Robert H. Frank
Professor Frank is a monthly contributor to the "Economic Scene" column in The New York Times. Until 2001, he was the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences. He has also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Nepal, chief economist for the Civil Aeronautics Board, fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and was Professor of American Civilization at l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Frank's books include Choosing the Right Pond, Passions within Reason, Microeconomics and Behavior, Luxury Fever, and What Price the Moral High Ground? The Winner-Take-All Society, co-authored with Philip Cook, was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times, and was included in Business Week's list of the ten best books for 1995. Frank holds a BS in mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an MA in statistics from UC Berkeley and a PhD in economics, also from UC Berkeley.
Our Climb To Sublime; Hold On. We Don't Need to Go There.
Selected Publications
Frank, R. and B. S. Bernanke (2000). Principles of Economics. New York, McGraw-Hill.
Frank, R. H. (2000). The Costs of Governing Less; [Op-Ed]. New York Times: A.13.
Frank, R. H. (2000). "Does Growing Inequality Harm the Middle Class?" Eastern Economic Journal 26(3): 253-64.
Frank, R. H. (2000). Feeling Crash-Resistant in an S.U.V.; [Op-Ed]. New York Times: A.23.
Frank, R. H. (2000). Luxury Fever: Money and Happiness in an Era of Excess. Princeton University Press.
Frank, R. H. (2002). Luxury Fever: Money and Happiness in an Era of Excess [Chinese Language Edition].
Frank, R. H. (2000). A Merger's Message: Dominate or Die; [Op-Ed]. New York Times: A.25.
Frank, R. H. (2000). "Progressive Taxation and the Incentive Problem." Does Atlas Shrug? The Economic Consequences of Taxing the Rich. J. B. Slemrod. New York, Cambridge, Russell Sage Foundation, Harvard University Press.
Frank, R. H. (2000). The Rules NASDAQ Forgot; [Op-Ed]. New York Times: A.21.
Frank, R. H. (2000). Scarce Slots? Hold an Auction; [Op-Ed]. New York Times: A.35.
Frank, R. H. (2000). SheHua Kuang Chao : Wei He Feng Kuang Xiao Fei Mai Bu Dao Ni De Man Zu? Taibei Shi, Zhi ku gu fen youxian gong si.
Frank, R. H. (2000). When Less Is Not More; [Op-Ed]. New York Times: A.19.
Frank, R. H. (2000). "Why Is Cost-Benefit Analysis So Controversial?" Journal of Legal Studies 29(2): 913-30.
Frank, R. H. (2000). "Why Living in a Rich Society Makes Us Feel Poor." New York Times Magazine: 6.
Frank, R. H. (2000). "Yes, the Rich Get Richer, but There's More to the Story." Columbia Journalism Review 39(4): 28.
Frank, R. H. (2001). The Downside of Hearing Whoopi at the Mall; [Op-Ed]. New York Times: A.13.
Frank, R. H. (2001). "The Economist as Public Intellectual: A Case for Selling Pareto Improvements."Eastern Economic Journal 27(2): 221-225.
Frank, R. H. (2001). Traffic and Tax Cuts; [Op-Ed]. New York Times: A.35.
Frank, R. H. (2002). Principles of Macroeconomics. Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Frank, R. H. (2002). Principles of Microeconomics. Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Frank, R. H. (2002). "Cooperation through Emotional Commitment." Evolution and the Capacity for Commitment. R. Nesse. New York, Russell Sage Foundation.
Frank, R. H. (2002). "The Economic Naturalist." American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings.
Frank, R. H. (2003). "Introducing Moral Emotions into Models of Rational Choice." Feelings and Emotions: The Amsterdam Symposium . A. S. R. Manstead, N. H. Frijda and A. H. Fischer. New York, Cambridge University Press. (forthcoming )
Frank, R. H. and B. Bernanke (2001). Principles of Macroeconomics. Boston, Mass., McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Frank, R. H. and B. Bernanke (2001). Principles of Microeconomics. Boston, McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Frank, R. H. and B. S. Bernanke (2001). Principles of Economics. Boston, McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Frank, R. H. and A. J. Glass (2000). Microeconomics and Behavior. Boston, MA, McGraw-Hill.
Frank, R. H. and I. C. Parker (2002). Microeconomics and Behaviour. Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Frank, R. H. and C. R. Sunstein (2001). "Cost-Benefit Analysis and Relative Position." University of Chicago Law Review 68(2):323-374.
Hadala, B. and R. H. Frank (2001). Instructor's Resource CD-Rom to Accompany Principles of Economics by Frank and Bernanke. New York, McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Halteman, J. and R. H. Frank ( 2000). Study Guide to Accompany Microeconomics and Behavior. Boston, McGraw-Hill.
Halteman, J., I. C. Parker and R. H. Frank (2002). Instructor's Manual and Test Bank to Accompany Microeconomics and Behaviour, First Canadian Edition, Robert H. Frank, Ian C. Parker. Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Martin, P. and R. H. Frank (2002). Study Guide for Use with Microeconomics and Behaviour, First Canadian Edition. Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Ray, M. and R. H. Frank (2001). Instructor's Manual to Accompany Principles of Economics. Boston, McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
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