economic Depreciation to Insure Invariant Valuations
     Journal of Political Economy, 1964, 72, 604 View citations

1959

144. Consumption-Loan Interest and Money: Reply
     Journal of Political Economy, 1959, 67, 518 View citations

1958

145. An Exact Consumption-Loan Model of Interest with or without the Social Contrivance of Money
     Journal of Political Economy, 1958, 66, 467 View citations

1946

146. The Graphic Depiction of Elasticity of Demand
     Journal of Political Economy, 1946, 54, 354

1934

147. A Synthesis of the Principle of Acceleration and the Multiplier
     Journal of Political Economy, 1934, 47, 786 View citations

Chapters

1991

1. Macroeconomic Consequences of Financial Crises
   A chapter in The Risk of Economic Crisis, 1991, pp 135-182

1980

2. The Role of Government: Taxes, Transfers, and Spending
   A chapter in The American Economy in Transition, 1980, pp 617-674

1942

3. Appendix A - Further Observations on the Relations Between Consumer Saving and Instalment Credit
   A chapter in Consumer Instalment Credit and Economic Fluctuations, 1942, pp 177-194