William Brainard

William C. Brainard (born c. 1935) is an American economist. He is the Arthur Okun Professor Emeritus of Economics at Yale University,[1] and he served as the provost of the university from 1981 to 1986. Brainard is the namesake of the William C. Brainard chair, which current Yale provost Ben Polak holds.[2] Brainard earned both his economics M.A. (1959) and Ph.D. (1963) at Yale. He has been teaching at Yale since 1962.[2]

Along with his frequent collaborator James Tobin, Brainard developed the theory of Tobin's q. The concept first appeared in Brainard and Tobin's 1968 article "Pitfalls in Financial Model Building"[3] The letter "Q," however, was not introduced until Tobin's 1969 article "A general equilibrium approach to monetary theory."[4] So, while references to "Q theory" generally carry only Tobin's name, Brainard and Tobin jointly introduced the concept.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "William C. Brainard". Cowles.econ.yale.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. 1 2 "YaleNews | Chair Pays Tribute to Economist William Brainard's Leadership". News.yale.edu. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  3. ↑ Brainard, W.C., and J. Tobin (1968): "Pitfalls in Financial Model Building," American Economic Review.
  4. ↑ Tobin, J. (1969): "A general equilibrium approach to monetary theory," Journal of Money Credit and Banking.
  5. ↑ "Biography of William C. Brainard" (PDF). American Economic Association. Retrieved 2013-10-14.

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