Robert W. Fogel

Robert W. Fogel is a renowned American economist, who along with Douglass C. North won the Nobel Prize for Economics in the year 1993 for his studies on railroads and slavery. People will remember them for their notable works on economic history by applying economic theory to explain economic and institutional change. [br]

Personal, career and Academic profiles

Robert W. Fogel is a renowned American economist, who along with Douglass C. North won the Nobel Prize for Economics in the year 1993 for his studies on railroads and slavery. People will remember them for their notable works on economic history by applying economic theory to explain economic and institutional change. [br]

Personal, career and Academic profiles

Robert W. Fogel was born on July 1, 1926 at New York, U.S. In 1948, W. Fogel obtained B.A. from Cornell University. In 1960, Fogel completed his M.A. In 1963, Fogel was awarded PhD In 1964: Fogel joined in University of Chicago In 1975, Fogel received M.A. Degree from the University of Cambridge and In 1976, he again got his M.A. Degree from Harvard During 1975-81, Fogel was engaged with Harvard University In early 1960, Fogel was engaged with Rochester University and University of Chicago. He was engaged with Harvard during 1970s and joined the University of Chicago in 1981.

Theory propounded

Robert W. Fogel will be remembered for his famous work on cliometrics, which is the application of statistical analysis to the study of economic history. He along with Douglass C. North are famous for their economic analysis on some cherished assumptions of American history. They propounded a technique called “cliometrics”. Fogel also worked on areas of economics like cost-benefit analysis, depreciation, and value added considerations into the area of historical study.

Honors and awards

Robert W. Fogel was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1993, along with Douglass Cecil North, for the research works on economic history to explain economic and institutional change through economic theory and quantitative methods.

Major publications

• 1960: The Union Pacific Railroad: A Case in Premature Enterprise
• 1971: The Reinterpretation of American Economic History (New York: Harper & Row)
• 1974: Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery (Boston: Little, Brown)
• 1989:Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery (New York: W. W. Norton)

Major works [br]
Some of the famous works of Robert W. Fogel include:

• 1960: Union Pacific Railroad : A Case in Premature Enterprise
• 1974: Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery
• 1985: Which Road to the Past?, with G.F. Elton
• 1989: Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
• 1994: “Economic Growth, Population Theory and Physiology: The bearing of long-term processes on economic policy”
• 2000: The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism

Working papers
Some of the famous working papers of Robert W. Fogel during the period from 2003 to 2007:

• 2003: “Changes in the Process of Aging During the Twentieth Century: Findings and Procedures of the Early Indicators Project”
• 2003: “Secular Trends in Physiological Capital: Implications for Equity in Health Care”
• 2003: Robert W. Fogel & Chulhee Lee, 2003. “Who Gets Health Care?”
• 2004: “High Performing Asian Economies”
• 2004: “Changes in the Disparities in Chronic Disease during the Course of the Twentieth Century”
• 2005: “Changes in the Physiology of Aging during the Twentieth Century”
• 2005: “Reconsidering Expectations of Economic Growth after World War II from the Perspective of 2004”
• 2005: “Reconsidering Expectations of Economic Growth After World War II from the Perspective of 2004”
• 2006: “Why China is Likely to Achieve its Growth Objectives”
• 2007: “Capitalism and Democracy in 2040: Forecasts and Speculations”

Books by Robert W. Fogel

• Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Slavery
• Reconsidering expectations of economic growth after World War II from the perspective of 2004.: An article from: IMF Staff Papers
• Capitalism & democracy in 2040.: An article from: Daedalus

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