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According to Wikipedia, James Tobin was an American economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisers and consulted with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale Universities. He contributed to the development of key ideas in the Keynesian economics of his generation and advocated government intervention in particular to stabilize output and avoid recessions. His academic work included pioneering contributions to the study of investment, monetary and fiscal policy and financial markets. He also proposed an econometric model for censored dependent variables, the well-known tobit model.

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Estimation of Relationships for Limited Dependent Variables (1958) (6572)
A General Equilibrium Approach to Monetary Theory (1969) (5015)
Liquidity Preference as Behavior towards Risk (1958) (3836)
The Interest-Elasticity of Transactions Demand For Cash (1956) (1413)
A Proposal for International Monetary Reform (1978) (1136)
Pitfalls in Financial Model-Building (1968) (1095)
Money and economic growth (1965) (1048)
Is growth obsolete (1973) (995)
Gamma Discounting (2001) (637)
Inflation and unemployment (1972) (589)
On Limiting the Domain of Inequality (1970) (470)
Two Cases for Sand in the Wheels of International Finance (1995) (404)
Keynesian Models of Recession and Depression (1975) (380)
Commercial Banks as Creators of 'Money' (1963) (371)
Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity (1982) (365)
Asset Markets and the Cost of Capital (1976) (365)
On the efficiency of the financial system (1984) (358)
Money and Income: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?: Rejoinder. (1970) (310)
Stabilization Policy Ten Years After (1980) (275)
Financial Intermediaries and the Effectiveness of Monetary Controls (1962) (236)
Money and Finance in the Macro-Economic Process (1982) (227)
Monetary Policies and the Economy -- The Transmission Mechanism (1978) (223)
Price Flexibility and Output Stability: An Old Keynesian View (1993) (220)
The New Economics One Decade Older (1974) (198)
Neoclassical Growth with Fixed Factor Proportions (1966) (197)
A Dynamic Aggregative Model (1955) (195)
MONEY, CAPITAL, AND OTHER STORES OF VALUE (1989) (178)
Long Run Effects of Fiscal and Monetary Policy on Aggregate Demand (1974) (173)
The Monetarist Counter-Revolution Today-An Appraisal (1981) (142)
A Model of U.S. Financial and Nonfinancial Economic Behavior (1980) (141)
Virus infections. (1977) (138)
Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity: Reflections on Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory (1981) (127)
The American Business Creed (1957) (126)
Comment on Borch and Feldstein (1969) (124)
What Is Permanent Endowment Income (1974) (123)
A Statistical Demand Function for Food in the U.S.A (1950) (116)
A SURVEY OF THE THEORY OF RATIONING (1952) (115)
Friedman's Theoretical Framework (1972) (108)
How Dead is Keynes (1977) (99)
Debt Neutrality: A Brief Review of Doctrine and Evidence (1978) (96)
The Commercial Banking Firm: A Simple Model (1982) (95)
On the Predictive Value of Consumer Intentions and Attitudes (1959) (93)
Essays in economics (1971) (91)
A Case for Preserving Regulatory Distinctions (1987) (89)
Wealth, liquidity and consumption (1971) (87)
Fiscal and Monetary Policies, Capital Formation, and Economic Activity (1978) (86)
Chapter 17 The macroeconomics of government finance (1990) (81)
Money, credit, and capital (1997) (80)
Liquidity Preference and Monetary Policy (1947) (74)
Portfolio theory. (1981) (74)
Are New Classical Models Plausible Enough to Guide Policy (1980) (72)
The wage-price mechanism : overview of the conference (1973) (69)
Global Capital Flows: Should they be Regulated? (1998) (69)
Poverty in Relation to Macroeconomic Trends, Cycles, and Policies (1993) (68)
Monetary Policy: Rules, Targets, and Shocks (1983) (65)
The Short-Run Macroeconomics of Floating Exchange Rates: An Exposition (1979) (64)
Supply Constraints on Employment and Output: NAIRU Versus Natural Rate (1997) (63)
Macroeconomic Effects of Selective Public Employment and Wage Subsidies (1977) (60)
The natural rate of unemployment: The natural rate as new classical macroeconomics (1995) (59)
‘Domestic saving and international capital movements in the long run and the short run’ by M. Feldstein (1983) (58)
Neoclassical Theory in America: J.B. Clark and Fisher (1985) (56)
Asian financial crisis (1998) (56)
Notes on Optimal Monetary Growth (1968) (56)
Economic growth as an objective of government policy (1964) (48)
On the Internationalization of Portfolios (1992) (47)
A currency transactions tax, why and how (1996) (47)
Deposit Interest Ceilings as a Monetary Control (1970) (46)
Raising the incomes of the poor (1969) (45)
Financial Globalization: Can National Currencies Survive? (1998) (44)
The Optimal Cash Balance Proposition: Maurice Allais' Priority (1989) (43)
Economic Research: Retrospect and Prospect, Volume 5, Economic Growth (1972) (43)
Is a Negative Income Tax Practical?* (1967) (41)
The Application of Multivariate Probit Analysis to Economic Survey Data (1955) (39)
Relative income, absolute income and saving (1952) (38)
Macroeconomics, prices, and quantities : essays in memory of Arthur M. Okun (1983) (37)
Consumer Expenditures and the Capital Account (1959) (37)
Risk aversion and portfolio choice (1969) (36)
On Crotty’s Critique of q-Theory (1990) (34)
The monetary interpretation of history : a review article (1965) (30)
Monetary Policy: Recent Theory and Practice (1998) (28)
An Old Keynesian Counterattacks (1993) (28)
Economic Events, Ideas, and Policies: The 1960s and After (2010) (28)
A Proposal for Monetary Reform (2003) (27)
Wealth, Liquidity, and the Propensity to Consume (1971) (27)
The Neutrality of Money in Growth Models: A Comment (1967) (26)
The Monetary-Fiscal Mix: Long-Run Implications (1986) (25)
Policies for prosperity: Essays in a Keynesian mode (1987) (25)
On the theory of macroeconomic policy (1990) (25)
On the Welfare Macroeconomics of Government Financial Policy (1986) (24)
Price flexibility and full employment : the debate then and now (1990) (23)
The future of Keynesian economics (1986) (23)
An Overview of the General Theory (1995) (22)
Theoretical Issues in Macroeconomics (1985) (21)
Fisher's The Nature of Capital and Income (2005) (21)
Estimates of the free demand for rationed foodstuffs. (1952) (19)
National Economic Policy (1966) (19)
The monetary and fiscal policy mix (1986) (18)
Monetary Policy in 1974 and Beyond (1974) (18)
A mean-variance approach to fundamental valuations (1984) (18)
Irving Fisher (1867-1947) (2005) (18)
Consumer Debt and Spending: Some Evidence from Analysis of a Survey (1957) (18)
The Invisible Hand in Modern Macroeconomics (1991) (18)
THE BURDEN OF THE PUBLIC DEBT: A REVIEW ARTICLE (1965) (17)
Full Employment and Growth: Further Keynesian Essays on Policy (1998) (17)
Two Revolutions in Economic Policy: The First Economic Reports of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan (1988) (17)
Hansen and Public Policy (1976) (17)
Towards a General Kaldorian Theory of Distribution (1960) (16)
Deficit Spending and Crowding Out in Shorter and Longer Runs (1977) (15)
Errata: Neoclassical Growth with Fixed Factor Proportions (1966) (15)
Natural Gas Compressor Stations on the Interstate Pipeline Network : Developments Since 1996 (2007) (14)
Full Employment And Growth (1996) (14)
Essays in Economics: National and International (1996) (14)
A Note on the Money Wage Problem (1941) (13)
Essays in economics, theory and policy (1984) (13)
Economic Research : Retrospect and Prospect ECONOMIC GROWTH (2003) (12)
Notes on the economic theory of expulsion and expropriation (1974) (12)
Financial markets and economic activity (1973) (12)
Mandatory Retirement Saving and Capital Formation (1983) (12)
International Currency Regimes, Capital Mobility, and Macroeconomic Policy (1991) (11)
Price Flexibility and Output Stability (1994) (11)
Essays in Economics, Volume 2: Consumption and Econometrics. (1978) (10)
Money and Permanent Income: Some Empirical Tests (1969) (10)
Towards Improving the Efficiency of the Monetary Mechanism (1960) (10)
Can We Grow Faster (1997) (9)
Money and banking in contemporary Japan : the theoretical setting and its application (1980) (9)
Macroeconomics Under Debate (1983) (9)
Welfare programs : an economic appraisal (1968) (9)
A Revolution Remembered (1988) (9)
Business Cycles and Economic Growth: Current Controversies about Theory and Policy (1993) (9)
Macroeconomic Strategy in Wartime (2002) (8)
Keynes’ Policies in Theory and Practice (1983) (8)
The Economy of China: A Tourist’s View (1973) (8)
The Future of Social Security: One Economist's Assessment (1987) (8)
Comment from academic scribbler (1978) (8)
On the Endogeneity of Money Supply (1991) (8)
Government Deficits and Capital Accumulation (1978) (7)
Real estate markets Rent control - How big a risk to the apartment industry? (2000) (7)
The Future of the Fed (1961) (7)
GROWTH IN UNBUNDLED NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, 1982-1987 (1989) (7)
Growth and Distribution: A Neoclassical Kaldor-Robinson Exercise (1989) (7)
The Natural Rate as New Classical Macroeconomics -- For Rod Cross, The Natural Rate Hypothesis 25 Years On (1993) (7)
World finance and economic stability : selected essays of James Tobin (2003) (7)
Essays in economics : macroeconomics (1987) (7)
Prologue to The Tobin Tax: Coping with Financial Volatility (2003) (7)
Shonfield: Modern Capitalism: The Changing Balance of Public and Private Power (1966) (7)
Thinking Straight about Fiscal Stimulus and Deficit Reduction (1993) (6)
Inter-Generation Transfers of Wealth and the Theory of Saving (1963) (6)
High Time to Restore the Employment Act of 1946 (1986) (6)
Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II (1997) (6)
7. UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION: THE CRUEL DILEMMA (1967) (6)
Fiscal Policy: Its Macroeconomics in Perspective (2001) (6)
Monetary Policy and the Management of the Public Debt: The Patman Inquiry (1953) (6)
[Comment on Tobin]: Rejoinder (1970) (6)
The Fiscal Revolution: Disturbing Prospects (1985) (6)
The IMF's misplaced priorities: flawed fund (2003) (6)
Studies of Portfolio Behavior (1970) (6)
Commentary on Irving Fisher, The Nature of Capital and Income (1906) (1991) (5)
Explanation of Birth Rate Changes over Space and Time: A Study of Taiwan: Comment (1973) (5)
16. Adjustment Responsibilities of Surplus and Deficit Countries (1967) (5)
How Political Must the Council of Economic Advisers Be (1974) (5)
Reply to Professor Eisner (1959) (5)
Discussion of Risk Adjustment (1990) (5)
World Finance And Economic Stability (2003) (5)
Introduction: The American business creed as ideology (1956) (4)
Can You Fool All of the People All of the Time?: Reply (1972) (4)
Comments by Professor James Tobin (1997) (4)
The Reagan economic plan--supply-side, budget and inflation (1981) (4)
Monetary Velocity and Monetary Policy: A Rejoinder (1948) (4)
The intellectual revolution in U.S. economic policy-making : the second Noel Buxton lecture of the University of Essex, 18 January 1966 (1966) (4)
Speculators' tax: International policy coorcdination and national monetary autonomy‐why both are needed and how a trasaction tax would help (1994) (4)
Joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and capital flow (2009) (4)
Book Review:Keynes' Monetary Thought: A Study of Its Development Don Patinkin (1981) (4)
Democracy's Edges: A comment on Dahl's skepticism (1999) (4)
Essays in Economics: Consumption and Econometrics (1987) (4)
The Business Cycle in the Post-war World: A Review (1958) (4)
Monetary Rules and Control in Brave New World (1987) (4)
Defense, dollars, and doctrines (1958) (4)
Impasse of the 1980s: Locomotives who Can't or Won't (1984) (4)
The 1982 economic report of the president: The annual report of the council of economic advisers (1982) (4)
On Consequences and Criticisms of Monetary Targeting, or Monetary Targeting: Dead at Last? Comment (1985) (4)
Major Issues in the Regulation of Financial Institutions: Comment (1967) (4)
Gabriel Harvey in Illyria (1980) (4)
The Fallacies of Lord Keynes' General Theory: Comment (1948) (4)
Testimony II: An Interview (1989) (4)
The Experiment in Applied Econometrics (1997) (3)
Price Flexibility and the Stability of Full-Employment Equilibrium (1993) (3)
International trade and financial markets (2001) (3)
On Living and Trading with Japan, United States Commercial and Macroeconomic Policies (1991) (3)
Consumption and econometrics (1975) (3)
Dr Pinch and Gabriel Harvey (2003) (3)
Landmark Papers in Macroeconomics Selected by James Tobin (2002) (3)
The 1979 Founders symposium, The Institute for Social Research, honoring George Katona (1979) (3)
Have with You to Athens' Wood (2003) (3)
Comments on the Relevance of Psychology to Economic Theory and Research. (1963) (3)
An Idea that Gained Currency but Lost Clarity (2001) (3)
NOMENCLATURE AND THE DATING OF TITUS ANDRONICUS (1984) (3)
Keynesian Theory: Is It Still a Useful Tool in the Economic Reality of Today? (1992) (3)
Economic Progress and the International Monetary System (1963) (3)
Health Care Reform as Seen by a General Economist (1994) (3)
Inventories, Investment, Inflation and Taxes (1987) (3)
Savages, the poor and the discourse of Hawaiian infanticide (1997) (3)
MISUNDERSTANDING DISTRIBUTION (2002) (3)
FINAL REMARK (1959) (3)
Discussing Prices and Quantities (1983) (2)
National Economic Policy: Essays (1966) (2)
Estimates of sectoral capital/output ratios for Kenya (1973) (2)
Comments and Discussion: The Fellner, Okun, and Gordon Reports (1971) (2)
Technological Development and Employment (1972) (2)
Our National Debt (1950) (2)
The Krugman Thesis (2000) (2)
Comment on the Paper by Professor Laidler [Monetarism: An Interpretation and an Assessment] (1981) (2)
The International Monetary System: Pluralism and Interdependence (1991) (2)
A Keynesian View of the Budget Deficit (1984) (2)
The Economic Pendulum: 1962… 1982… 1992(?) (1992) (2)
Fisher's Introductory Text (2005) (2)
NASHE AND ROMEO AND JULIET (1980) (2)
Remin1nscences of Dudley Dillard (1995) (2)
The American Individual Enterprise System: Its Nature, Evolution, and Future (1948) (2)
The Economy of China: A Tourist's View (1975) (2)
NASHE AND THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (1981) (2)
The Wrong Mix for Recovery (1982) (2)
Capital Requirements for Economic Growth (1961) (1)
World economy and financial markets (1998) (1)
Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy: Paul A. Samuelson and Modern Economics (1982) (1)
The 1980s A decade of stagnation (1989) (1)
In Memoriam: Richard Ruggles (1916‐2001) (2001) (1)
The Monetary-Fiscal Policy Mix in the United States, W. A. Mackintosh Lecture (1984) (1)
On Minsky's Agenda for Reform (1999) (1)
Money (for New Palgrave Money and Finance) (1992) (1)
[Reconsidering the Costs of Business Cycles with Incomplete Markets]: Comment (1994) (1)
A Model of Fixed Capital without Substitution (1965) (1)
More on Inflation: Reply (1973) (1)
Monetary policies in the 1980s and beyond (1990) (1)
Inflation and unemployment in the share economy (1986) (1)
Monetary Restriction and Direct Controls (1951) (1)
The Icons of Public Debt: Reply (1966) (1)
Irving Fisher (1867-1947) in Retrospect: Fisher's Introductory Text (1997) (1)
Landmark papers in macroeconomics (2002) (1)
NASHE AND A CRUX IN MEASURE FOR MEASURE (2001) (1)
Jan Tinbergen (12 April 1903…9 June 1994) (1997) (1)
NASHE AND SOME SHAKESPEARIAN SONNETS (1999) (1)
A Symposium: Incomes Policy: A Social Compact for Restraint (1984) (1)
AN EVALUATION OF THE TESTS (2009) (1)
Business and Labor (1956) (1)
The consumption function (1968) (1)
Working Paper No. 278 (1999) (1)
Reflections on Dudley Dillardâ€™s Career (1993) (1)
The Carter Economics: A Symposium (1978) (1)
How Q and Cash Flow Affect Investment without Frictions: An Analytic Explanation1 (2008) (1)
Europe and the Dollar (1964) (1)
Remarks at a round table on Tobin Tax (2003) (0)
Discussion of Tobin and Poole Reports (2007) (0)
1960: campaign memo on economic growth and Growth Through Taxation (2003) (0)
Economic Indicators September 1999 (1999) (0)
The "New Economics": Not New Enough (1967) (0)
The New Era of Good Feeling between Business and Government (1965) (0)
Between a market-based and a caring society: what kind of socially responsible economy do we want? (2003) (0)
James Tobin, Franco Modigliani, Finn E. Kydland and Edward C. Prescott (2010) (0)
Growth and Distribution: A Reply (1990) (0)
Einleitung zur Neuausgabe von Irving Fishers "The nature of capital and income" . Irving Fisher 1867-1947 . Irving Fishers "The nature of capital and income" (1991) (0)
Book Review:Monetary Policy for a Competitive Society. Lloyd W. Mints (1951) (0)
Whatever happened to fiscal policy (2003) (0)
Consumer Attitudes and Demand 1950-1952 (1955) (0)
Working Paper Department of Economics Increasing Returns and Unemployment Equilibrium (2011) (0)
James Tobin''le Söyleşi (2002) (0)
Symposium on limiting the moral hazard in international financial rescues (2003) (0)
James Tobin, 1918â€“2002 (2002) (0)
Macroeconomics in the Conservative Era (1997) (0)
Shakespeare, Nashe, and Sir Thomas More (2006) (0)
How Drunken was Barnardine (2003) (0)
1848 Watervliet Meeting House: An Historic Structure Report (1981) (0)
“Ryan Virus” (1967) (0)
Currency unions, American v. European (2003) (0)
Reflections on Japanese Political Economy (2001) (0)
Washington: Monetarism, No Matter How Long It Takes (1982) (0)
JUSTICE FOR FLEAY (1999) (0)
Portrait: Tjalling Koopmans (1977) (0)
“ULYSSES”: A POSSIBLE SOURCE IN HORACE (1976) (0)
More Evidence for a 1594 Titus (2002) (0)
Why we need sand in the marketÂês gears (2003) (0)
MORE ON ‘NOTHING’ (1985) (0)
The economics of the radical right (1997) (0)
NASHE AND JULIUS CAESAR (1985) (0)
Toward a Democratic Economic Policy (1974) (0)
Controlling the price level. Commentary (2005) (0)
Tighten belt? No, spend cash (2003) (0)
Does Fiscal Policy Matter (1995) (0)
William John Fellner, 1905-1983 (1983) (0)
Essays in Economics, Vol. 4: National and International (1996) (0)
Private implementation of the Plan (in France) involves, or at least threatens to involve, co-operative arrangements among rivals which would be at odds with American tradition (1963) (0)
US capacity capability (2004) (0)
Clinton's second term and the American economy (2003) (0)
NASHE AND OTHELLO (1984) (0)
Another Psalm for Falstaff (2004) (0)
Cost contribution arrangements and superroyalties (1988) (0)
HAMLET AND SALARY (1983) (0)
Overseas Special Advisers (1983) (0)
A Symposium: Incomes Policy (1984) (0)
Portrait: Remembering Walter Heller (1987) (0)
Highway cost keeping (2010) (0)
Foreword to Global Capital Flows (2003) (0)
NASHE AND RICHARD III (1982) (0)
MANAGEMENT CONTENT OF MERCHANT NAVY OFFICERS' JOBS (1977) (0)
The Creed analyzed: Strains and Ideology (1956) (0)
Controlling monetary aggregates : proceedings of the monetary conference held on Nantucket Island, June 8-10, 1969 (1969) (0)
MALBECCO, YET AGAIN (1985) (0)
Shortage of Technicians (1971) (0)
At Home: Who Is Crowding out What? (1975) (0)
The mysteries of money (1956) (0)
Nashe and Iago (2003) (0)
The businessman and his customers (1956) (0)
Review of The Commanding Heights (2003) (0)
Keynesian insights for the Japanese economy (2003) (0)
Round Table Discussion: A Retrospective View (1993) (0)
Book Review:The Frontiers of Economic Knowledge Arthur F. Burns (1955) (0)
Lear's Howling, Again (2004) (0)
Preface to Eduard Marz, Schumpeter, English Translation, Yale University Press (1991) (0)
Alternative Forecasts of Saving 1947-56 (1957) (0)
The global economy: who is at the helm? (2003) (0)
The Conservative Counter-Revolution in Economic Policy. (1983) (0)
The ideology and the Cultural Heritage (1956) (0)
Appendix A: Note on Sources (1956) (0)
Essays in Economics - Vol. 2: Consumption and Economics (1987) (0)
on "Monetary Policy Issues in the 1980's," sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of (1982) (0)
ON THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF EXPULSION AND EXPROPRIATION By (2010) (0)
The institutional framework AMERICAN PLURALISM (1956) (0)
The functioning of a Competitive System (1956) (0)
The values of a good society (1956) (0)
Discussion (1973) (0)
The American System and its achievements (1956) (0)
Fall MRS 2003: Actinides Symposium (2003) (0)
The Business Executive (1956) (0)
Reprinted from Administrative Science Quarterly Research Notes and Comments * (0)
Strains in the Business role (1956) (0)
Comment on Robert Hall's “Controlling the Price Level” (2005) (0)
Growth Theory : Financial Factors and Long-Run Growth (2009) (0)
Strains and Ideology (1956) (0)
Planned and approved U.S. pipelines carry $28 billion price tag (2009) (0)
Government in a business economy (1956) (0)
ON THE THEORY OF MACROECONOMIC POLICY****Third Tinbergen Lecture delivered on October 20, 1989, in Utrecht for the Royal Netherlands Economic Association. (1993) (0)
Syv nobelprismodtagere, med sympati for Basic Income tanken (2006) (0)
The Functions and Rewards of Ownership (1956) (0)
[What Are the Costs of Excessive Deficits?]: Comment (1988) (0)
Stability and change in the Creed (1956) (0)
The American Business Enterprise (1956) (0)
Book Review:The Theory of Inter-Sectoral Money Flows and Income Formation John Somerset Chipman (1953) (0)
A note on the demand for food; a rejoinder. (1952) (0)
How can monetary policy be improved (1994) (0)
Price stability and public policy (overview) (1984) (0)
Book reviews (1996) (0)
Note of search unemployment and wage differentials (1972) (0)
Discussion [of "Financial Innovation and the Monetary Aggregates" and "The Monetary Deceleration: What Does It Mean and Why Is It Happening?"] (1979) (0)
Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, (2003) (0)
The Process of Inflation in the Labor Market. Comments and Discussion (1974) (0)
Economic Dynamics: An Introduction. William J. Baumol (1952) (0)

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