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Distinguished Fellow: In Honor of Victor Fuchs
- Source :
- Journal of Economic Perspectives. 6:179-189
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- American Economic Association, 1992.
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Abstract
- Victor Fuchs is a towering figure. His contributions to economics have spanned nearly 35 years. As his career has progressed, he has increasingly come to write on subjects of broad interest in a style that is accessible to noneconomists, thereby magnifying his influence. His gift is an ability to ask questions that are usually based on simple theory, but which nonetheless in his hands seem novel, and then proceed to answer those questions with simple, straightforward data analysis that is all the more powerful for its simplicity. Victor's work is usually “low tech,” to use his term, but almost always persuasive in ways that high-tech methods would not necessarily be. In this essay, I focus principally on Victor's contributions to the economics of health and medical care, but I have a bit to say about his other contributions as well.
- Subjects :
- Health Services Needs and Demand
Economics and Econometrics
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Mechanical Engineering
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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
History, 20th Century
Management Science and Operations Research
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Medical care
United States
Epistemology
Style (visual arts)
Physicians
Law
Honor
Health Services Research
Simplicity
Sociology
Delivery of Health Care
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Simple (philosophy)
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Details
- ISSN :
- 08953309
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic Perspectives
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8d7e45986184119280d2c469997e3883