Robert H. Frank

Robert H. Frank (* 1945 ) is an American economist . He is Professor of Economics at Cornell University .

Life

Frank first studied mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology ( BS , 1966). A Masters in Statistics (1971) and a Ph.D. in Economics (1972) from the University of California, Berkeley . Since 1972 he has been a professor at Cornell University. 1978–1980 he was chief economist of the Civil Aeronautics Board, in addition there were several stays at other universities, among other things he was professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris from 2000–2001 . He has been a columnist for the New York Times since 2005 .

The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common-Sense Principles for Troubled Times . Basic Books, 2009. ISBN 0465015115 .
Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class . University of California Press, 2007. ISBN 0520252527 .
The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas . Basic Books, 2007. ISBN 046500217X .
What Price The Moral High Ground? Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN 9780691006727 .
Principles of Economics (with Ben S. Bernanke ). Mcgraw Hill Book Co, 2009 (fourth edition). ISBN 007735429X .
Luxury Fever: Money and Happiness in an Era of Excess . Free Press, 1999. ISBN 0684842343 .
The Winner-Take-All Society (with Philip J. Cook ). Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1995. ISBN 0028740343 .
Microeconomics and Behavior . Mcgraw-Hill Professional, 2009 (8th edition). ISBN 0070166749 .
Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions . WW Norton & Co, 1988. ISBN 0393026043 .
Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status . Oxford University Press, 1985. ISBN 0195035208 .