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Inventory of the Franco Modigliani Papers, 1936-2005 and undated, bulk 1970s-2003

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Descriptive Summary

Title

Franco Modigliani Papers, 1936-2005 and undated, bulk 1970s-2003

Creator

Modigliani, Franco

Extent

88 Linear Feet
62,100 Items

Repository

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Language

English.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open.

However, collection may contain materials to which Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign this form before using the collection.

In addition, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.

Also, some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use.

Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.

Use Restrictions

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Franco Modigliani Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Franco Modigliani Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 2004, with a few items also added in 2005.

Processing Information

Processed by Carrie Alexander, Linda Daniel, Pedro Garcia Duarte, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Shauna Saunders, and Pavla Vesela.

Completed March 18, 2005

Accessions 2004-0053 and 2004-0089 were merged to form one collection, described in this finding aid.

Accessions 2008-0067 and 2009-0114 have been added to this finding aid; these accessions have not been processed.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

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Biographical Note

1918 June 18	Born in Rome, Italy
circa 1935	Entered the University of Rome (Law)
1938	Emigrated to Paris, France
1939 May	Married Serena Calabi
1939	Returned to Rome and received the Juris Doctorate, University of Rome
1939 Aug.	Emigrated to the United States
1939	Awarded free tuition fellowship by the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social Research (Fall)
1942	Instructor in Economics and Statistics, New Jersey College of Women
1942-1944	Instructor, Associate in Economics and Statistics, Bard College
1943-1944	Lecturer in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, New School for Social Research
1944	Publication of his first article: "Liquidity Preference and the Theory of Interest and Money," Econometrica, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 1944
1944	Doctor of Social Science, New School for Social Research, New York
1945-1948	Research Associate and Chief Statistician, Institute of World Affairs, New School for Social Research, New York
1946-1948	Assistant Professor of Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, New School for Social Research, New York
1948	Awarded the Political Economy Fellowship of the University of Chicago
1949-1954	Research Consultant, Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, University of Chicago
1949	Associate Professor of Economics, University of Illinois
1950-1952	Professor of Economics, University of Illinois
1952-1960	Professor of Economics and Industrial Administration, Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University)
1953	Published with H. Neisser National Incomes and International Trade, University of Illinois Press, Chicago
1955	Fulbright Lecturer, Universities of Rome and Palermo, Italy
1957-1958	Visiting Professor of Economics, Harvard University
1958	Publication of "New Developments on the Oligopoly Front," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 66, June 1958
1958	Published with M. H. Miller "The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment," American Economic Review, vol. 48, June 1958
1960-1961	Visiting Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1960-1962	Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
1962-2003	Professor of Economics and Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1962	Elected President of the Econometric Society
1963	Publication with Albert K. Ando of "The 'Life Cycle' Hypothesis of Saving: Aggregate Implications and Tests," American Economic Review, vol. 53, March 1963.
1969-1973	Member, Comitato per le Scienze Politiche e Sociali (COSPOS), representing SSRC
1970-1988	Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1974-2003	Member, Consiglio Italiano per le Scienze Sociali
1975-1976	President-Elect and President of the American Economic Association
1985	Awarded Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science
1987	Published The European Economic Recovery - A Need for New Policies?
1988-2003	Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2001	Published memoirs, Adventures of an Economist (first published in Italian)
2003 Sept. 25	Died in Boston at age 85
2004	Posthumous publication with Arun Muralidhar of Rethinking Pension Reform

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Collection Overview

The Franco Modigliani Papers span the years 1936 to 2005, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1970s to 2003. Through correspondence, extensive research notes, unpublished writings, lectures and presentations, teaching materials, published materials, photographs, audiovisual materials, scrapbooks, and clippings, the papers document the career of a noted economist and Nobel Prize winner, from his earliest student work in Italy through his 40-year tenure of teaching and research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The many annotations written by Modigliani's wife and collaborator, Serena Modigliani, found throughout the collection, provide further information contextualizing the materials. The collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence; Writings and Speeches; Teaching Materials; Professional Service; Engagements; Printed Materials; Personal Files; Audio and Visual Materials; and Electronic Formats. Oversize materials are described at the end of the finding aid. The collection is open to research; however, it may contain materials to which Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign this form before using this collection.

Researchers will find ample documentation in the collection on Modigliani's work on the life-cycle hypothesis of saving, leading to the Nobel Prize in 1985. Other materials represent his work on topics and issues such as monetary policies, both domestic and foreign; pension trusts; public debt; econometric modelling; international finance and the international payment system; the effects of and cures for inflation; stabilization policies in open economies; and various fields of finance such as savings and investment, credit rationing, mortgages, the term structure of interest rates, and the valuation of speculative assets. Extensive documentation can also be found in the collection on Modigliani's key participation in the design of a large-scale model of the U.S. economy, called the MPS (an abbreviation deriving from collaborators MIT, Pennsylvania State University, and Social Science Research Council), sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank, a model used by the U.S. government until the 1990s. Other documents reveal Modigliani's analyses of the forces of economics and politics in the United States as well as in Italy and the European Union as a whole. His views on various social issues, including the arms race, are found throughout the papers, especially in the many editorials and commentaries he wrote for newspapers and other publications. The materials in this collection reveal the high value that Modigliani placed on collaboration with other economists and with graduate students, with whom he exchanged letters, notes, and drafts of writings and commentary. Researchers examining the correspondence and writings will find the comments, replies, and writings of his many colleagues on the same range of topics. Significant correspondents or collaborators documented in the collection include European and American economists such as Albert Ando, with whom he collaborated on the MPS model, Mario Baldassarri, John Bossons, Jacques Drèze, Merton Miller, Paul Samuelson and James Tobin. Many other major economists of the twentieth century, as well as many political and academic individuals, are represented in smaller amounts of writings and correspondence.

In addition to illuminating Modigliani's distinguished academic career and his collaborative approach to teaching and research, the materials in this collection offer insights into how he contributed significantly throughout his life to European and United States economic growth and reform, through professional service as an analyst, advisor, and expert witness. Organizations that benefited from this work include the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank, the U.S. Congress, and the Treasury Department. Other organizations with whom Modigliani participated and corresponded and are represented in many series in the collection are the offices of the International Economic Association, the American Economic Review, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Sciences.

The Correspondence Series, second largest in the collection, spans all of Modigliani's career, and consists chiefly of professional exchanges initiated by his colleagues in the U.S. and in many other countries. Many of the exchanges are in Italian, though most are in English. Numerous correspondents requested that Modigliani review their writings, and in most cases a draft of their manuscripts can be found in the folder, often accompanied by Modigliani's comments. The correspondence also contains more routine exchanges concerning student advising, academic committees, and activities related to Modigliani's non-academic service. There is very little personal or family correspondence in the collection, though there are some exchanges between Franco Modigliani and his son Andr, sociologist at the University of Michigan, and with his granddaughter Leah, a financial analyst with Morgan Dean Stanley Witter, with whom Modigliani collaborated on a formula for measuring stock risks.

The largest in the collection, the Writings and Speeches Series is subdivided into several subseries, the most extensive of which, the Research and Writings Subseries, contains a wealth of notes, data, subject files, and writings that underpinned and informed nearly all of Modigliani's most significant published works. These extensive files document the evolution of Modigliani's thought on a wide range of economic, social, and political topics, and the amount of materials in this series contributed by his colleagues serves to underscore Modigliani's collaborative approach to research and writing. As much as a third of the material is in Italian. Many of Modigliani's speeches and lectures given around the world, including his Nobel lecture on the life-cycle hypothesis of saving in 1985, can be found in the Speeches and Lectures Subseries. The Non-Academic Writings Subseries contains other writings by Modigliani directed chiefly at a popular audience, in the form of newspaper articles and editorials; while the Writings by Others Subseries houses individual writings, in both manuscript and published form, by Modigliani's colleagues that were not part of the Research and Writings files.

Modigliani spent the greater part of his professional life serving in a number of roles that helped shape the national economic policies in Europe, particularly in Italy, and the United States. The Professional Service Series documents Modigliani's work for various U.S. agencies and organizations. It includes materials from his work under the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), from about 1964 to 1983; these files include agendas, minutes, notes, correspondence, papers, and statistical output relating to FRB meetings and MPS Economic Model. Other files house information relating to his frequent Congressional testimony; his work with the International Economics Association during the seventies and eighties, including conference papers and programs, minutes from executive committee meetings, nominating committee reports, and correspondence; and his other periods of collaboration with the Central Bank, the National Academy of Sciences, the office of the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, and others. Materials on Modigliani's lengthy service to Italian and other European governments can be found primarily in the Research and Writings Subseries of the Writings and Speeches Series and the Correspondence Series.

The papers in the Teaching Materials Series document Modigliani's career as a professor of economics through lecture notes, syllabi, and some student papers, all filed in the Modigliani as Teacher Subseries. Materials derive chiefly from his tenure at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology, although there are some materials from earlier appointments. There are some materials, chiefly class notes, from Modigliani's own student days in the United States in the Modigliani as Student Subseries.

The Personal Files Series is one of the smallest in the collection. It contains materials pertaining to Modigliani's life in Italy and his emigration to the United States in 1939, diplomas and honorary degrees, and a number of folders containing biographical information and articles honoring Modigliani's life and work.

Spanning several decades of internationally-recognized work and the awarding of a Nobel prize in 1985, the materials in the Engagements Series, though routine in nature, document the extent to which Modigliani spoke to academics and the ordinary public about issues in economics, via lectures, conferences, and interviews. Files in the Commitments Subseries include routine correspondence, travel arrangements and itineraries, and some writings related to the lecture or speech. The small Calendars Subseries contains appointment books and calendars dating from 1971 to 2003.

In addition to manuscript materials, the collection holds a great number of published writings. These are chiefly housed in the Printed Materials Series and take the form of reports, journals, books, and many reprints of articles. Most of the materials are written by Modigliani, but there are substantial numbers of publications by others in this series. Almost all of the few dozen bound publications originally found in the collection have been cataloged separately for the Duke online catalog and will be housed in the rare books and Perkins Library stacks. They can be accessed by searching the online catalog; a note in the record indicates their original link with these papers. Although nearly all of Modigliani's article-length published works are represented in this series, including early articles from the 1930s, some titles may not be present.

The Audio and Visual Materials Series serves as a repository for photographs, videocassettes, audiocassettes, microfilms, and a few CD-ROMs, which contain interviews, lectures, and speeches given by Modigliani, with a few including contributions by his colleagues. One CD-Rom contains the proceedings from a posthumous conference held in 2005 in remembrance of Modigliani. Family scrapbooks preserved on microfilm are made up of clippings, programs, and other memorabilia related to significant events in Modigliani's career. Use copies may need to be made of some items. Please consult with Research Services staff before coming to use this collection.

Digital formats in the collection are grouped under the Electronic Formats Series (RESTRICTED), which contains correspondence, course materials, data, and drafts of writings and speeches. The contents of the disks have been migrated to the Special Collections server. A disk directory is available for use. Please consult with Research Services staff before coming to use this series.

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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

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Detailed Description of Collection

Correspondence Series, 1944-2003 and undated, bulk 1960-2000

(26 boxes)

Chiefly professional correspondence, including comments on the work of other economists, debates on current issues, recommendations, and advising exchanges. As much as one quarter of the exchanges are in Italian. Prolific correspondents represented in the collection include Modigliani's close collaborators over the years: Albert Ando, Mario Baldassarri, Tullio Jappelli, Giorgio La Malfa, and Merton Miller. His granddaughter, Leah Modigliani, an economist and collaborator on several projects, is also represented in this series. Major American and Italian twentieth-century economists such as Kenneth Arrow, Jagdish Bhagwati, Paul Davidson, Peter Diamond, Robert Hall, Jacob Marschak, Don Patinkin, Paul Samuelson, Robert Shiller, Paolo Sylos Labini , and Sidney Weintraub, among others, are represented by smaller amounts of correspondence. Other correspondence with colleagues can be found throughout the Research and Writings Subseries files (Writings and Speeches Series), and to a lesser extent in the Professional Service Series and the Engagements Series.

There are many files of recommendation letters forming their own series. In addition, there are general correspondence files under each letter of the alphabet which contain single letters from a variety of individuals. The series also contains Modigliani's non-academic correspondence chiefly stemming from his work as a consultant to Italian banks. Letters of protest, articles and editorial pieces in newspapers (including New York Times, Corriere della Sera, and Financial Times) document Modigliani's long-term involvement in civic acts and protests against United States and European fiscal policies and the arms race, revealing the intersection of his personal, academic, and political life. Arranged in alphabetical order by last name or subject, then chronologically within folders.

Box CO1

A General, 1975-1992

Abramovitz, Moses, 1985

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1991

Allais, Maurice, 2001

Ambrosetti Studio, 1976-1999

Ando, Albert

General, 1957-1968, 1992 and undated

Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-1974 and undated

Mishkin's Data, 1975

[Materials removed to Oversize Box OS1]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Federal Reserve Bank [MIT-FRB] Project, 1968-1974 and undated

[Materials removed to Oversize Box OS1]

Applications to Sloan and Economics, 1984-1987

Arcelli, Mario, Economia Italiana Review, 1992-2000

Argandoa, Antonio, 1988

Ariel, Robert, 1986-1989 and undated

Arrow, Kenneth J., 1954

Askari, Hossein, 1974-1979 and undated

Aspe, Pedro, 1991-1997

Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts [AICUM], 1987-1988 (2 folders)

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Associazione per il Progresso Economico: directory, 1986

Autograph, requests for (reply letter), undated

B General, 1977-2003 (Folder 1 of 2)

Box CO2

B General, 1977-2003 and undated (Folder 2 of 2)

Bach, G. Lee and Bill Cooper, 1952-1960

Baffi, Pablo, 1974-1982

Baffi Lecture Committee, 1990-1992

Baldassarri, Mario, 1989-1996 (2 folders)

Balderstone, Fred, 1980-1985

Banca Commerciale Italiana (See Also Mattioli Lectures), 1977-1984

Banca d'Italia, 1966-1988

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Banca Intesa (Member of Consiglio di Amministrazione), 1998-2000

Banca Popolare di Bergamo, 1989

Banco di Roma: Economia Italiana, 1981-1992

Baquerizo, Roldolfo, Jr., 1991-1992 and undated

Barbone, Lucy, 1981-1983 and undated

Bard College, 1942-1944

Barucci, Piero (Siena, Italy), 1988-1989

Baz, Jamil, 1988-1992

Box CO3

Bentolila, Samuel, circa 1986

Bernstein, Peter, 1989-1991 and undated

Bhagwati, Jagdish, 1989-1994

Bischoff, Charles W., 1987-1996 and undated

Boateng, Ras A., 1991

Bomski, Tadeusz, 1987

Bordogna, Lorenzo, 1982 and undated

Bossons, John, 1958-1968 and undated

Boston Federal Grant, 1968-1969 and undated

Boston Lyric Opera Company, 1988-1989 and undated

The Bowen War, University of Illinois, 1948-1952 (3 folders)

Brandeis University, 1986-1988

Bresciani, Turroni, 1946-1947, 1968 and undated

Brigham Young University, 1980 and undated

Brookings Institution, 1994-1995

Brumberg, Richard and Carl Christ, 1953-1955

Bruni, Franco, 1978-1981

Brunner, Karl, 1968-1980

Brynjolfsson, John, 1987-1989

C General, 1977-1989 (2 folders)

Box CO4

C General, 1990-2002

Calabresi, Gian Franco, 1975-1978

Cao, Larry Shi, 1991-1992

Cao, Larry Shi, 1993-1994, 2003

Caporale, Rocco, 1990

Capponi, Giampiero, 1983-1984

Carnegie Bosch Institute Advisory Committee, 1990-1991

Cassa Marca (Dino De Poli), 1990

Castiglionesi, Fabio, 1996

Celebrate Discovery, 1989

Celebrate Discovery, 1990

Center for Economic Research, 1992-1995

Center for European Policy Studies: Macroeconomic Group, 1984-1987

Center for European Studies: Harvard, 1974-1975 and 1993-1994

Centro Studi di Politica Economica: Eugenio Peggio, 1974-circa 1976

Ceprini, Luisa, circa 1997-2003

Ceprini, Luisa: ENPAV [Ente nazionale previdenza ed assistenza veterinari?], 2002-2003

Box CO5

Chamberlain, Edward, 1952-1953

Cherian, Matthew, 2003

Chernoff, Herman (Statistics Center), 1984

Chinese Correspondence, 1984-1993

Civic Correspondence/Protest Letters, 1949-1967 and 2003

Class Editori, 1989

Clumenti, Domenico: Visiting Fellow, 1980-1981

Cohn, Richard, 1982-1992 (2 folders)

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Colombo, Umberto, 1982-1985

Committee on Developing American Capitalism, 1986

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Committee on Visual Arts, undated

Condolences [to Serena Modigliani], 2003

Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana: Confindustria, 1981-1991

Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori, 1993

Consiglio Italiano per le Scienze Sociali, 1976-1983

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italian version of the National Science Foundation), 1991

Contini, Bruno, 1977-1986

Corriere della Sera, 1974

Costa Plan, 1976

Costa Rica (See Econometric Society), 1988

Cox, Donald, 1987

Cozzi, Terenzio, 1987

D General, 1977-1992

Box CO6

Daum, Audrey, 1987-1990

Davidson, Paul, 1963

De Boissieu, Christian, 1979-1980 and 1987

Debreu, Gerard, 1949

de Menil, George, 1975 and 1981

de Quinto, Javier, 1994-1995

Diamond, Peter, 1993-1999

Domar, Evsey D., 1949

Drèze, Jacques,

1954-1972

1974-2003 and undated

E General, 1977-2003

Eastern Economic Association, 1988

Eberstadt, Walter, 1986

Econometric Society, 1974-1989

Economia Italiana, 1992

Economic Notes Advisory Board, 1990

Economic Policy Institute, 1989

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Edwards, Jack, undated

Eguchi Conference, 1982-1984

Economists Against the Arms Race, 1988-1997

Box CO7

Einaudi Editore: Italian Collection, 1979-1991 and undated

Eisner, Robert, 1977-1995 and undated (2 folders)

Elsevier Science, 1995

Eliasson, Gunnar, 1975-1986

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1993

EPTA Fund, 1986

European Economic Association, 1988-1989

F General, 1978-1991, 2002 (2 folders)

Fabozzi, Frank, 1985

Fanjul, Oscar, 1995-1997

Fazio, Antonio, 1961-1962, 1993

Feiwel, George, 1977-1987

Financial Times, 1990

Fitoussi, Jean-Paul, 1978-1984

Box CO8

Forsyth, Douglas, 1987-1991

Foxley, Alejandro (and CIEPLAN [Centro de Estudios de Planificacion Nacional]), 1980-1984

Francesco, Franco, 2000, 2002-2003

Franco Modigliani Chair in Financial Economics, 1993-1995

Franz, Juergen, 1989

French Revolution Bicentennial, 1988

Friedman, Benjamin, 1988-1990

Friedman, Milton, 1987

Fulbright Scholar Trip to Europe, 1953-1955 and undated

G General, 1970-2000 (2 folders)

Gallegati, Mauro, 1988

Gasparini, Innocenzo, 1947

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Gates, Jeff, 1989-1995

General Correspondence

1942-1964 (5 folders)

Box CO9

1971-2003 and undated (1-15 of 16 folders)

Box CO10

1971-2003 and undated (16 of 16 folders)

German Marshall Fund, 1977-1979

Giavazzi, Francesco, 1974-1986

Gillies, Grazia, 1980-1981

Giovannini, Albert, 1988

Gorga, Carmine, 1977-1998 (2 folders)

Grunberg, Emile, 1954-1962, 1979

Gruppo Esponenti Italiani, undated

Guido Dorso Prize, 1989

H General, 1984-1994

Box CO11

H General, 1971-1983, 2003

Hall, Bob, circa 1990s

Hart, Albert, 1952

Hart, Albert - Monetary policy, 1978-1979 (2 folders)

Harnett, William J., 1992-2001

Harvard Appointment, 1957

Harvard Job Offer, 1946

Heflebower, Richard, 1959-1960

Henin, P.Y., 1978-1980 and undated

Hickman, Bert, 1989

Horioka, Charles, 1991-1993

Horn and Company, 1989-1990

Hsu, Michelle, 1993

Hungarian correspondence, 1989-1990

Hurd, Michael, 1986-1987

I General, 1979-1995

Indian correspondence, 1987-1995

Indian Institute of Finances, 1987-1995

Indian Journal of Applied Economics, 1995-1999

Ingrao, Bruna, 1980-1982

Box CO12

Institut National de la Statistique et des tudes Economiques - Fifi model, undated

Institute for International Economics, 1987

Institute for Social Research, 1987-1988

International Association of Financial Engineers, 1995-1998

International Center for Advanced Economic Research, circa 1987

International Monetary Fund, 1973-1976, 1991, 1994

International Network for Economic Method, 1989-1990

Interviews, 2003

Invernizzi, Emanuele, 1988-1989

Invitations, 1951-1959

Istituto Italiano Di Credito Fondiano, 1976-1978 and undated

Istituto per l'Assistenza allo Sviluppo del Mezzogiorno, 1994

Italian correspondence, 1986-2003

Italian scholarships, 1989

Italian Minister of Finance, Rome (per T. Padoa-Schioppa): Mazzillo, 1991

J General, 1977-1994, 1998

Japanese correspondence, 1989

Jappelli, Tullio, 1984-1996, 2000-2003 and undated (2 folders)

Jaszi, George, 1978-1979

Jimenez, Josephine, 1980, 1988-1989

Jin, Zhongxia, 1991-1992

Jorgensen, Dale and Barbara Fraumeni, 1994-1995

Jesse Jackson 1988 Campaign, 1988

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1974-1982

Journal of Economic Literature, 1984-1986

Jozzo, Alfonso, 1979-1983

K General, 1977-1984

Box CO13

K General, 1985-1995

Kemp-Roth Bill, 1978

Killian Award, 1985

Kisselgoff, Avram, 1956-1958

Klein, Lawrence, 2003

Koopmans, Tjalling, 1947-1948

Kotlikoff, Laurence, 1995

Kouri, Pentti (obsolete), 1985

Kuznets, Simon, 1946

Kuh, Edwin, 1963

L General, 1976-1996, 2000-2001

La Malfa, Giorgio, 1967-1990

Layard, Richard, 1985-1989

The Leigh Bureau, 1985-1986

Leijonhufvud, Axel, 1995

Leontief, Wassily, 1944, 1947

Lerner, Abba, 1943, 1947

Letters

General, 1997-1998 (1-2 of 3 folders)

Box CO14

General, 1999 (3 of 3 folders)

Letters about Modigliani's work, 2002-2003

Leukemia research, 1990

Levi-Montalcini, Rita, 1991-1992

Levy Economics Institute, 1989-1993

"Liquidity Preference and the Theory of Interest and Money," 1943-1947

Lombardi, Alessandro, 1988-1991

Lubell, Harold, 1944-1947, 2003

Lundberg, Gertrud, 1989-1991

Lybeck, Johan, 1973-1981

Box CO15

Lybeck, Johann, 1974 (2 folders)

M General, 1974-2002 (3 folders)

[Oversize items removed to Box OS1]

Marschak, Jacob, 1941-1948, 1976

Mason, Andrew, 1982-1983

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, 1985

Massimiliano Kolbe, Associazione Culturelle, 1985-1987

Mayer, Thomas, 1976

Meat shortage proposal, 1947-1948 (2 folders)

Mediocredito Centrale, 1986-1991

Menges, Dr., 1961

Merton, 1969 term paper, [Robert Merton?] 1995

Mexican correspondence, 1986, 1993

Miller, Merton, 1960-1965, 1995, 2000 (2 folders)

MIT-FRB [Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Federal Reserve Bank] Model

General, 1969

Gramlich, Ned, 1969-1970

Social Science Research Council Subcommittee, 1969-1970

Box CO16

MIT Industrial Liaison Program, 1985-1988

Modigliana [town], 1993 and 1999

[One broadside removed to Oversize Folder 1]

Modigliani, Andr, 1963

Modigliani, Leah, 1997-2003

Monti, Mario, 1989

Morgan, Guaranty, 1991

Moynihan, Patrick, 1992

Muralidhar, Arun, 2003

Musumeci, Giuseppe, 1983-1984

N General, 1977-1990

Nasrallah, May, 1991-1992

National Academy of Science, 1973-1991

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

National Science Foundation, 1971-1990

Netherlands correspondence, 1993

New America High Income Fund, 1991

New Jersey College for Women, 1942

New School for Social Science Research, 1942-1947

New School for Social Science Research: Visiting Committee to the Graduate Faculty, 1985-1997

The New York Times, 1948

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 1988-1990

Nobel Foundation, 1999-2001

Nobel Prize

A General, 1985-1986

Autograph requests, 1985-1987

Box CO17

B General, 1985-1986

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

C General, 1985-1986

D General, 1985-1986

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

E, F General, 1985-1986

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

G General, 1985-1986

Greeting cards, 1985-1986

H General, 1985-1986

I General, 1985-1986

J-K General, 1985-1986

L General, 1985-1986

Larry Speakes, 1985

Box CO18

Letters of congratulations, 1985-1986

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

A-G

Fraulein Pabst,

H-Z (2 folders)

M General, 1985-1986

Media requests, 1985-1986

N-P General, 1985-1986 (2 folders)

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Paper requests, 1985-1986

Phone calls

Europe, 1985-1986

Friends, [1985?]

Luncheons/Meetings, 1985-1986

Prize letter, 1985

R-S General, 1985-1986 (2 folders)

Box CO19

Stockholm, 1985-1986

T-Z General, 1985-1986 (3 folders)

Noera, Mario, 1979

O General, 1974-1992, 2000

O'Donnell, Michael, 1985-1986

Owers, Jim, 1996

Oxford University Press, 1994

P General, 1977-2002 (2 folders)

Pacific Basin Capital Markets, 1991

Padoa-Schioppa, Fiorella, 1994-1998 and undated

Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso, 1976-1993

Pagano, Marco, 1988-1993 (2 folders)

Panorama: Pino Buongiornio, 1989

Papademos, Lucas, 1975-1976

Box CO20

Pasinetti Paradox correspondence, 1965-1966

Pasinetti, Luigi, 1958-1961, 1995 and 2003

Patinkin, Don, 1947-1948

Pavesi, Alberto (Instituto di Credito Fondiario delle Venezie), 1988

Il Pensiero Economico Moderno, 1987-1988

Permissions for republication, 1977-1995

Petitions and protest letters

1987-2003 and undated (2 folders)

Silvio Berlusconi, 2003

[Oversize clipping removed to Box OS1]

Perotti, Enrico, 1986-1994 (3 folders)

[Oversize newspapers removed to Box OS1]

Picker, Hans, 1982

Pierides, Ioannis, 1987

Pitagora, 1983-1988

Pogue, Gerry

1973-1976

[Oversize royalties agreement removed to Box OS1]

Margrabe problem, 1975-1976

Porterba, James - Conference on research in income and wealth, 1988

Promostudio - Giovanni Vescovo, 1989-1993

[Oversize clipping removed to Box OS1]

Q General, 1979

Box CO21

R General, 1977-1999 (2 folders)

RAI Corporation [Italian Radio TV System], 1977-1993

Rasche, Robert, 1967-1972

[Oversize data from Jeremy Enzler removed to Box OS1]

Recommendation letters

A-F, 1968-2002, (8 folders)

Box CO22

F-R, 1968-2002, (13 folders)

Box CO23

S-Z, 1968-2002, (3 folders)

Ren, Huaixiu, 1991

Revue franaise d'conomie, 1986

Rie, Daniel, 1971-1972

ROCHE [Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.] agreement, 1974

Romero-Maura, Joaquin, 1978-1980

Rousselot, John H., 1977

Russian correspondence, 1987-1989

S General, 1976-2003 (3 folders)

Salvemini, Gaetano, 1949

Samuelson, Paul, 1943 and 1960-1998

Box CO24

Sato, Ryuzo, 1987

Scholarships [for Italians], 1989

Schultze, Charles, 1977 and 1989

Schumpeter, Joseph, 1946

Siedman Distinguished Award in Political Economy, 1975-1977 and 1991

Shackle, G.L.S., 1959

Shapiro, Eli, 1998

Shiller, Robert, 1977-1981 and 1993

Showalter, Mark, circa 1989-1990

Shiskin, Julius, 1976-1977

Siena [Instituto di credito di diritto pubblico], 1990

Simha, Evelyn, 1985 and 1991

Simon, Herbert, 1951-1960 and 1993-2003

Sinclair, Peter, 1990

Sloan Business and Public Policy Group, 1988

Sloan School of Management, MIT, 1994-1995

Slovenia consulting [ljublijanska banka], 1991-1993

Societ Italiana Degli Economisti, 1976-1992

Solow, Robert, 1946

Sonnino, Edward, 1981-1982

Soros, George, 1987

Spanish correspondence, 1993-1995

Spilimbergo, Antonio, 1993-1994

Spingardi, Tomaso, 1988

Stigler, George, 1959

St. John's University, 1991

Sterling, Arlie, 1978-1987

Stimulus coalition, 2002-2003

Summer Institute for International Cooperation (Jan Tinbergen), 1992

Sylos Labini, Paolo, 1956-1987 and 1995

Szeg, Giorgio, 1978-1984

T General, 1977-2003

Box CO25

Tantazzi, Angelo, 1975-1979

Taylor, John, 1987

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund [TIAA-CREF], 1979 and 1988

Tel-Aviv International School of Management [TISOM], International Academic Committee, 1994-1995

Tellez, Luis, 1993

Thieme, Christopher, 1990

Tintner, Gerhard, 1944

Treasury Department, 1967-1969

Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service - Intergenerational Wealth Study, 1989

Trezza, Bruno, 1967

Turkish correspondence, 1986 and 1993

Tyler Prize [for Environmental Achievement], 1986

U General, 1974-1989

United States Information Agency, 1975-1976

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1990

University of Islamabad, 1976-1977

University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1990-1991

US Air, 1995

US-USSR Conference on Economic Modeling, 1975

V General, 1977-1989, 2003

Velsquez, Jose, 1996

Vigorelli, Giuseppe, 1978-1980

Visentini, Bruno, 1974, 1976, 1984

Vitagliano, Francis, 1986-1993

Vito Volterra Collection, 1982-1984

W General, 1975-1981

Box CO26

W General, 1981-1994, 1999, 2003

War correspondence (with students serving), 1944

Weintraub, Sidney, 1974

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Who's Who Updates, 1995

Worms, Andreas, 1995

Wurzburger, Ben, 1975-1976

X-Z General, 1975-1991

Yamashita, Hiroaki, 1989

Yashiro, Hiroko, 1992

Young, Warren, 1991

Zhu, Jia-Ming (Prospectus for the Asia-Pacific Financial Center), 1995

Zironi, Alberto, 1995

Writings and Speeches Series, 1936-2004 and undated

(58 boxes)

Largest series in the collection. Arranged into the following subseries: Research and Writings, Speeches and Lectures, Writings by Others, and Non-Academic Works. See subseries descriptions below.

Research and Writings Subseries, 1936-2004 and undated, bulk 1960-2003
(44 boxes)

Contains extensive documentation related to Modigliani's research and to the writing of his articles, papers, or book-length works. It includes several early writings by Modigliani, most notably his doctoral thesis, circa 1944, "The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money Under the Assumptions of Flexible Prices and of Fixed Prices" (New School of Social Research). Other writings from 1936-2003 can be found in the Non-Academic Works Subseries below, and in the Printed Materials Series, which houses reprints of almost all published articles by Modigliani. Research notes and correspondence are often organized in folders with the titles of the published work to which the materials relate. Other folders of research notes are categorized by subject terms. Formats include correspondence, drafts of writings, data, research notes, bibliographies, and econometric estimations. Major topics include econometric modeling; the life-cycle hypothesis of savings; social security; European Union and Italian economies; government economic policies; inflation; unemployment (especially in Europe); and mortgages. Other groups of materials represent Modigliani's long-term involvement with various projects, including the "MPS" model (an abbreviation deriving from the collaborators -- MIT, Penn State, and the Social Sciences Research Council) of the U.S. economy, sponsored by the United States Federal Reserve, and the NSF-funded project in the 1980s on monetary mechanisms and stabilization policies. There are also materials that pertain to Modigliani's memoirs, Adventures of an Economist, published in 2003.

This subseries also includes Modigliani's comments on papers written by others. In this case, the comments are in a folder with the title of the original paper followed by "comments, F. Modigliani" and date. Overall, the subseries is further enhanced by the frequent presence of related correspondence between Modigliani and his co-authors or commentators, as well as printed materials (such as reports, clippings, reprints and journal articles) and writings by others, both published and unpublished, related to Modigliani's research. Significant collaborators and correspondents include S. L. Cao, Tullio Jappelli, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Robert Solow, and Arlie Sterling. Arranged in alphabetical order by title of work, by subject, or by personal last name, then chronologically within folders.

Box RW1

"Addendum: Is a Tax Rebate an Effective Tool for Stabilization Policy?" with C. Steindel, 1977-1980

"Administrative Proposal for Restructuring the Savings and Loan Industry," undated

Adventures of an Economist, circa 2001 (4 folders)

"The Age-Saving Profile and the Life-Cycle Hypothesis," with T. Jappelli, 1999

Aggregate Unemployment in Italy: 1960-1983, with F. Padoa-Schioppa and N. Rossi, 1986 (Sussex Conference)

"Alternative Investment Performance Fee Arrangements and Implications for Regulatory Policy," with G. Pogue, 1975

Ando, A. - Monetary theory notes, circa 1960 (Folder 1 of 2)

Box RW2

Ando, A. - Monetary theory notes, circa 1960 (Folder 2 of 2)

"Aspects of the Costs of Inflation," with S. Fisher, 1977-1979

Aspects of the World Economy in War and Peace, A. J. Brown - Notes, undated

"The Balance of Payment and International Liquidity Problem and Its Implications for Domestic and International Trade Policies," 1968 Mar. 27

"Balance of Payments: Implications of the Oil Crisis and How to Handle Them Through International Cooperation," 1974 Jan. 24

"Balance Sheets for the U.S. Economy: 1945-1980, " 1981 Oct.

Baldassarri, Mario, 1993-1996 and undated

Bank for International Settlements: NSF (National Science Foundation) conference proposal, 1981

Bernstein, Peter, 1989 and undated

"A Better Solution to the Social Security Crisis" - MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Team

Correspondence, 2000

"An MIT Solution to the Social Security Crisis," with Ceprini and Muralidhar

Original and first revision, 1999

Second revision, 1999 July

Third revision, 1999 Nov.

Fourth revision, 2001 Jan.

Referee Reports, 2001

Printed material, 2000 Feb.

Beveridge curves, 1994-1995

Box RW3

"Black Monday in Retrospect and Prospect," with M. Feldstein, A. Sinai, and R. Solow, 1988

"Bond Market," in the New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance, with F. Fabozzi, 1992

Bossons, John - Various papers written with F. Modigliani, 1963-1965 and undated (6 folders)

"The Bugaboo of Double Taxation," with R. Solow, 2003

Business cycles, 1998-1999

"Business Expectations and Strategy for the United States of Europe," with H. Askari, 1997

Capital Markets, Institutions, and Instruments, with F. Fabozzi, 1992, 1994

"Capital Movements: A Note for K. Froot and A. Mello," 1989 Nov. 11

"Case for Mixed Funded-Pay-as-you-go Schemes" , with Arun Muralidhar, undated

"Il Caso Italia, " Mondadori, 1985-1987 and undated

"Central Bank Policy, the Money Supply, and the Short-term Rate of Interest, " with R. Rasche and J. P. Cooper, 1970 (2 folders)

"Changes in the Balance Sheet of the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, 1926-1977," J. H. Ciccolo and C. H. Baum - Comments by F. Modigliani, 1983

"Channels of Monetary Policy in the FMP Econometric Model of the U.S.," 1975

China - Notes on inflation, national accounting and growth, 1993

"The Chinese Saving Puzzle and the Life-Cycle Hypothesis"

Correspondence with S. L. Cao, 1994-1997

Box RW4

Correspondence, 2002-2003

Data and tests, 1993-2001 (3 folders)

Draft and published paper with S. L. Cao, 2004

Drafts and revisions with S. L. Cao, 1993-1996 (4 folders)

Modigliani- Brumber paper, 2003

Notes, 1997-2003 (2 folders)

Notes and data, undated

Old outdated I, 1996-1997

Old outdated II, 1996-1997

The Collected Papers of Franco Modigliani

Book permissions and contract, 1978-1987

Chinese translation, 1985-1994

Box RW5

Co-authors, 1978-1979

Hungarian translation, 1986-1990

Italian translation, 1978-1991

Korean translation, 1986

Reviews, 1980-1981

Suggested contents and miscellaneous, 1987

Comments and essays, Modigliani, 1962-1984 and undated

"Comments on Rollover Mortgages," 1980 Jan.

Concord coalition - Notes and correspondence, 2000-2001

"Consumption and Consumer Expenditure," with A. Ando - Appendix A, 1970

"Consumption and Corporate Saving," W. Weber - Comments, F. Modigliani, circa 1970

"Consumption Decisions Under Uncertainty," with J. Drze, 1963 Feb.

"The Consumption Function in a Developing Economy and the Italian Experience," with E. Tarantelli

Drafts, 1975

Notes, 1975

Consumption and reduced form estimation

Consumption, Boston Federal, 1972 and undated

Graphs, undated

Reduced forms - printed material, 1968-1971

Box RW6

Reduced form tests, 1971 and undated

"Conventional Valuation and the Term Structure of Interest Rates," R. Shiller - Comment, F. Modigliani, 1986 (Conference on Martha's Vineyard)

Convertibility and Consolidation, Peter Kenen - Notes, undated

"Convertible Bonds in Spain," F. Modigliani, circa 1985

"The Cost of Capital, Corporate Finance and the Theory of Investment," with Merton Miller

Drafts, 1958

Notes and related papers, 1962

Notes, drafts, and related papers, 1958-1962

Related papers, 1963

"Costs of Economic Progress," Malinvaud - Comments, F. Modigliani, 1977

"Coupon and Tax Effects on New and Seasoned Bond Yields and the Measurement of the Cost of Debt Control," with Robert Shiller

Estimations and data, 1979

Notes and correspondence, 1972-1979

Related papers and drafts, 1978-1979 (2 folders)

"Criticism of Monetary Policy in 1977," 1977

Currency, union stability, and fiscal policy - Notes, undated

Box RW7

The Debt and the Deficit: False Alarms and Real Possibilities, R. Heilbroner and P. Bernstein - Review, F. Modigliani, 1989

"Debt, Dividend Policy, Taxes, Inflation and Market Valuation," American Finance Association presidential address, 1981 Dec. 28-30

"A Correction," 1982 May

Drafts and notes, 1982

Notes, circa 1981

Printed materials, 1967-1982 (2 folders)

"Determinants of Private Saving with Special Reference to the Role of Social Security," with A. Sterling, 1983

"Determinants of Private Saving with Special Reference to the Role of Social Security - Cross Country Tests," with A. Sterling, 1981 Apr.

Distribution of wealth and income, circa 1977

"Dividend Decisions and Earnings," with P. Healy, 1988-1990

"Econometric Analysis of Stabilization Policies," with A. Ando, 1968-1969

Econometric model - Research and printed material, 1965

Econometric model of the Bank of Italy - Notes, circa 1966

"Econometric Models of Stabilization Policies," 1968

Box RW8

"The Economics of Public Deficits" - Notes and draft, 1984

"The Economics of Science and Technology," with H. Jacoby, 1987 Apr. 4

"An Economists' Manifesto on Unemployment in the European Union," with J-P. Fitoussi, F. Giavazzi, et al.

Correspondence, 1998

Correspondence and drafts, 1998 (2 folders)

Correspondence, contract, and drafts, 1998-2000

Correspondence with Jacques Drèze, 1997

Unemployment notes, 1994-1998

"Effect of Fiscal Policy on Saving," with A. Mason and A. Sterling, 1984

"Effects of Inflation on Valuation" - Notes, 1979 Oct.

"The Effect of Taxes on Corporate Valuation," Summers, Feldstein, et al. - Criticism, F. Modigliani, 1980 Oct.

"Efficiency of the European Capital Markets and a Comparison with the American Market," with G. Pogue, M. Scholes, et al., 1972 and 1980 (2 folders)

"Empirical Analysis of Composition of Financial Wealth in Italy," with F. Cotula, 1972-1973

Errata, undated

Essence of Modigliani - Chinese translation of selected papers, 2001

Box RW9

"Eurocurrencies and the Evolution of the International Monetary System," J. Makin - Comment, F. Modigliani, 1976

"The European Unemployment Crisis: A Monetarist-Keynesian Approach and Its Implications"

Correspondence

1994-1995

French translation, 1995

Indian Journal of Applied Economics, 1995

Italian version, with M. Baldassarri, 1995

Spanish version, 1995

Drafts, circa 1994-1995 (3 folders)

Published manuscript, 1995

Working paper, 1994 Dec.

European Union - Italian/German relations

Faxes, 1997

Research notes and printed material, 1993-1997

Exchange rate market - Notes, undated; printed material, 1983

"Explaining the Administration's Economic Program," circa 1975

Box RW10

Fama, Eugene - Notes, undated

FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) - AER ( American Economic Review) Committee on Statement #33

Correspondence, 1984-1985 (2 folders)

Correspondence and notes, 1983-1985

Correspondence and printed material, 1984

Printed material, 1982-1984 (2 folders)

Report on Statement #33

Data tables, 1984 Nov. 5

Drafts and notes, circa 1985

Report, 1984-1985

Report requests, 1985

Federal budget deficit - Printed material, 1983-1986

Box RW11

Federal Reserve Bank ( Boston), 1988-2001

Federal Reserve "Targets" table, circa 1987

"The Financial Goal of the Firm in a Market Economy" - Draft and notes, 1978-1979

Financial markets - Book proposal with R. Cohn, circa 1982

"Firm Cost Structures and the Dynamic Responses of Production, Work Force and Orders to Sales Fluctuations," with C. Holt, 1961 Oct.

"Fiscal Policy, Inflation and Private Saving: Evidence from an International Cross-Section," with A. Mason and A. Sterling, 1986

"Fiscal Policy and Saving in Italy Since 1860," with T. Jappelli - Data, 1987

Foundations of Financial Markets and Institutions, with F. Fabozzi, M. Ferri, et al.

Chapters 11, 12, and 22, 1992-1993

Correspondence, 1991-1997; paper, 1992

FRB (Federal Reserve Board) - MPS (MIT-Penn.-Social Sciences Research Council) Model

Andersen, Lepnall, 1969-1970 (2 folders)

Boston Federal Reserve Board, 1968 May 2

Box RW12

"Central Bank Policy and the Money Supply," with R. Rasche, undated

Chicago conference, 1968 Apr. (2 folders)

Consumption notes - FRB, 1968

Cowles conference, 1968 Sept. 20-21

"The DHL-III Quarterly Econometric Model of the U.S. Economy," S. Hymans and H. Shapiro, 1969 Oct.

"Econometric Analysis of Stabilization Policies," with A. Ando

Christmas - Japan, 1968-1969

1968

Employment Equations

Composition effects, 1968-1969

1968-1969

"EPA World Economic Model," Japan, 1991 (2 folders)

Federal model, MPS, and extrapolation, 1970-1972 (Folders 1-2 of 3)

Box RW13

Federal model, MPS, and extrapolation, 1970-1972 (Folder 3 of 3)

Financial markets, 1969 (2 folders)

FMP (Federal Reserve Board-MIT-Penn.)

Housing sector, circa 1970 (2 folders)

Miscellaneous sector, undated

Monograph - Consumption sector, 1970-1971

FRB - Memos, 1968

Investment and inventories, circa 1970

Box RW14

"The Lag Between Orders and Production of Machinery and Equipment: A Reexamination of the Kareken-Solow Results," C. Bischoll, 1968 July

Material for monograph, 1970

Meetings of the subcommittee on monetary research, 1969 May 2

Model extrapolations, 1971

"Monetary and Fiscal Influences on Economic Activity: The Historical Evidence," M. Keran, 1969

Money market, 1969

MPS

Database, undated (2 folders)

Model

1972-circa 1975 (3 folders)

Monograph - Foundations financial sector, 1969-1973

Box RW15

Notebook, 1968-1969 (4 folders)

Notes and econometric estimations, 1972-1973

Notes, undated, and papers 1967-1968

Outline of book, 1975

Print out of Kourmandi's data and other estimation outputs, undated (2 folders)

The Quarterly Econometric Model

1977 (2 folders)

Box RW16

1978

1983

The Quarterly Econometric Model Data Directory

1975

1980 (2 folders)

The Quarterly Econometric Model Equations, 1973

Report on FRB-MIT model, 1970 (2 folders)

Revisions, 1963

"The SIM Model Solution Program," M. Norman, H. Shapiro, and R. Rasche, circa 1968

Simulations, 1971 (3 folders)

Box RW17

Simulations code, 1971 (2 folders)

"The Structure of the Model," with A. Ando and F. de Leeuw, 1966-1967

Term structure - RCB - NFS, 1970 (2 folders)

Wage-Labor force participation, 1971

Wage-Price dynamics, 1968-1971

"La funzione del partito nel controllo dei prezzi," undated

"Generalization of Phillip's Curve for a Developing Country," with E. Tarantelli, 1971-1973

"The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money Under the Assumptions of Flexible Prices and of Fixed Prices," 1944

[Modigliani's doctoral thesis; photocopy from original held by New York City's New School of Social Research. Missing pp. 81-99.]

Goss, Stephen, 2000

Box RW18

"Government Debt, Government Spending, and Private Sector Behavior: Comment," with A. Sterling

Correspondence, notes and drafts, 1985-1990 and undated (2 folders)

Papers and printed material, 1968-1987

"The Growth of the Federal Deficit and the Role of Public Attitudes," with A. Modigliani

Correspondence and notes, circa 1936; printed material, 1939-1987

Data, circa 1986

Drafts, 1986-1987

Italian translation, 1987

"Has the Economist Lost Control of the Economy?" 1979

"Herbert Simon: Some Cherished Memories, " 2003 (published 2004 May)

"Impacts of Fiscal Actions on Aggregate Income and the Monetarist...," with A. Ando, 1976

"The Impact of Fiscal Policy and Inflation on National Saving," with T. Jappelli and M. Pagano, 1984-1985 and undated (Folder 1 of 2)

Box RW19

"The Impact of Fiscal Policy and Inflation on National Saving," with T. Jappelli and M. Pagano, 1984-1985 and undated (Folder 2 of 2)

"L'impatto della politica fiscale e dell'inflazione sul risparmio nazionale: un commento," with T. Jappelli and M. Pagano, 1989

"Improving the Monetary Aggregates," Report of the Advisory Committee on Monetary Statistics, 1976

"In Europa il futuro pensionistico delle casse professionali," with M. Ceprini, 2003

"The Inefficiency of Short-Run Monetary Targets for Monetary Policy," B. Friedman - Comment, F. Modigliani, 1980

Inflation

"Inflation and Corporate Financial Management," with R. Cohn - Correspondence, drafts, and working paper, 1983-1984

"Inflation and Finance" - Correspondence and draft, 1989

"Inflation, Financial and Fiscal Structure, and the Monetary Mechanism," with L. Papademos - Correspondence and notes, 1982-1983

"Inflation and the Housing Market...," with D. Lessard, 1975-1980

Inflation, indexed bonds and equity swaps - Notes, circa 2000

"Inflation-Induced Distortions in Financial Reporting and Taxation," 1979-1981

"The Inflation-Proof Mortgage...," 1984-1989 (2 folders)

"Inflation, Rational Valuation and the Market," with R. Cohen

1979

Business Week and Newsweek comments, 1980

Fortune article, 1979 Mar. 12; Financial Analysts Journal article, 1986 Sept.-Oct.

Original notes and figures, 1979

Box RW20

"Inflation and the Stock Market," with R. Cohn

Correspondence, 1979 (2 folders)

Correspondence and draft, 1980-1981; printed material, 1981

"Innovations in Interest Rate Policy," with R. Sutch - Correspondence and drafts, 1965-1997

"Innovations in Interest Rate Policy...," F. Steindl and D. De La Torre Ungarte - Reply, F. Modigliani and R. Shiller, 1989 Dec.

Intergenerational accounting

Notes and correspondence, 1987 and undated

Printed material, 1985-1995

"International Capital Movement, Fixed Parities, and Monetary and Fiscal Policies"

Correspondence and drafts, 1965-1966

Draft, undated

"International Payment System: Past, Present, and Future," with H. Askari

1971-1972 (2 folders)

Correspondence and notes, 1971-1972; printed material, 1966-1972

Printed material, 1969-1972

Box RW21

"International Transfer of Capital...," with H. Askari, circa 1973

"An Introduction to Risk and Return Concepts and Evidence," with G. Pogue, 1973-1987

"Investments vs. Savings Incentives...," A. Auerbach and L. Kotlikoff - Comment, F. Modigliani, 1982 Oct.

"Is Senator Moynihan All Wrong or All Right?" circa 1990 (2 folders)

"The Italian Economic Crisis: Causes, Cures and Some Political Implications, " 1975-1976

Italian economy

Notes and correspondence, 1993-1994

Notes and reports (Confindustria and others), 1993-1994 and undated

Italian labor market - Proposed book with E. Tarantelli, 1979

Italy - Notes and correspondence, 1993-1994

"Italy: Past Experience with Deindexation, " 1983-1984 (published 1985)

Jappelli, Tullio - Notes, correspondence and drafts, 1994-2002 and undated (Folders 1-2 of 3)

Box RW22

Jappelli, Tullio - Notes, correspondence and drafts, 1994-2002 and undated (Folder 3 of 3)

Keynes - Modigliani's autobiography, undated

"The Keynesian Gospel According to Modigliani"

Correspondence and notes, 2001-2003 and undated

Drafts, 2001-2003

Notes and correspondence, 1999-2003 and undated

Printed material, 1936-2003

"Lessons Learned from Barbara," [ex-student, then colleague] 1996-1997 (published 1998)

Life cycle hypothesis

"Life Cycle Hypothesis" - In the New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance

Correspondence, 1990-1992

Drafts and proofs, 1991

Papers, 1991

Life cycle hypothesis - Printed material, 1980-1982; note, circa 1981

Life cycle hypothesis and consumption function

Consumer surveys, 1964-1982 (Folder 1 of 2)

Box RW23

Consumer surveys, 1964-1982 (Folder 2 of 2)

International comparison

Econometric estimation

I, circa 1964 (2 folders)

II, undated (3 folders)

III, undated

Notes, bibliographic material, and obsolete estimations, undated

With A. Fazio

Basic data and notes, circa 1964

Data and notes, undated

Data and regressions, undated

Box RW24

Notes and drafts, circa 1962

Memos and summaries, 1962-1963 and undated

Regressions and tests, 1962

LCH tests - Data and paper, circa 1983

Life cycle wealth and bequest motives - Notes on L. Kotlikoff and L. Summers, et al., undated (2 folders)

Papers, 1969-1983 and undated (Folders 1-4 of 6 folders)

Box RW25

Papers, 1969-1983 and undated (Folders 5-6 of 6 folders)

Printed material, 1979-2002 (3 folders)

"Recent Declines in the Savings Rate..., " 1990

"Saving Trends and Behaviour in OECD Countries, " A. Dean, M. Durand, et al., 1989

Wealth - National debt - Capital coefficient - Econometric estimations, undated

[Materials removed to Oversize Box OS1]

"Life Cycle Hypothesis and National Wealth, " L. Kotlikoff and L. Summers - Comments, F. Modigliani, 1983

"The Life Cycle Hypothesis of Saving and the Effect of Investment on Economic Growth," with M. Gibson

Correspondence, 1993-1995

Printed material, 1991-1996

Research notes, 1992-1995 and undated

Box RW26

"Life Cycle Hypothesis of Saving, Demand for Wealth, and Supply of Capital"

Original draft, 1965

Printed material with notes, 1958-1963

"Tests of Long Run Determinants of Saving Ratio Based on International Comparisons" - Chapter III, 1965

"Life-Cycle Hypothesis: Theory and Evidence," T. Juster, 1987

"Life Cycle, Individual Thrift, and the Wealth of Nations, " 1986

"Liquidity Preference," in The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Drafts, circa 1968

Notes and correspondence, circa 1965 (2 folders)

Papers, 1964-circa 1965 and undated (2 folders)

"Long Term Financing in an Inflationary Environment," 1992

"Management of an Open Economy...," with T. Padoa-Schioppa, 1978

"Managing Oil-Type Problems Through Taxation, " 1979 Dec.

Market timing newsletters, 1994-1997

Massachusetts model of profit regulation and nonlife insurance - R. Hill, 1981 Apr.

Matrix of claims and markets - U.S., 1965

"Misguided Monetary Policy Bears the Main Responsibility for European Unemployment," with M. Ceprini, 2000

(Frederic?) Mishkin - Comments, F. Modigliani, 1978

MIT economic and finance group - Problems of housing and thrift institutions - Letter to Frank Raines, 1977 Apr. 12

"Models of the Economy and Optimal Stabilization Policies"

Appendix A, 1976

Appendix B, 1976

Russian paper

Draft, 1976

Box RW27

Notes, 1976

Modigliani, Leah, 1997

"M-M - Past, Present, and Future"

Copyrights, 1988

Draft, undated; correspondence, 1988

Early drafts, 1988

References, 1988

Reprint and notes, 1988

Various drafts and correspondence, 1987-1988

Various papers and notes, 1958-1987 (2 folders)

Monetarism - Printed material, 1966-1969; paper, undated

"Monetarist Controversy, or Should We Forsake Stabilization Policies," AEA presidential address - Correspondence and research notes, 1976-1990 (2 folders)

"The Monetarist Controversy Revisited," 1988

"Monetary Mechanism and Its Interaction with Real Phenomena," 1963

"Monetary Mechanism and Stabilization Policy," with L. Papademos

NSF research proposal, 1979

NSF research notes and correspondence, 1979

"Monetary Policy for 1975," 1975

"Monetary Policy and Consumption...,"

Correspondence and notes, 1971-1974 and undated

NSF proposal, 1972

"Monetary Policy for Coming Quarters," with L. Papademos, 1976

Monetary policy and price rigidity - Notes, circa 1970

Box RW28

Monetary theory - Notes on Hahn and other materials, undated (2 folders)

"Money, Credit and the Monetary Mechanism," with L. Papademos, 1987

Money supply mechanism, undated

"Money, Wealth, Growth and Fluctuations," undated

Mortgages

"Alternative Mortgage Instruments for Affordable Homeownership"

1990 Dec. 4

1991 Feb. 15

Canada, 1986

Correspondence, 1982-1990 (4 folders)

France - Correspondence, 1990-1992

French and Mexican mortgage chapter, 1992

Hungary, 1991

Inflation and housing - Correspondence and drafts, 1984-1991; printed material, 1975-1990

"Inflation and the Housing Market: Problems and Potential Solutions," with D. Lessard, 1975

Italy - Correspondence, notes, and data tables, 1984-1988 and undated

Mexico, 1984-1991 and undated (2 folders)

Box RW29

MIT Flexible Graduated Payment Mortgage

Correspondence, 1984-1991

Extra tables, circa 1987

"The French Connection," 1990

MIT mailing list, circa 1985

"The MOD Card," 1988-1989

Modigliani, Sergio, 1988-1990

"Mortgage Design and Affordable Homeownership," with D. DiPasquale, 1991-1993 (2 folders)

"Mortgages and Mortgage Backed Securities," with F. Fabozzi, 1992

Mortgages, security markets, and inflation indexed bonds

Printed material, 1978-1989

Research notes, 1971-1984 and undated (2 folders)

Mortgage study report

HUD conference handouts, 1975

Box RW30

"Inflation and the Housing Market," with D. Lessard, 1975 Oct.

"Macroeconomic Simulations of Alternative Mortgage Instruments," D. Jaffee and J. Kearl, circa 1975

Newspaper articles, 1975

Report #1 - "Some Implications of Indexing of Financial Assets...," 1974 Sept.

Report #2 - "The Sloan School Mortgage Study...," 1974 Oct.

Report #3 - "Relationships Between the Mortgage Instrument...," J. Kearl, K. Rosen, et al., 1974 Nov.

Report #4 - "Tax Aspects of Alternative Mortgage Instruments," D. Holland, 1974 Dec.

Report #5 - "An Analysis of Alternative Nonstandard Mortgages," R. Cohn and S. Fischer, 1974 Dec.

Task II - "An Analysis of Alternative Nonstandard Mortgages," R. Cohn and S. Fischer, circa 1974

Task III - "Appendix to the Financial Determinants...," J. Kearl, K. Rosen, et al., 1975

Task IV

"Roll-Over Mortgages in China," D. Lessard, 1974 Dec.

"Financing of Housing in Finland...," P. Kouri, circa 1974

"Experience with Variable Rate Mortgages...," D. Cohen and D. Lessard, 1974 Dec.

"Index-Linked Mortgages in Israel," Alex Cukerman, 1975 Feb.

"Mortgage Innovation to Facilitate Investment in Housing...," D. Cohen and D. Lessard, circa 1975

Task V - "Interim Report for Task V," with D. Jaffee, J. Kearl, et al., circa 1975 (earlier version)

OPEN's IPM (Fund for an Open Society's inflation proof mortgage), 1985

Printed material, 1989-1994 (2 folders)

Spain, 1985

Variable rate mortgages

Contracts and correspondence, 1983-1984 (2 folders)

Box RW31

Correspondence, 1982-1991 and undated (5 folders)

National savings regressions

1990-1992

Rodriguez, Daniel, 1990

"A New Look at the Monetary Mechanism," 1980-1981

"New Mortgage Designs for Stable Housing in an Inflationary Economy...," with D. Lessard, 1976

"Nineteen Economists Against the Martin Report" - Correspondence, 1972

"1993: The Year of the Great Opportunity" - Italian and English, 1993

"No To Privatization...," undated

"Nota per i colleghi italiani su disoccupazione, inflazione...," with L. Buttiglione, 1993

"Note on Definition of the Cost of Capital for Investment Under Inflation and Corporate Profit Taxes," undated

"Note on Macro-Economic Implication of the Costa Plan," 1976

"Notes on the Foundation of the Red Sector," circa 1960

Box RW32

NSF Grant, "Monetary Mechanism and Stabilization Policy Proposal"

Accounting statements, 1980-1984

Columbia University's subcontract, 1981-1984

Computer accounts, 1980-1984

Correspondence, 1979-1982

Drafts, 1979 Aug.

Final report and notes, 1983-1984

Flow of funds project, 1972

MREH, undated

Progress report, 1981 Oct.

Students and secretaries, 1980-1983

"1944, 1963, and 1985," S. Fisher - Comment, F. Modigliani, 1986 (Martha's Vineyard conference)

"On the Role of Expectations of Price and Technological Change in an Investment Function," with A. Ando, R. Rasche, et al.

Correspondence and notes, circa 1973

Errata, 1972-1973 and undated

"On the Wealth of Nations," in Adam Smith's Legacy

Drafts and proofed corrections, 1990-1992

Box RW33

Drafts (early versions), circa 1990

Italian translation, 1991

Open letter about Patent Law S-507, 1997-1999 (2 folders)

"Opportunities and Implications of a Return to Fixed Exchange Rates...," Yeager and Schwartz - Comment, F. Modigliani, 1982

"Origin of the Depository Institutions Mess," J. Barthand and D. Brombaugh - Comment, F. Modigliani, circa 1991

Owens, Jim, 1995-1999 and undated (2 folders)

Pasinetti debate - Correspondence and printed material, 1963-1985

Paul Samuelson and Modern Economics - Chapter by F. Modigliani, circa 1981

Paul Volcker: Changing Fortunes - Notes, circa 1992

"Per Capita Income and the National Saving Rate...," 1992

Perotti, Enrico - Possible paper with F. Modigliani, 1990

Phillips curve, wage rigidity, Sargent model - Various unidentified notes, undated

"A Plan for Meeting the Domestic Food Shortage Without Price Control and Rationing," 1947 Dec. (Folders 1-2 of 3)

Box RW34

"A Plan for Meeting the Domestic Food Shortage Without Price Control and Rationing," 1947 Dec. (Folder 3 of 3)

"A Plan to Meet the Problem of Rising Meat and Other Food Prices Without Bureaucratic Controls," circa 1947

The Political Economy of Argentina, G. di Tell and R. Dornbusch - Comment, F. Modigliani, undated

Principles of Corporate Finance, R. Brealey and S. Myers - Introduction, F. Modigliani, 1989-1990

"Private Investment with Government Guarantees," undated

"Le privatizzazioni: chiarificazioni e suggerimenti,"

Correspondence, 1994

Drafts, 1994

"A Proposal for Social Security," with M. Ceprini and A. Murahdlar - Publication letters, 2003

Proposition 3: Ballot question

Notes and correspondence, 1990 and undated

Printed material, 1980-1990 (2 folders)

Publication permissions, 1994-2001

Rational expectations, business cycle, and monetary models

Papers, 1979-1981 and undated

Printed material, 1982-1983

Readings in Monetary Theory - Notes, undated

"Reagan's Economic Policies," in Oxford Economic Papers, 1987-1988 (Folder 1 of 3)

Box RW35

"Reagan's Economic Policies," in Oxford Economic Papers, 1987-1988 (Folders 2-3 of 3)

"Recent Declines in the Savings Rate...," 1990

"Reducing Unemployment in Europe...," with M. Moni, J.H. Drze, et al.

Correspondence and notes, 1986

Drafts, 1986

"The Reform of the International Payment System," with H. Askari, 1971

Reform of the international payment system - SMR and Bhagwati, 1971-1973

"La regolamentazione e la standardizzazione dei bilanci...," tesi di laurea, circa 1939

Please handle with care.

"The Relationship Between Cross-Sectional and Time Series Estimates of Parameters...," with J. Bossons, 1966

"The Relationship Between Export and Import Prices...," with H. Askari, 1971-1973

"The Relative Stability of Monetary Velocity and the Investment Multiplier," with A. Ando

Correspondence and data, 1964-1965 (2 folders)

Box RW36

[ "The Relative Stability of Monetary Velocity and the Investment Multiplier" ?] - Lewis revisions, undated

"Reply to Professor A. Graziani," with R. Cohn, 1983

"Resolving the Global Economic Crisis...," 1987 (2 folders)

Rethinking Pension Reform, with A. Muralidhar

Final version, 2003 (2 folders)

"Latin American Pension Reforms...," 1998

Notes, 2003

"Retirement Annuity Design in an Inflationary Climate," Z. Bodie and J. Pesando - Comments, F. Modigliani, 1984

"Riforma del sistema previdenziale," with M. Ceprini, 2003 and undated

"The Rise in Corporate Leverage in the U.S.," with J. Poterba, circa 1987

"Risk Adjusted Performance (RAP): How to Measure It and Why," with L. Modigliani

Drafts and correspondence, 1996-1997

Printed material, 1996-2000 (2 folders)

Research notes, papers, and correspondence, 1996-1997 (2 folders)

Box RW37

"The Role of Intergenerational Transfers and the Life-Cycle Saving in the Accumulation of Wealth"

"Intergenerational Transfers and Saving," L. Kotlikoff, 1986 and undated

"The Contribution of Intergenerational Transfers to Total Wealth: A Reply," L. Kotlikoff and L. Summers, 1981-1986

Kotlikoff's papers, 1983-1984

Notes and correspondence, 1983-1986

Previous version, 1984-1986 (3 folders)

Reprints and correspondence, 1988-1991

"The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation," L. Kotlikoff and L. Summers - Comments, F. Modigliani, 1983

"The Rules of the Game and the Development of Security Markets," with E. Perotti, 1989-1991

Saving and consumption behavior - Notes, 1974

"Saving in Developing Countries: Growth, Income and Other Factors," 1990-1991 (2 folders)

"Saving, Investment, and Growth," with M. Gibson, 1993-1995

Box RW38

Savings and inflation - Regressions, papers and notes, 1979-1982 and undated

Savings, inflation and taxation

Papers, 1979-1981

Printed material, 1975-1980

Securities market - Martin report, 1971

"The Shameful Rate of Unemployment in the EMS: Causes and Cures"

Collignon version, 1995-1996

Correspondence and notes, 1994-1997 and undated

Drafts, 1995-1997 (3 folders)

Draft and errata, 1996-2002; printed material, 1998

Frankfurt revision

Correspondence and notes, 1995

Printed material, 1995

Box RW39

Slides - E.F. Hutton Project, Cohn slides, Undated

Small and medium businesses - Papers and note, 1990 and undated

Social Science Quotations - Correspondence, 1988-1990

Social Security

Conference in Italy, 2000

Correspondence and research notes, 1996-2001 (3 folders)

Correspondence, research notes and regression tables, 2000-2001

Fondi Pensione, 1995-1996

"How to Solve the Social Security Crisis, " 2000-2001 and undated

Information Project (SSIP), Washington Post, 2001 Oct.

Italy

1999-2000 (4 folders)

Newspaper discussions, 2002

MIT solution - "A Better Solution to the Social Security Crisis: Funding with a Common Portfolio"

Correspondence and research notes, 2001-2003; printed material, 2003

Box RW40

Data, circa 1999

Final draft, 2000-2002

Papers and printed material, 1988-2001 and undated (7 folders)

Pension reform - Reports, data tables, and correspondence,2000-2003 and undated

Printed material, 2000

Private savings

Papers, 1979-1983 and undated (Folder 1 of 2)

Box RW41

Papers, 1979-1983 and undated (Folder 2 of 2)

Printed material, 1968-1979

Working Paper Series reports, 1979-1981

Reform, Steve Goss, comments on data, 2000

Reforming Pension Reform, with A. Muralidhar 1995-2002

Reforming Pension Reform, with A. Muralidhar--Referee Reports, 2001

Reply to Feldstein, 2001 Aug. 3

Workshop in Luxembourg, 2002 May 10-11

"Some Economic Implications of the Indexing of Financial Assets...," 1974

"Some Estimates of the Cost of Capital to the Electric Utility Industry, 1954-1957," with M. Miller, 1965

"Some Proposals for Reform of the Discount Window," 1971

"Some Reflections on Describing Structures...," with A. Ando, 1975

"Sostenibilit e solvibilit del debito...," with F. Kostoris, 1997

"Stock Market and Economy" - Discussion notes, 1972

Studio Ambrosetti, 1981

"The Supply of Money and the Control of Nominal Income," with L. Papademos, 1989-1990

Tarantelli, Enzio - Writings, research and correspondence, 1970-1988 (Folders 1-2 of 3)

Box RW42

Tarantelli, Enzio - Writings, research and correspondence, 1970-1988 (Folder 3 of 3)

"Targets for Monetary Policy in the Coming Year," with L. Papademos, 1975

"Taxation, Inflation, and Equity Values: Is There a Rational Linkage?" R. Brinner and S. Brooks - Comments, F. Modigliani, 1979 Oct.

Term structure

Correspondence and research notes, 1976-1978 and undated

Printed material, 1966-1979 and undated

"A Theory and Test of Credit Rationing," with D. Jaffee, 1969-1976 (3 folders)

"The Theory of Money and Interest in the Framework of General Equilibrium Analysis" - Preliminary notes, undated (2 folders)

Tivegna (Confindustria) - Comments on papers, 1983

"Towards an Understanding of Real Effects and Costs of Inflation," with S. Fischer - Printed material, 1972-1976 and undated (Folders 1-2 of 3)

Box RW43

"Towards an Understanding of Real Effects and Costs of Inflation," with S. Fischer - Printed material, 1972-1976 and undated (Folder 3 of 3)

Trade deficit - Correspondence, 2001

Traditional monetary mechanism - Notes and correspondence, 1979 and undated

"Twenty Five Years of Floating: Some Observations," with H. Askari, 1998

Unidentified research notes and loose notecards, undated (2 folders)

Unidentified research notes and regressions, undated (2 folders)

Unidentified research notes and transparencies, undated (2 folders)

"U.S. Deficits Since World War I," R. J. Barro - Comment, F. Modigliani, 1984-1986

"Utility Analysis and Aggregate Consumption Functions: An Attempt at Integration," with R. Brumberg, 1953-1982 and undated (4 folders)

"The Valuation of Corporate Stock" - Drafts and notes, 1971

Box RW44

Valuation of equity - Notes, undated

Wealth-Income ratio - Basic data and sources, 1961 and undated (2 folders)

"Why Has the Italian National Saving Rate Declined?" with T. Jappelli, 1989-1992

"World Economic Outlook and Its Implications for Italy"

Printed material, 1987-1988

Research notes, 1988

World Savings: An International Survey - Introduction, F. Modigliani

Correspondence, 1991-1993

Drafts, 1992

Research notes, 1991-1992 and undated (3 folders)

Speeches and Lectures Subseries, 1966-2000
(7 boxes)

Consists of a selection of presentations and interviews given by Modigliani over the course of his career, focusing chiefly on the period from the 1970s up to the present. Many are in the Italian language. Includes a copy of the Nobel lecture, given in Stockholm in 1985, "Life Cycle Individual Thrift and the Wealth of Nations" . There is also a Spanish-language version. Some texts of lectures may also be found in the Articles Subseries of the Printed Materials Series; other interviews, many published in Italian newspapers and magazines, can be located in the Clippings Subseries of the Printed Materials Series. Lectures given as a teacher can be found in the Teaching Materials Series. Arranged in chronological order.

Box SL1

1966 Oct., "La situazione economica italiana e le sue prospettive"

1967 Dec. 24, "La sfida al dollaro"

1968

Jan. 14, "Il dollaro in castigo"

June 17-July 1, "Rational Solutions of the International Liquidity Problem" , "Econometric Models of Stabilization Policy" (2 folders)

1972 Jan. 22, "Conversando con Modigliani"

1973 Apr. 30, Speech on the life cycle hypothesis and the FMP model

1974

Aug. 9, "Prospectives of World Trade: The Lessons of 1973-1974"

Sept. 5, "La ricetta Americana"

1974-1997, Interviews - Notes, correspondence, and printed material

1975

Apr., "Indexation"

May, "Indexation in Theory and Practice"

Dec. 31, "Diagnosi della crisi italiana e alternative di soluzione nel pensiero di Franco Modigliani"

"The Meta Black Box"

1976

Jan. 3, "Nell'anno della ripresa economica gli italiani dovranno vivere peggio"

Feb. 1, "Primo: la disoccupazione"

Feb. 4, "Vi aspettano sudore e tasse"

Feb., "Notes for Econometric Models Comparison Seminar"

Mar. 20, "Chi pagherá per la crisi?"

Oct. 23, "Modigliani: l'alto salario che provoca la disoccupazione"

Oct. 26, "La situazione economica italiana"

Nov. 6-13, "Repetita juvant? (Modigliani in Italia)"

Dec. 5, "Andreotti non uscito dal ciclo infernale"

1977

Mar. 16, "Possiamo uscire dal ciclo infernale"

June 10, "Attenti alle polveriere"

Oct. 3-7, "Debate Over Stabilization Policy" - Mattioli Lectures (Folder 1 of 5)

Box SL2

Oct. 3-7, "Debate Over Stabilization Policy" - Mattioli Lectures (Folders 2-5 of 5)

Oct. 9, "Ma Modigliani ammonisce contro un rilancio prematuro"

Oct. 22, "Quale sentiero di sviluppo?"

Nov., "Monetary Mechanism and Its Relation to Financial Structure"

1978

Jan. 21, "Cari italiani, ecco i vostri mali, ecco qualche cura" (interview)

Feb. 2, "Grido d'allarme di Modigliani" (interview)

Mar. 29, "Non volere troppo" (interview)

Apr.

"The Management of Exhaustible Resources and Future Generations"

"Monetarism and the Choice of National Priorities"

Aug. 1, "Operazione Europa: Quante cose da cambiare per prendere quel treno...." (interview)

Oct. 11

"Migliori di quanto pagano i conti delle imprese" (interview)

"Un Modigiani ottimista sostiene che l'Italia giá fuori dalla crisi" (interview)

Oct., "The Financial Goal of the Firm in a Market Economy"

1979

Feb., Bergamo lecture

Mar.

"Tests of Stable Money Supply"

"Theory of Exchange Rates"

May 10, "The Stock Exchange"

Oct. 26-27, "Inflation, Stock Market and Real Investments"

"Anti-Inflation Policies"

"Inflazione, indebitamento e valore azionario: conversazione con il Prof. Franco Modigliani" (interview) - Informally published

1980

Jan., "Professor Modigliani, ma l'inflazione che cos'è" (interview)

June, MIT/ILO symposium on financial markets

Oct., MIT/ILO symposium on inflation

1981

Feb. 20, "Monetary Policy of 1980 and the 80's"

Mar. 23, "Stabilization Policy"

Aug. 13, "The Accumulation of Individual and National Wealth and the Role of Social Security" - Mattioli Lecture IV

Oct., "What's Wrong with Inflation"

Italian lectures

1983

Feb., Bentley College lecture

Apr. 27-28, "The Effects of Fiscal Policies: A Life Cycle Perspective" - Marshall Lectures (Folder 1 of 6)

Box SL3

Apr. 27-28, "The Effects of Fiscal Policies: A Life Cycle Perspective" - Marshall Lectures (Folders 2-6 of 6)

IAP lectures

1984

May, "Comment on Sjaastad"

June 3-4, "Europe and the Dollar"

Dec. 6, "Une rduction des impts est efficace lorsqu'elle apparat comme dfinitive" (interview)

1985

Nov. 3, "How Economic Policy Has Gone Awry...." (interview)

Nov. 13, "Nightly Business Record"

Nov.

"Current Trends in Macroeconomic Policy in the World Economy" and "Deficit Financing and Its Relation to Inflation"

"I mali dell'economia si combattono con il rilancio dell'Europa" (interview)

Dec. 9, "Life Cycle, Individual Thrift and the Wealth of Nations" - Nobel lecture, Stockholm, Sweden (Folder 1 of 2)

Box SL4

Dec. 9, "Life Cycle, Individual Thrift and the Wealth of Nations" - Nobel lecture, Stockholm, Sweden (Folder 2 of 2)

Dec., "Institutional Investors"

1986

Apr. 2 and Apr. 9 - James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award and Lectures (2 folders)

Apr. 26, untitled, sesquicentennial of MIT

Dec. 12, "The Evolution of Monetary Policy"

1987

Mar. 24, "Public Lives of the Laureates"

Mar., untitled, University of Illinois

May/June, "The Key to Saving is Growth, Not Thrift" (interview)

Sept., "Mortgage for the Young"

Oct. 30, "Some Remarks on Empirical Tests of the Kaldorian Model of Saving"

"The European Economic Recovery? A Need for New Policies" - Lecture for J. Eliason (published 1988)

1988

Aug. 23 - Exiles documentary interview

Sept., untitled, Aspen Institute, Italy

Nov. 2, "Is the Market Valuing Stock Rationally?"

Dec. 5, "Economic Issues Facing the New President"

"Conversation" (interview)

1989

Jan. 25 and 1990 Jan., "Il risparmio nel mezzogiorno"

Jan., "Management is the Firm of the Future" and "CIE Plan"

June 1, "L'egemonia economica americana - tramonto"

Box SL5

"Testimony III: An Interview"

1989-1990, Speeches and lectures

1989-1992 and undated, Lectures and interviews

1991 Feb. 8, "International Monetary Fund Address"

1991 Fall, "The S and L Debate: Who Should Pay for it?"

1992

Apr. 29, "The Globalization of Financial Markets"

July, "Emerging Problem for the American Economy"

1993

June 30, Congresso Confederale CISL interview

July 10, "Modigliani, 'El gobierno no debe contener el déficit cuando la cuarta parte de la población está en el paro'" (interview)

July 11, "Felipe debe encabezar una cruzada contra el paro" (interview)

Sept. 19, "Los sindicatos son, en buena parte, responsables del paro en España" (interview)

"Introduction to Macroeconomics," in Economics, ed. M. Parkin

1993-2003, Interviews - Correspondence and printed material

1994

Jan. - IAP lecture

May 9, "Introduzione economia"

May 23, "L'Espresso"

Sept. 9, "Corporate Finance Laboratory"

Nov. 3, "Modigliani: 'Berlusconi sconfessi...'" (interview)

Dec., "Five Best Economists" (2 folders)

1995

Feb. 17, "Primo, imparate a essere frugali: colloquio con Franco Modigliani" (interview)

Feb., Italian TV interview on Italian fiscal policy

Mar. 15, "Intervista para el Professor Modigliani" (interview)

July 10, "Senza leader pronti a risanare l'Italia rischia il baratro"

July 20, "Senza leader pronti a risanare l'Italia rischia il baratro" (interview)

Sept. 11, "'Moderate i salari e vi salverete'" (interview)

Nov. 2, "Questa manovra o l'Italia va in tilt" (interview)

Nov. 30-Dec. 1, "Unemployment and Monetary Policy" (Folder 1 of 3)

Box SL6

Nov. 30-Dec. 1, "Unemployment and Monetary Policy" (Folder 2-3 of 3)

1995-1996, Italian lectures - Includes paper by L. Pasinetti

1996

Mar. 25, "'Italiani, non fatevi ingannare'" (interview)

Sept. 13, "Modigliani: 'Il futuro si disegna ripartendo dalle piccole aziende'" (interview)

1997

June 5, Napoli, Incontro con Franco Modigliani: "L'unificazione Europea e le prospettive dell'occupazione" (poster)

[Removed to Oversize Folder 1]

June 15, "Defizite reduziert man nicht dem Radiergummi" (interview)

June 16, "Reflessioni conclusive"

Oct. 23, "Modigliani: Caro Prodi, sulle 35 ore si rischia il disastro" (interview)

Oct. 29, "Relationship Between the Stock and Bond Market" (2 folders)

1998

Jan., "Allegro moderato" (interview)

Dec. 6, "L'intervista - Franco Modigliani: 'Occupazione, l'unica ricetta la flessibilitá'" (interview)

Dec. 7, L'Unitá interview

1999

Nov. 29, "Modigliani: titoli gonfiati Wall Street vicina al crollo" (interview)

Nov., "Passing the Chair" (interview)

Nov. 5-6 - Interviewed by W. Barnett and R. Solow, 1999-2000

"Franco Modigliani," in Conversations with Leading Economists

"Franco Modigliani: Prima la gente, poi l'economia" (interview)

2000

May 18, "Evidence of Irrationality in Economic Response to Inflation"

June

"Europa, la cura Modigliani" (interview)

"An Interview with Franco Modigliani," in Macroeconomic Dynamics

Oct. 30, "The European Unemployment and the Prestige of the Central Bank"

"Governo e sindacati dicono che va tutto benissimo, non cosi"

Box SL7

"Science économique et dynamique du reél," in Mondialisation et sociéteés multi-culturelles (interview)

2001

Feb. 3, "Modigliani: 'Incredibile che a Francoforte non abbassino le tassi'" (interview)

Sept. 15, "Nobel Prize-Winning Economist France Modigliani on Risk...the Markets... and Saving Social Security" (interview)

Oct. 11, "Social Security Shouldn't Be a Gamble" (interview)

Dec. 12, "Nessun effetto domino, l'America latina reggerá" (interview)

"The Journal Interview: Franco Modigliani," in Journal of Performance Management

2002

Mar. 26, Unidentified journal interview

June 2, "L'accordo e la strada giusta"

2003

May 21, "Modigliani: Rilanciate gli investimenti pubblici"

May 21, "Processo all'Europa" (interview)

May 29, "Ripresa a portata di mano" (interview)

June 6, "Modigliani: niente piú alibi, ora investimenti e opera pubbliche" (interview)

June 19, "Modigliani: ora si muova l'Europa, subito fondi pensione dell'Unione" (interview)

Aug. 14, "Bene la flessibilitá ma ridurre le imposte non serve" (interview)

Sept. 25, "Modigliani: 'Con quello show il premier ha disonorato il Paese'" (interview)

undated, "Private Investment with Government Guarantees"

undated, "Sviluppo economico e disoccupazione: dove e perché"

Writings by Others Subseries, 1959-2003, bulk 1973-2003
(4 boxes)

Chiefly single typescripts and printed materials written by Modigliani's colleagues but not filed within Modigliani's research folders. Significant groups of writings exist in this subseries for Ezio Tarantelli and James Tobin, both of whom Modigliani collaborated with extensively. There are also a few pieces by family members - daughter, Leah Modigliani, and son, André Modigliani. The majority of writings by other economists are found in the Research and Writings Series; if they are not identified by name on the folder title, they can be located in most cases by consulting relevant subject topics and/or chronological period. Includes a folder of Nobel Prize articles honoring Modigliani; authors include Athanasios Koilakos, Lucio Izzo, G. P. Galli, Paul Samuelson, and Robert Merton. Organized alphabetically by last name or subject.

Box WO1

Andersen, Leonall

Ando, Albert, 1973-2000 (5 folders)

Articles about Modigliani, 1982-1989 and undated

Bach, G. L., 1961

Beaud and Dostaler, 1993

Becsi, Zsolt, 2001 Nov.

Bertocco, Giancarlo, 1994 Feb.

Bodie, Zvi, 1995 Oct.

Dornbusch, Rudi, 1997 Feb.

Drazen, Allan, 1978 Aug.

Drèze, Jacques H., 1997-1998

Eisenmeyer, Robert, 1981 Oct.

Fernandez, Pablo, 1989

Frankel, Jeffrey, 1986 Nov. 10

Gandhi, P. Jegadish, 1985 Dec.

Garcia, C. B., 2003 June

Ghimire, Ajaya, 1993 Dec. 8

Giambelluca, Jose Juan, 1985-1986

Box WO2

Gordon, Robert J., 1980 Nov. 6-7

Gorga, Carmine, 1983-1987 (2 folders)

Hartnett, William J., 2002-2003

Holland, Daniel and S. Stewart, 1978 May

Jorgenson, Dale W. and B. Fraumeni, 1991 Oct.

Koopmans, Tjalling, remarks in memory of J. Marschak, 1977 Dec.

Kopcke, Richard, circa 1983

Kotlikoff, Lawrence, 1983 Dec.

Kostoris, Fiorella Padoa-Schioppa, 1997-1998

Lindbeck, Assar, 1985 March

Marschak, Jacob, 1974-1975

Mayer, Thomas, 1973-1988

Mendelson, Haim and Y. Amihud, 1980

Meyers, S. C. and G. A. Pogue, 1969 Nov.

Modigliani, André, 1995-1996

Modigliani, Leah, 1997 Jan. 27

Nobel Prize articles honoring Modigliani, 1985-1987

Price, Robert and J.-C. Chouraqui, circa 1983

Ramiz, Antonio Argadoa, 1985-1986

Somermeyer, W. H., 1974

Steindel, Charles, 1977

Tarantelli, Ezio, 1975-1982 (Folder 1 of 5)

Box WO3

Tarantelli, Ezio, 1975-1982 (Folders 2-5 of 5)

Thulstrup, Jorn, 1983

Tobin, James, 1959-1981 (Folders 1-5 of 7 folders)

Box WO4

Tobin, James, 1959-1981 (Folders 6-7 of 7 folders)

Villacis, Jos, 1999

Wallace, Neil, 1984 Jan.

Non-Academic Works Subseries, 1937-2003 and undated, bulk 1973-2003
(3 boxes)

Contains newspaper and magazine articles, editorials, op-ed pieces, and many other writings by Modigliani that are directed to a popular audience and are closely related to Modigliani's academic and political interests. Many of these pieces center on fiscal and economic policies of the United States and Italian governments, on politics and social conditions in those countries, and on the European economy. The contents of this subseries reveal the development of Modigliani's social and political sympathies over many decades, beginning in the 1970s and ending with his death in 2003. The earliest item dates from 1936, shortly before Modigliani left Italy for the U.S., and discusses the Fascist Party's economic policies. Some of the later editorial pieces stem from his membership with a group of economists against the arms race. Through his writings, Modigliani projects a clear and forceful voice on what he felt were the most challenging problems and injustices facing the modern world. Roughly half of the materials is in the Italian language. Arranged chronologically by date of publication.

Box NW1

By Franco Modigliani

1937, "La funzione del Partito nel controllo dei prezzi"

1947 Dec. 21 - Letter to the editor, New York Times

1970 Dec. 24, "I Quattro Comandamenti"

1972

Nov. 29, "Tassazione giusta e pieno impiego le vie della prosperitá americana"

Dec. 20, "Le complesse trattative per la riforma monetaria"

1973

Jan. 10, "Nel 1973 ci sará il 'boom' dell'economia americana"

Feb. 7, "Vietnam e Wall Street"

Mar. 9, "Gli speculatori della crisi monetaria"

Apr. 4, "La Spagna rassomiglia all'Italia del 'boom'"

May 16, "La qualitá della vita secondo l'Inghilterra"

June 13, "Il ruolo degli economisti nella Svezia del benessere"

July 11, "Bisogna ridare fiducia per combattere l'inflazione"

Aug. 4, "Il punto sulla situazione dell'economia italiana"

Sept. 12, "Una lezione dall'America sul controllo dei prezzi"

Nov. 28, "Gli effetti dell'inflazione sul mercato delle abitazioni"

1974

Jan. 6, "I riflessi economici della crisi petrolifera"

Jan. 9, "Alcuni dubbi sul nuovo 'modello di sviluppo'"

Jan. 24, "'Miopia' francese"

Jan. 26, "Riformare il 'serpente'"

Feb. 3, "Nel dubbio i prezzi saliranno"

Mar. 6, "Una terapia contro la crisi"

1975

Feb. 3, "Attenzione ai pericoli della contingenza unificata"

Feb. 13, "Gestione straordinaria per l'economia Usa"

Feb. 26, "Tax Cut: Why It Must Be Quick and Big"

Feb.

"Explaining the Administration's Economic Program, " (unpublished)

"MIT Professor Urges High, Permanent Tax Cut"

Mar. 9, "Se un operaio guadagnasse mezzo milione al mese"

1976

Feb. 9, "Support for Mr. Baffi"

Dec. 8, "Se la barca affonda...."

1977 Nov. 6, "Does M-1 Deserve All That Attention?"

1978

Feb. 12, "Risposta a Savona"

Dec. 1, "Sistema monetario europeo: i pro e i contro per l'Italia"

1981

Sept. 29, "Questions About the Bottle Bill"

Nov. 25, "Lo Stato e la scala mobile"

1985

Mar. 23, "Tartassati o esentati"

Nov. 3, "And Why the Deficit Must be Slashed"

1986

Apr. 28, "An Import Tax Would Provide Relief for Oil States"

Dec., "Answer to Paul M. French"

1987

Feb., "Manca la domanda perché anche negli altri paesi c'è disoccupazione?"

Mar. 1, "In the Shadow of the Budget Deficit"

Apr. 28, "Willing the Means for Europe's Jobs"

1988, "Piú fiducia nei 'futures'"

1989

Jan. 3, "Easing the Mexican Interest Burden"

Feb. 8, "A Little Extra Leverage is No Call for Alarm"

Mar. 12, "Cutting Deficit is Only Acceptable Course"

Apr. 23, "Which Generation Should Foot the Bill?"

June 8, "Science and the State: A U.S. View"

Oct. 17, "Senza nuove regole e sempre periferia"

1990

Jan. 7, "Diventeremo piú ricchi?"

Nov. 2, "Proposition 3 Ballot Question"

Nov. 19, "Reforms Are Overdue"

Nov. 20, "L'emigrazione della Borsa"

1992 Sept. 6, "Bush Takes Economics Beyond Voodoo"

1993

Mar. 23, "Nobelists Rate Clintonomics"

Apr. 6, "Defending Macroeconomics"

May 5

"Due consigli per il governo Ciampi"

"The Year of the Great Opportunity"

May 13 - Letter to the editor, Financial Times

June 4, "Rewarding Subject for Study"

July 29, "Why the EMS Deserves an Early Burial"

Aug. 6, "No Reason to Mourn"

Aug. 18, "Why Foot Dragging By Europe's Banks?"

Nov. 12, "Ciampi, troppa prudenza"

Nov. 17, "Fascist Coup Won't Take Root Here"

Nov. 24, "Due anni per bloccare il debito"

Nov., "A New Social Compact"

"Nota per i colleghi italiani"

1994

Jan. 23

"Los sindicatos, responsables de la baja competitividad al exigir desmesurados aumentos salariales"

"Spanish Unemployment: The Problem and Some Proposed Solutions"

Jan., "Italian Budget Deficit to Disappear in 1994"

Apr. 13, "When Price Controls Benefit All"

Oct. 21, "A Partial Cure for Italy's Deficit"

Dec. 27, "Italian Coalition Didn't Fight Corruption"

Box NW2

Italian economic planning

"Passing the Generational Buck"

1995

Jan. 27, "Auguri, Italia la ricetta Dini quella giusta"

Feb. 18, "Rigore e veri sacrifici per salvarci dal baratro"

Mar. 18, "Le dimissioni con il 'nocciolino'"

May 14, "L'emorragia della pensione"

Oct. 8, "Manovra, tregua tra Dini e Fazio"

Oct. 20, "A Virtuous Circle is the Key to Maastricht"

Oct. 25, "I pugnali e la lira"

Oct. 28, "Caro Martino, hai sbagliato il bersaglio"

Nov. 19, "Le fondazioni? Ma molliamole"

1996 - Unpublished letters to the editor, New York Times

1997

Mar. 14, "A Euro Minus the D-Mark"

Aug., untitled - Debate between M. Draghi, E. Scalfari, and Ciampi

Articles, editorials, and interviews in Italian press on social security in Europe

1998

Jan. 16, "Perils of Unemployment"

Jan., "Shareholder Value: Myth or Reality?"

Feb. 19, "Fondi pensione complementari: motivazioni e critiche"

Mar. 7, "Yes to the Euro, But Also to an Investment Plan for Jobs"

Apr. 14, "Il debito italiano? Non fa paura"

Dec. 17, "Ecco come cambiare le pensioni"

1999

Apr. 3, "Modigliani's Model"

May/June

"Il futuro possibile"

"Technologically Improved Plan Administration Will Enhance Retirement Savings"

Oct. 27, "Risparmio utile solo se non dorme"

2000

Sept. 1, "Banchieri, burocrati ciechi"

"Scienza economica e dinamica del reale"

2001

Jan./Mar., "Nuove prospettive previdenziali"

Apr. 9, "America is Borrowing Trouble"

circa 2001 - Unpublished op-ed article, Business Week

2003

Jan./Mar., "Un sistema previdenziale misto per un futuro delle casse professionali in Europa"

Mar. 12, "Saving Social Security"

May 22, "Dangers of the Dividend Tax Cut"

June, "The Real Social Security Question"

Sept. 23, "A Shocking Award to Berlusconi"

Sept. 28, "Quando il risparmio faceva paura"

Sept. 29, "Invest Social Security, but Don't Privatize"

Oct. - Ciampi/Modigliani in newspaper articles

Undated

"Articolo 1 per Sviluppo Quotidani"

"La mia riforma delle pensioni"

Box NW3

By Others

1968

Mar. 22, "Modigliani Analyzes World Gold Position"

Dec. 3, "Modigliani Analyzes Monetary Crisis"

1969 June 19, "Dove va l'economia moderna?"

1971 Dec., "A More American Dollar"

1975

Feb. 5, "L'accordo sulla contingenza: nuovo intervento di La Malfa"

Feb. 24, "$30 to $40 Billion Tax Cut Urged"

July 14, "Critics Urge Fed to Hold Down Rates"

Oct. 14, "Local Professors Protest Economists' Actions in Chile"

Oct. 24, "Money Supply Climbs Sharply"

1976

Sept. 18, "Monetarist Reasoning Hit By Economist"

Sept. 20, "Economists Sound Off on Boardwalk"

Sept. 21, "Carter's Economy vs. Ford's: To Tune or Not to Tune"

Sept., "We've Learned How to Lick Inflation"

Oct. 4, "Democratic Economists Dust Off Their Activism"

1978 Dec. 11, "The U.S. Bias Against Saving Leads To...."

1979 Mar. 12, "The Stock Market Should Be Twice As High As It Is"

1980 Oct. 12, "I paladini della triste scienza"

1981

Nov. 4, "Will History Repeat Itself?"

Dec. 7, "Assets for Sale, Cheap; Investors Beware"

1984, "Schwartz on Modigliani"

1985, "Modigliani, Franco (1981- )," in Great Economists since Keynes

1986

Mar. 21, "The 1985 Nobel Prize in Economics"

May 11, "The Retirement Business: The Rules of the Game Are About to Change Again"

1987

Oct. 22, "The Balanced Budget Amendment"

Oct., "Lights! Camera! Economists!"

Dec. 18, "World Outlook: Warning Issued"

"The Debate Over Stabilization Policy"

1990

Dec. 8, "Unlocking Corporate Finance"

"Franco Modigliani," in A History of Economic Theory: Classic Contributions 1720-1980

1991 Apr. 27, "Intervento del Professor Mario Monti, Rettore dell'Universitá Bocconi in occasione del conferimento del 'Premio Internazionale Stivale d'Oro 1991...'"

1994, "How Are the Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic Articles by Leading Economists"

1995

Jan. 28, "Caro Nobel, ti sbagli"

(Mar. 14?), "Il trionfo del Laureato"

Mar. 31, "'Troppo tardi, il caos non finito'"

June 6

"La riforma delle pensioni divide i Nobel Modigliani e Samuelson" and two other articles

Clippings from La Repubblica, Il Manifesto, Corriere della Sera, and Il Sole 24 Ore

Aug. 25, "Modigliani: brava Italia ritornata la fiducia"

Oct. 26, "Caro Modigliani, lei rimasto a settant'anni fa"

1997

May 12, "Italy Wants the Euro But Does the Euro Want It? Rome Stung by Cool Reception...."

May 27, "Tax the Rich, Nuke the Poor"

1998

Feb. 2, "Can 27 Nobel Laureates Be Wrong?"

July 9, "Le sovvenzioni non aiutano il Sud"

2000

Mar. 31, "Modigliani's Message: It's a Bubble, and Bubbles Will Burst"

Apr. 5

"'Beleid stimuleert werkloosheid': Nobelprijwinnaar beschuldigt ECB"

"Piú difficile un divorzio che licenziare un operaio"

Apr. 6, "Da Sabato Franco Modigliani sará cittadino onorario di Iseo"

Apr. 10, "Un libro di La Malfa sui rischi dell'euro"

Apr. 11

"Pensioni, Modigliani incontra le parti sociali"

"Il governo arruola Modigliani ai sindicati non basta"

June 6, "Meno tasse piú lavoro: La ricetta per creare occupazioni"

Sept. 12, "Ford Joins MIT to Bring Nobel Laureates to the Institute"

Sept. 20, "Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Share Insights, Make Predictions"

Nov., "Franco Modigliani"

2001

May 2, "Rodrigo Rata habla en el Massachusetts Institute sobre el futuro del euro"

May 28, "Italy: Can Berlusconi Renew the Nation?"

Sept. 17, "Tisch, Modigliani Say Economic Life Goes On"

2002

Feb. 22, "Modigliani e il Tallone d'Achille del Tfr"

Nov., Articles from NOVA: Associazione Italiana MBA

2003 Sept. 23, "A New York ebrei divisi sull'omaggio al premier italiano"

Undated, "Per uscire dal tunnel"

Professional Service Series, 1961-2002 and undated

(16 boxes)

Houses correspondence, minutes, transcripts of testimony, drafts of papers, reports, and other materials stemming from Modigliani's professional activities that he undertook in addition to his academic work. The series is organized into the following four subseries: Federal Reserve Board, Hearings and Testimony, International Economic Association, and Other Professional Service. Each of these subseries reveals the extent to which Modigliani committed his energies to these non-academic arenas.

Federal Reserve Board Subseries, 1964-1982 and undated

Correspondence, memos, reports, drafts of papers, notes by Modigliani, printed materials and other materials related to three areas of activity sponsored by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board: the academic consultants meetings in which Modigliani participated extensively, along with other notable economists; discussions about improving the quality of the measured monetary aggregate, sponsored by the Committee on Monetary Statistics; and discussions on the reform of the discount window, around which Modigliani organized a seminar with other economists and presented his own views on this topic. Material on the MPS-FRB model is not located in this subseries, but rather in the Research and Writings Subseries of the Writings and Speeches Series. Arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically therein.

Box PS1

Academic consultants meeting, 1964 Jan. 30-1982 Sept. 30 (folders 1-10 of 37)

Box PS2

Academic consultants meeting, 1964 Jan. 30-1982 Sept. 30 (folders 10-28 of 37)

Box PS3

Academic consultants meeting, 1964 Jan. 30-1982 Sept. 30 (folders 28-37 of 37)

Box PS4

Committee on monetary statistics, 1974 Apr. 20-1978 Nov. (folders 1-10 of 13)

Box PS5

Committee on monetary statistics, 1974 Apr. 20-1978 Nov. (folders 11-13 of 13)

Reform of the discount window

Academic seminar, papers, 1966 (2 folders)

Academic seminar, proceedings, 1966 (2 folders)

Correspondence and notes, 1966-1968

Memorandum by Franco Modigliani, undated

Printed materials and notes, 1966-1968 (2 folders)

Hearings and Testimony Subseries, 1961-2001

Correspondence and transcriptions of hearings and testimony before the U.S. Congress or the European Parliament, in which Modigliani participated. Other supporting materials include memos, reports, and notes. The topics include government deficit and debt, inflation, indexed bonds, and social security. Arranged chronologically by date.

Box PS6

1961 Dec. (2 folders)

1962 July 9-13

1968 May 8-9, 15-16 (2 folders)

1971 July 20 (2 folders)

1971 Aug. 16

Working paper, "The Demand for Index Bonds", 1974 Feb. 2

1974 Feb. 7-8, 15, 18-22 (3 folders)

1974 Sept.

Box PS7

1975 Feb. 14 (2 folders)

1975 Feb. 25-26

1975 Apr. 24 (2 folders)

1975 Dec. 2-10 (2 folders)

Letter from Henry Reuss on Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1976, 1976 May 4

1976 May 5 (2 folders)

Box PS8

1977 Feb. 7 (2 folders)

1978 Feb. 8

1978 Feb. 22

1978 Aug. 8

1978 Dec. 14-15 (2 folders)

1979 Feb. 6

1982 Apr. 21, June 3

1985 Oct. 21

1987 Oct. 15

1987 Oct. 15, Nov. 17-18

List of appearances before the Joint Economic Committee, 1968-1987, 1995 Aug. 1

1999-2001

2000 Apr. 4

International Economics Association Subseries, 1976-1983 and undated

Contains minutes of the executive committee of the International Economics Association (IEA), correspondence; programs of meetings which Modigliani organized or in which he participated; drafts of papers presented; and financial matters and patron contributions to the association. The IEA is committed to promoting personal contacts and to facilitating discussions and free exchange among different economists around the world. The meetings represented in this subseries covered relevant economic and social problems of the time. Arranged in chronological order by the conference date, then alphabetical by subject or last name. The city in which the conference was located is also listed.

Box PS9

1976-1978, Executive committee meetings and conference programs

1976-1984, Various correspondence, reports, executive meetings, and a paper about the I.E.A.

1977-1980, Correspondence with Austin Robinson

1977-1980, New memberships

1977-1981, Financial matters

Finance drive

I.E.A. and Ford Foundation

Patron contributors

Subscriptions

1977, Tokyo

Correspondence, executive committee meetings and program (1976-1977)

Plenary sessions (papers)

1978 June, Poland (1977-1978)

1978 Aug., Strasbourg (1978) (2 folders)

circa 1979, Workshop in South Asia (undated)

1979 June, Kiel (1979-1980 and undated) (folders 1-3 of 6)

Box PS10

1979 June, Kiel (1979-1980 and undated) (folders 4-6 of 6)

1979 June, Moscow (1978)

1979 Aug., London, executive committee meeting (1978-1980)

1980-1982, Correspondence with Victor Uquidi

1980 Mar., India (1978-1980)

1980 June, Bergamo

Author's abstracts (1980)

Correspondences with discussants (1980)

Correspondences with presenters (1979-1981)

Correspondences with Russian economists (1979-1980)

Finances (1979-1980)

Local organizing committee (1977-1980)

Luc Fauvel and Mary Crook (1977-1980)

Papers

R. Bentzel, L. Berg

R. Goldsmith (2 folders)

M. Nasilowksi

J. Pickersgill

Box PS11

1980 June, Bergamo

Papers

N. Rossi, E. Tarantelli, C. Tresoldi

M. Shinohara

D. Strauss-Kahn

Possible invitees and possible papers

Program committee (1979-1980)

Program committee, old information (1976-1979)

Programs, list of participants, reports and notes (1978-1980 and undated)

Publishing conference volume and papers (1980-1982)

1980 Aug., Mexico (1977-1980) (3 folders)

1981 Sept., Athens (1980-1981)

1981 Oct., Buenos Aires (1979-1981)

1982 May, Ottowa (1978-1981)

Box PS12

1982 Aug., Sweden (1981 and undated)

1982 Sept., Florence

1982 Oct., Tokyo

1982 Dec., New York (1980-1982)

1983, Nominating committee (1982-1983) (2 folders)

1983 July, Addis Ababa

1983 Sept., Spain, executive committee meeting

Other Professional Service Subseries, 1963-2002 and undated

Folders contain correspondence, notebooks, agendas, drafts of papers, notes, minutes, reports, and printed materials related to Modigliani's involvement in non-academic activities. Arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.

Box PS13

401 (K) Credit Card, 1995-2000

California Federal Bank, 1998 (2 folders)

Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, M.I.T., 1985-1999

E. F. Hutton and Company Inc.

Bills, 1979-1980

Boston presentation, 1979 July

Correspondence, 1979

New York presentation, 1979 Nov. (2 folders)

New York presentation, 1980 July

Peter Smith, market model, 1979

Econometric model for Quebec, Singh committee, undated

Fininvest, 1991-1993 (3 folders)

Fininvest, Promostudio, 1992

Investment Company Institute, 1970-1973 (folder 1 of 3)

Box PS14

Investment Company Institute, 1970-1973 (folders 2-3 of 3)

Istituto CIRM, 1997 Aug. 5

Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, 1985-2002

National Academy of Sciences,

Finance committee meeting, 1974 Dec. 10

Finance committee meeting, 1975

Finance committee meeting, 1975 Mar. 24

General, 1974-1976 (3 folders)

New America High Income Fund,

General, 1997-2000

Printed material, 1988

Box PS15

Shares info, 1988

Treasury Consultants meeting, circa 1963-1971 Feb. 12 and undated (folders 1-16 of 22)

Box PS16

Treasury Consultants meeting, circa 1963-1971 Feb. 12 and undated (folders 17-22 of 22)

Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee

General, 1992-1998 and undated

Notebook, 1992-1997 (3 folders)

Teaching Materials Series, 1940-2003 and undated

(10 boxes)

Divided into Modigliani as Student Subseries and Modigliani as Teacher Subseries.

Modigliani as Student Subseries, 1940-1949 and undated

Box T1

Book review notebook, undated

Jacob Marschak's course, 1940-1949

Monetary theory notes, undated

Statistics course, 1943-1944

Various class notes, 1940s

Modigliani as Teacher Subseries, 1952-2003 and undated

Box T1

Advanced Economics, 1952-1960 (2 folders)

Capital Markets, 1960-1995 (folders 1-3 of 62)

Box T2

Capital Markets, 1960-1995 (folders 4-17 of 62)

Box T3

Capital Markets, 1960-1995 (folders 18-33 of 62)

Box T4

Capital Markets, 1960-1995 (folders 34-45 of 62)

Box T5

Capital Markets, 1960-1995 (folders 46-58 of 62)

Box T6

Capital Markets, 1960-1995 (folders 59-62 of 62)

Dean's reports, 1963-1995 (2 folders)

Dissertation, Christopher Knowles, 1990 June-1992

Economic Fluctation and Growth, 1961

Economics, 1956-1961 (2 folders)

Faculty meetings, 1962-1963

Finance Seminar, 15.954, 1969 Fall

Finance Seminar, 15.441, 1971 Fall-1976 Spring (6 folders)

Financial Management, 1962-1965 Fall (5 folders)

Box T7

Italian Economy study group, 1974

Lecture in Frankfurt, 1992-2002

Lectures on stabilization policy, 1981

Macroeconomics, circa 1969-1982 Fall (4 folders)

Monetary Economics, 14.462, 1963 Spring-1982 Spring (folders 1-8 of 20)

Box T8

Monetary Economics, 14.462, 1963 Spring-1982 Spring (folders 9-20 of 20)

Monetary Theory

Notes on advanced Monetary Theory III, 1953-1960

Preliminary notes, 1955-1956 (3 folders)

Lecture notes, 1955-1956 (2 folders)

Box T9

1960-1967 Spring

Monetary Workshop, 1973 Fall

Money reading course, 1969 Spring

Montpellier lecture, undated

Notes

Economics of barter systems, undated

Effect of interest rate on unemployment, undated

Endogenous money, undated

Linear programming, undated

Monetary mechanism, 1980

Some general principles on the effect of the national debt, 1964

Personnel committee, 1962

Phillips seminar, 1963

Raiffa seminar, 1962

Theses

Proposals, 1963-1992 (2 folders)

Hoornweg, Roberto, 1989-1990

Simon Pietro Felice, 1992

Ivanov, Svilen, 1993

Topics in Finance and Economics, 1996 Spring-2003 Spring (folders 1 of 10)

[Oversize materials removed to Box OS1]

Box T10

Topics in Finance and Economics, 1996 Spring-2003 Spring (folders 2-10 of 10)

Various class notes, 1959-1980s and undated (3 folders)

Personal Files Series, 1938-2005 and undated

(1 box)

Files contain various documents concerning Modigliani's education, his emigration from Italy in 1939, and other personal history. Honorary degrees and diplomas are included in this series and in the Oversize Materials. A number of files contain biographical information, including a curriculum vitae, personal reflections, and articles by colleagues honoring Modigliani. Arranged in chronological order.

Box P1

1938, Sorbonne, French visa application

1941, Proof of Juris Doctorate

1960, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1960-1997, Diplomas and degrees (4 folders; 34 items)

[Removed to Oversize Box OS2]

1966-2004, Microfilms

[Removed to Audio and Visual Materials Series]

Archival-quality microfilms produced in 2004 from family scrapbooks containing clippings and other memorabilia related to Modigliani's career.

1967 May 5, University of Chicago Honorary Degree

1967, University of Chicago honorary degree

1974 June, Drèze, Jacques speech in honor of Modigliani

1982, Copy of birth certificate

1985 Mar., One paragraph biography and correspondence

1985 Aug.-1986, May Citation for James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award of M.I.T.

1985 Oct. 16, Confindustria, Rassegna Stampa, newspaper clippings related to Nobel Prize

1985 and undated, Biographies and speeches related to Nobel Prize

1986, "Ruminations on my professional life"

1986-2004 and undated, Biographical materials

1991 Apr. 27, Intervento del Professor Mario Monti, Premio Internazionale Stivale d'Oro

1991 Apr.-May, Visas and vital statistics

1992 May 26, Addison-Wesley interview

circa 1986, 1996, Biographical sketches

1995, Remarks by Ciampi, establishment of Cattedra Modigliani, Rome

circa 2003, Curriculum Vitae

2003 Dec. 7, Commemoration event for Modigliani at MIT (DVD)

2003, English language obituaries and tributes

2003, Italian language obituaries and tributes

2003, Obituaries (2 folders)

2005 Feb., Accademia dei Lincei conference in memory of Modigliani

2005, "The Influence of Jacob Marschak, Adolph Lowe, and Hans Neisser on the Formation of Franco Modigliani's work," by Harald Hagemann (includes two letters by Jacob Marschak)

Undated, Autobiography

Undated, Biography

Undated, Biography in French

Engagements Series, 1963-2003 and undated

(16 boxes)

Divided into the Commitmentsand Calendars Subseries. Commitments files include routine schedules, correspondence, and itineraries. Some folders contain notes and writings related to the engagement, particularly for conferences. Both subseries arranged in chronological order.

Commitments Subseries, 1963-2003 and undated

Box E1

1963

Dec. 27-29, Econometric Society meeting

1971

June 7-11, 21st annual forum on finance (5 folders)

1974

Mar. 21-22, Rational expectations conference

1975

Aug., Helsinki conference

Central Banks

Correspondence and photo

Discussants

General

Box E2

1975

Aug., Helsinki conference

Monetary mechanism in different countries

Papers (4 folders)

Participants

Receipts

Travel

1976

June, AEA Russian conference

Oct., Athens conference

Central Banks

Discussants

General

Papers

Participants

Receipts

Supporting materials

Box E3

1976

Sept., Austria conference

Baden hotel

Central Banks

Comments

Discussants

Final papers

General

Kapfer

Papers

Participants

Program

Sponsoring committee

Dec. 8-9, Conference on income and wealth, Williamsburg

1977-1978, Financial Receipts

1979

June, Kiel conference, Germany

Authors

Central Banks

Discussants

Expenses

Giersch

Invitees

Miscellaneous

Program

Sponsoring committee

Weltwirtschaftliches archiv

Box E4

1979-1985 and undated, Financial Receipts

1982

Oct. 23-24, Banco di Roma

Conference handouts

Conference materials

Conference pack

Correspondence

Franco's copies (2 folders)

General (2 folders)

List of participants

Program

Publication

1983

Aug. 28, Gunnar Eliasson conference

Box E5

1984

Mar. 29, Hinterhuber Bohn-Bawerk lecture

Sept., Genova

Oct. 6, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center

Oct. 11-12, INA (Rome)

1984-1993

Itineraries

1985

Mar. 27-28, University of Illinois

Apr. 25, Suffolk University

June-Nov., Commitments

July, Summer session

Sept. 19-21, Martha's Vineyard

Nov., Argentina

1986

Jan. 10, Committee for Responsible Federal Budget

Feb. 6, McNeal and Lehrer

Feb. 11, Worcester County Bank

June 23-24, Retreat

June, Paris, Stockholm, Brussels

Aug. 12-16, Credit Suisse

Sept. 28, Ford Hall forum

Sept., Europe

Oct. 1, Court

Oct. 9-12, Venice

Oct. 20, Northeastern University

Oct., Brazil

Nov. 17, Council on Foreign Relations and Carnegie

Dec. 9-13, Helsinki

Dec. 17, US Trust, Leigh Bureau

Dec., AEA Christmas meeting

Dec., London, Italy, and Helsinki

Box E6

1986

Refusals

1987

Jan. 9, Faculty Club and Dr. Mariani

Jan. 15, Boston Association of Economists, data resources

Jan., George Pennacchi

Feb. 23, MIT alumni

March 12, Hamburger

March 13, IRS

March 16, LDC

March 16, Prodi

March 24, San Antonio, Texas

Apr. 9, Senior executives

Apr. 9, Sloan Club

Apr. 20, Michigan State University

Apr. 21, Kansas State University

Apr. 27, Venezuela NCR

May-June, Hicks lecture

June 17, TV contract for interview

Sept. 30, Fogg dinner NBER

Sept., Eliasson, Sweden: "The European Recovery?"

Sept., Italy, Spain

Oct. 15, Balanced budget amendment, Washington

Oct. 16, Competitiveness, Lincoln

Oct. 30, NY New School

Oct., Nynex

Nov. 2, Nomura Ritz

Nov. 4, EECM Debate

Nov. 12, Prodi luncheon, Skyroom Cambridge

Nov. 18, Italian visitors

Nov. 23-24, Washington National Conference

Fall, Kroeger visit

Dec. 4, Brandeis

Dec. 4, Endicott Sloan Fellows

Dec. 7, ILP visitor

Dec. 8, Visitors Rome/Bridge

Dec., Presidential task force

Box E7

1987

Refusals (3 folders)

1988

Feb. 23, Columbia NYC

Mar. 2-4, Philadelphia

Mar. 10, Eastern Economic Association

Apr. 11, Harvard

Apr., Italy prize

July 15, Vescovo

July, Aldo Enrici

Sept. 22, University of Hartford Honor Degree

Sept, Italy, France

Oct. 5, NBER

Oct. 14, Sonesta, NBER

Oct. 27, Mexico

Oct., International Media Productions

Nov. 2, De Paul University

Dec. 1, MFA University

Dec. 5, 92nd Street "Y," NYC

Dec. 8, RAI

Dec. 15, University of Florida Symposium

Dec. 22, Ralph Scally, Bank of Boston

Dec. 28, AEA, NYC

No month, Refusals (2 folders)

1988-1991 and undated

Media

1989

Jan. 10-11, Catholic University of Chile 100th anniversary

Jan. 15, Nihoh Computer conference

Feb. 23, Washington, DC

March 13, Taipei and Hongkong with Leah

March 29, SUNY Binghampton

Apr. 13, Oregon Nobel Symposium, Linfield College

May 5, NYSE academic seminar

May 22-23, FED and New School Honorary Degree

June 1-6, Italy and France

June 10, Michigan Honorary Degree

Sept. 14-15, Brookings "T"

Oct. 3, Lord/Erie, PA

Oct. 7, Banco Popular Pesarese

Oct. 9, Rotary Club, Florence

Oct. 14, Bergamo

Oct. 18, Roma

Oct. 21, Capri

Oct. 23, Naples

Oct. Bologna, Pesaro, Florence, Bergamo, Tuscany, Rome, Budapest

Nov. 14, Fletcher lecture

Nov. 15, Senate testimony

Nov. 30, Hartford

Box E9

1989

Refusals (2 folders)

1990

Jan. 8, Dreeze, Granada

Feb., Washington: Seidman Award

March 19, Windows on MIT

Apr. 5-6, Brookings

Apr. 24-27, Akron/St. Paul

May 3, Newark MIT Alam

May 4-5, NBER Washington

May 13, Urbana Honorary Degree

May 29, Bangkok

July 15, Edinburgh and Rome

Aug. 22, Barcelona, Parma, Venice

Sept. 13-14, Brookings

Oct. 11, Campus visit Hax

Oct. 26, NBER Cambridge

Nov. 9-10, Bard College, Lewy Trust

Nov. 16, BV lecture

Nov. 21, Carnegie

1990 Refusals

Box E10

1991

Jan. 13, Endicott Hoffman-La Roche

Jan., Ecuador

Feb. 14, Grinspan/Seidman IMF Wednesday Group, Washington

March 15, PBGH, PA; Eastern Economic Association

Apr. 11, Widener University, Philadelphia

Apr. 22, Telos conference, Milano

Apr.-May, Lisbon, Belgium, Rome, Sanremo

May 9-10, Vest events

May, China, Korea

June 27, Leverage Workouts Industry, N.Y.

July 19, Vineyard

Sept. 6, Baquerizo

Oct. 21-25, Amherst

Oct., Master's convocation

Nov., Franco's private consulting work in Italy

Dec. 4-11, Stockholm: Nobel

Sept. 12-13, Brookings, Washington

Box E11

1991

Refusals

1992

Jan., Banca d'Italia

Feb. 13, NAAS Breakfast

March 13, Fischer

Apr. 28-29, Mexico

Spring, Italy and Spain, Honorary Degree, Samuelson

July 11-13, Rome, Baldassarri, Mondragone

July 13-17, Singapore for Lee Kuan Yew, district visitor

July, PACAP Hongong, "Long-term Financing-Inflationary Environment"

1992 Refusals

1993

Apr. 1, Netherlands conference

June-July, Spain, Fininvest

June-July, Spain-Madrid, Bari, CISL, Escorial

July 12-16, Madrid-L'Escorial seminar

Sept. 6 - Oct., Spain: Jaime Prize in Economy

Sept. 13, Dr. Micossi (Confiindustria)

Sept. 13-14, Dr. Gebauer

Sept. 23- Oct. 8, Italy (Olivetti, Fiorella, Fininvest, Ceramica)

Oct.-Nov., Washington, NAFTA, Rudi

Dec. 8-18, Rome and Israel

1993 Refusals

Box E12

1994

Feb. 4, Reconstructing Italy conference

March 3, Gunzburg Center Harvard

Apr. 6, Washington conference, "Italy after the Elections"

Apr. 7-10, Venice, Acqua Vera

Apr., Frankfurt

Apr. 23-May 2, Frankfurt, London, Cambridge, Rome

May 9, Olivetti visit

July 8-11, China conference

July 15-16, Kouri conference

July 30, Rome-ISPE/CNR

July, Spain: summer course de Quinto (ICE/ABC) (2 folders)

Sept. 19, Boston College conference

Oct. 7, Tinbergen lecture

Nov. 4-8, Italy

Nov. 17-18, MITSUI Group lunch

Nov. 28, Washington DC Trip: Nobel certificate

Box E13

1994

Dec. 9, Behavioral Macroeconomics conference

Dec. 13, FISC/WISC meeting

Undated, Baseball card

1994 Refusals

1995

Jan., ASSA meeting

Mar. 27, Ezio Tarantelli commemoration

Mar. 29-Apr. 2, Bologna-Claremont

May-June, Italy (Olivetti)

June 8, Maggie Barreiro

June 14, La Terza Editore

June, Professorship of Financial Economics: chair announcement (2 folders)

Sept. 23, Chinese Finance Association

Oct. 17, Actuarial Enterprises

Dec. 1, European monetary conference

Undated, 5th Central Bank monetary conference

1995 Refusals

1996

Jan. 30-Feb. 5, Italy

Jan.-June and undated, Commitments

Apr. 18-20, Eastern Finance, Charlotte, NC

May 12-19, Italy

Sept. 11 - Oct. 9, Italy and Bilbao

Oct. 24-26, Jacksonville State University

Nov. 7, Baffi lecture

1996 Refusals

Box E14

1997

Jan.-Dec., Commitments

Mar. 18-26, Rotterdam, London, LA

May 21, EMC2 Computer Systems

May, Salvatore Randi

June, Europe

Sept. 23, IAFE conference Boston

Oct. 2, Bilbao

Oct. 8, 5th International Culture Economy meeting Cordoba

Oct. 12, L'Aquila (MIT Italy)

Oct. 14, London

Oct. 27, NACO Washington

Oct., Colorado College

1997 Refusals

1998

Jan. 15, Luxembourg

Jan.-Dec., Commitments

Feb., London

Mar.-Nov., Bancari

Apr. 27-May 1, Frankfurt

Spring, Europe

Oct. 3, Confindustria Italy

Oct. 25, Gorbachev Foundation conference

1998 Refusals

1999

Jan.-Dec., Commitments

Sept. 3-5, Villa d'Este

1999 Refusals

2000

Jan.-Dec., Commitments

2000 Refusals

2001

Jan.-Dec., Commitments

Dec. 1, Nobel centennial

2002

July-Nov., Commitments

2003

Feb.-July, Commitments

Oct. 3, Pensmart Germany

Calendars Subseries, 1971-2003

Box E15

1971-1986 (6 folders)

Circa 1985-1986, Personal schedules

1987-1991

1988 and undated, Daily schedules and related memorandums

Apr.-May 1989; Sept., Nov.-Dec. 1989, Desk calendars

1991, Appointment book

1992, Administrator appointment book

Box E16

1992-1994, Academic planner, monthly appointment book

1996, Modigliani's assistant's monthly planner

1996-1997, Monthly planner

1998-2001, Weekly appointments (2 folders)

2002-2003, Monthly appointments

Printed Materials Series, 1936-2005 and undated, bulk 1950s-2003

(12 boxes)

Organized into three subseries: Articles (largest in the series), Other Printed Materials, and Clippings. See the descriptions below.

Articles Subseries, 1936-2003 and undated
(11 boxes)

Houses a nearly complete set of reprints of Modigliani's writings throughout his career. Many of his early articles published in Italy during the 1930s are included. Modigliani's 1944 thesis, along with research files related to published writings, can be found in the Writings and Speeches Series. As Modigliani's output was chiefly in article form rather than in book-length works, this subseries represents a significant body of his published research, analysis, and commentary. Organized in rough alphabetical order as received originally. For a complete bibliography of Modigliani's published articles and working papers by title, consult this online list hosted by the Univ. of Connecticut Department of Economics, or the Modigliani information folders in the research room at the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.

Box PM1

Ac-Alc, 1958-1997

Alc, 1967

All, 2000

Alt, 1975-2000 (2 folders)

An-Be, 1938-1994

Be-Bu, 1988-2003

Bu-Ca, 1957-1997

Ce-Ch, 1957-2003

Box PM2

Comm-Concer, 1970-2002 and undated

Consu-Conv, 1937-1984

Cost-Coupon, 1958-1980

Cr, 1976-1995

Cr, 1960-1994

Cu-De, 1936-1983

Dep-Der, 1956-1992

Des, 1994

Det, 1956-1988

Dis, 1949-1999 (folders 1-2 of 3)

Box PM3

Dis, 1949-1999 (folder 3 of 3)

Dis-Div, 1938-1990

Dy-Ec, 1955-1987

Ec, 1987-1998

Ef-El, 1952-1988

Em, 1958-1992

En-Es, 1966-1996

Ex-Eu, 1976-1998

Eur, 1995

Box PM4

Fi-Fl, 1949-1987

Fl-Go, 1958-2001

Go-Hi, 1959-1989

Ho-Im, 1964-2003

Imp, 1978

Im-In, 1967-1990

Inf, 1967-1990 (1-2 of 5 folders)

Box PM5

Inf, 1967-1990 (folders 3-5 of 5)

Inf-Int, 1966-1986

Int, 1972-1973

Int-Ke, 1960-2003

Le-Li, 1992-1998

Lif, 1963-1966 (2 folders)

Box PM6

Lif-Lin, 1956-1975

Lin-Liq, 1944-1955

Liq, 1944-1968

Liq-Lo, 1949-1993

Ma-Me, 1952-1987

Me-Mi, 1962-2003

Mm-Mo, 1966-1988

Mon, 1968-1981 (folder 1 of 3)

Box PM7

Mon, 1968-1981 (folders 2-3 of 3)

Mo-Ne, 1949-1987

New, 1969

Ne-No, 1977-1995 (folder 1 of 2)

No, 1977-1981 (folder 2 of 2)

Nu-Op, 1979-2001

Opt, 1978

Or-Pe, 1947-2001

Box PM8

Pe-Po, 1960-1992

Pol, 1977-1978

Pol-Pr, 1937-1985

Pri, 1957-2003

Pri-Pro, 1955-1957

Pro, 1955-2003

Pr-Pu, 1966-1997

Pu-Re, 1953-1988

Box PM9

Rea, 1988

Rec, 1990

Rec-Red, 1986-1990

Red-Rep, 1959-1997

Rep-Res, 1959-1987

Ret-Ri, 1984-2003

Ro-Ru, 1988-1992

Ru-Sa, 1990-1992

Sc-Sh, 1959-2003

Box PM10

Si, 1958-1997

Si-So, 1975-1998 (folder 1 of 2)

Soc, 1998 (folder 2 of 2)

Som, 1964-1976 (2 folders)

Som-Sou, 1960-1975

St, 1966-1979

St-Su, 1966-1980

Box PM11

Su, 1966

Su-Th, 1957-1999

Th-Tr, 1973-1980

Tr, 1966-1973

Tw-U.S., 1986-1998

U.S.-Vo, 1954-2003

Wh-Wo, 1981-1993

Other Printed Materials Subseries, 1962-1998
(1 box)

These are few in number and consist of various MIT directories and a few other published works, including some reports from Italian symposia or conferences. Organized in alphabetical order by folder title.

Box PM12

ATTI: Meeting per lo sviluppo, 1987-1988

CIRIEC, Notizie ai soci, 1962

Directories, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1991

Guida ai fondi comuni, 1986 Apr. 14

Materials regarding Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences and Fact Book from New School for Social Research, 1963, 1998

MIT annual report, 1985-1986

Symposium on budget balance, 1986

US-USSR conference on economic modeling, 1976

Clippings Subseries, 1977-2005 and undated
(1 box)

Newspaper and magazine clippings chiefly related to events in Modigliani's career, with particular emphasis on the 1985 Nobel Prize in Economics. There are also interviews with Modigliani, and news articles written by journalists reporting on Modigliani's views on Italian and U.S. economic policies and the political process. Editorials on economic and social issues written by Modigliani can be found in the Writings and Speeches Series (Non-Academic Works and Speeches and Lectures Subseries). Other interviews can also be located in the Audio and Visual Materials Series. Organized in three language groupings (English, German, and Italian) and one topical group on a conference, and chronologically within.

Box PM12

English, 1985 Oct. 15-1986 Jan. 2 and undated

Fondi pensione per un capitalismo piú responsabile (12/1997) [press clippings on conference], 1997 Sept.

German, 1994 and undated

Italian, 1977-2005 and undated

[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]

Italian financial crisis, 1995 Jan.-Feb.

Audio and Visual Materials Series, 1963-2003 and undated

(10 boxes)

Various audio and audiovisual formats document Modigliani's career and his presence in national and international media. Organized into the following format subseries: Photographic Materials, Videocassettes, Audiocassettes, and Microfilms. Many of the items relate to manuscript or printed materials housed in other series. Audiocassettes were originally housed in the Teaching Materials Series, the Speeches and Lectures Subseries in the Writings and Speeches Series, and the Engagements Series.

[Originals closed to use. Use copies available in the collection. Please contact Research Services staff before coming to use the collection.]

Photographic Materials Subseries, 1963-2000 and undated

A variety of informal snapshots, media images, and formal portraits of Modigliani, his students, and his colleagues. Includes one color portrait of all Nobel Prize winners in economics up until 1991. A few transparencies of data are located in the Writings and Speeches Series. Arranged in chronological order.

Box VIS1

1963, Modigliani at West Point

1964-1999 and undated, Unidentified

1985-1988, Press

1987, Modigliani

1987 May, 2004, Gustavo Marturet, Leah Modigliani, and Franco Modigliani

1991 Dec. 10, Nobel Laureates

Circa 1993-1994, undated, Modigliani at M.I.T. Italian students' party; unidentified photographs

1997 June, Modigliani with President Luigi Scalfaro of Italy

1998, Publicity

2000 Oct. 20-21; 2004 May, Convegno I.S.E.O. c/o Univ. di Brescia, Italy; Modigliani and Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa

Undated, Newspaper clipping of photograph of Modigliani and Robert Solow

Videocassettes Subseries, 1985-2003 and undated

Chiefly recordings of interviews in various locations. Many are in Italian, but some are in English and German. Most relate to U.S. presidential administrations and their economic policies, or Italian economic policies. One videocassette concerns the Nobel Prize, and possibly contains biographical information as well as a recording of Modigliani's acceptance speech or lecture. Arranged in chronological order. Total running time (TRT), if known, shown in parentheses.

[Originals closed to use. Use copies available in the collection. Please contact Research Services staff before coming to use the collection.]

Originals OR1-19 (CLOSED)

Box VIS2

OR1. 1985, Nobel Prize. Format: VHS. (TRT 11:30)

[Use copy UC1 in Box VIS6.]

OR2. 1987 Nov. 23, "The Silent Stars." Format: VHS. (TRT 34:14)

Interview, with questions in German, answers in English.

[Use copy UC2 in Box VIS6.]

OR3. 1992, "Amato Government 1992," interview on Italian TV. Format: VHS. (TRT 32:55)

On the Amato government and the economic measures taken to prepare Italy’s entry into Maastricht.

[Use copy UC3 in Box VIS6.]

OR4. Circa 1992, Interview by Italian TV at MIT, in Italian. Format: VHS. (TRT 11:03)

[Use copy UC4 in Box VIS6.]

OR5. 1996 Mar. 17, Interview by Bernard Osher, Amici Telenews (TRT 21:05)

[Use copy UC5 in Box VIS6.]

OR6. 1997 Apr. 23, Interview, Bloomberg TV, Italy. Format: VHS. (TRT 2:50)

[Use copy UC6 in Box VIS6.]

OR7. 1997 May 23, Declaration for the European Bank. Format: VHS. (TRT 13:22)

Discusses reasons for economic differences between Northern and Southern Italy.

[Use copy UC7 in Box VIS6.]

OR8-A. 1997 June 16, "50 Review" , Part 1, Rome. Format: VHS. (TRT 60:00)

[Use copy UC8 in Box VIS6.]

OR8-B. 1997 June 16, "50 Review" , Part 1, Rome. Format: VHS. (TRT 58:00)

[Use copy UC8 in Box VIS6.]

OR9. 1997 June 16, "50 Review" , Part 2, Rome. Format: VHS. (TRT 1:30:15)

[Use copy UC9 in Box VIS6.]

OR10. 1997 June 16, "50 Review" , Part 3, with Modigliani as last speaker, Rome. Format: VHS. (TRT 1:43:41)

[Use copy UC10 in Box VIS6.]

OR11. 1997, "Una Buffonesca: 1997 Debate in Rome." Format: VHS. (TRT 1:23:53)

With Innocenzo Cipolletta, Lamberto Dini, Martini.

[Use copy UC11 in Box VIS6.]

Box VIS3

OR12. 1999 Feb. 12, "Chaos on Pensions." Italian TV. Format: VHS. (TRT 1:00:02)

[Use copy UC12 in Box VIS6.]

OR13. 1999 Apr. 15, Interview by Paolo Peluffo, in Italian. Format: VHS. (TRT 11:52)

About publication of Modigliani's memoirs, Adventures of an Economist.

[Use copy UC13 in Box VIS6.]

OR14. 1999, "Social Security," interview with Peter Diamond on Clinton administration. Format: VHS. (TRT 1:09:53)

[Use copy UC14 in Box VIS6.]

OR15. 2003 June 4, Interview by Italian TV at Modigliani's home. Format: VHS. (TRT 26:12)

[Use copy UC15 in Box VIS6.]

OR16. Undated, Against a change in patent law. Format: VHS. (TRT 3:05)

Joint deposition by Modigliani, James Tobin, et al., against a proposed change in the patent law.

[Use copy UC16 in Box VIS6.]

OR17. Undated, Interview in Frankfurt, in German. Format: VHS. (TRT 5:04)

[Use copy UC17 in Box VIS6.]

OR18. Undated, Interview at MIT in Modigliani's office, on Reagan years, Italian TV. Format: VHS. (TRT 36:00)

[Use copy UC18 in Box VIS6.]

OR19. Undated, Interview with Robert Solow, and Modigliani in a different section. Format: VHS. (TRT 42:55)

[Use copy UC19 in Box VIS6.]

Videocassettes, Master Copies 1-19

[Format: BetacamSP. Source: ORIG 1-19.]

[Not for reference use. Use copies are available.]

Box VIS4

MC 1-10

Box VIS5

MC 11-19

Box VIS6

Videocassettes, Use Copies 1-19

[Format: DVD. Source: ORIG 1-19.]

Audiocassettes Subseries, 1978, 1981, 1993 and undated

The bulk of the audiocassettes consists of recordings from a single unidentified class taught by Modigliani at MIT in spring semester, 1978; recorded lectures from one 1981 MIT seminar on banks and industry between World War I and World War II; and one 1993 interview. Arranged in original series order, then chronologically within.

[Originals closed to use. However, use copies available in the collection.]

Box VIS7

Original Copies 1-25 (CLOSED)

[Use copies UC1-25 in Box VIS8. The quality of the recordings on tapes 1-17 varies; tapes 18-25 are in good condition.]

Writings and Speeches Series, Speeches and Lectures Subseries

Modigliani interview, 1993 (Tape 1 of 25)

Teaching Materials Series

Economics class (unidentified), 1978 Mar. 23-May 18 and undated (Tapes 2-17 of 25)

Engagements Series, Commitments Subseries

MIT Seminar "Banks and Industry in the Interwar Period" , 1981 (Tapes 18-25 of 25)

Box VIS8

Audiocassettes, Use Copies 1-25

[Format: audiocassette. Source: OR1-25. Created 2005.]

Box VIS9

Scrapbooks (microfilms), 1966-2004

Family scrapbooks containing clippings and other memorabilia related to Modigliani's career, reformatted to microfilm reels. Images are in chronological order as they appear in the scrapbooks.

Microfilms, Print Master Copies 1-5, 1966-2004 (5 reels)

[Not for reference use. Use copies available. Created 2004.]

Box VIS9a

Microfilms, Archival Master Copies 1-5, 1966-2004 (5 reels)

[Not for reference use. Use copies available. Created 2004.]

Box VIS10

Microfilms, Use Copies 1-5, 1966-2004 (5 reels)

[Created 2004.]

Electronic Formats Series, 1993-2003

(18 diskettes, 185 files)

Digital files, mostly unidentified beyond general categories, including drafts of writings, some correspondence, and data related to Modigliani's publications, teaching, and presentations. Arranged in the original order in which disks were located in the collection.

Currently the contents of 18 diskettes have been transferred to a server in the library, where they can be accessed in-house. Please consult with the Research Services staff before using this series.

Copie di tutti i file (correspondence, extracts from articles), 1994-1998. Disk 001. (77 files)

Correspondence, extracts from articles, 1998. Disk 002. (8 files)

Rosenberg talk; Brandeis talk; chapters 1,4,6; appendices, 2003. Disk 003. (8 files)

Chapter 5, 7, 8; Appendices, 2003. Disk 004. (3 files)

Chapter 3, 2003. Disk 005. (2 files)

"Solution to the Social Security Crisis," 1997-1999. Disk 006. (6 files)

Worksheets for "Solution to the Social Security Crisis," 1994-2000. Disk 007. (7 files)

The Chinese Saving Puzzle, 2004. Disk 008. (1 file)

"Modigliani-Modigliani Measure of Risk-Adjusted Performance" (with Leah Modigliani), 1996. Disk 009. (1 file)

Academic articles, 2003. Disk 010. (3 files)

Santa Fe regressions, 2000. Disk 011. (1 file)

Various articles, 1998-1999. Disk 012. (16 files)

Various articles, 1998-2003. Disk 013. (20 files)

Various non-academic articles, 1999-2002. Disk 014. (9 files)

"Capital Markets, 15.432" materials (Fall 1992), 1993-1994. Disk 015. (8 files)

"Capital Markets, 15.432" materials (Spring 1992), 1994. Disk 016. (2 files)

China conference (1994 July 8-11), 1993. Disk 017. (12 files)

Frankfurt interview with Franco Modigliani, translated to German, 1999. Disk 018. (1 file)

Oversize Materials

(2 boxes, 1 folder)

Contains clippings, statistical data and econometric estimations, diplomas and honorary materials, and other items. Arranged in series order, according to the original locations of the oversize materials in the main collection.

Correspondence Series, 1947-2003 and undated, bulk 1973-1999

Oversize Box OS1

Ando, Albert

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Federal Reserve Bank [MIT-FRB] Project, 1968

Mishkin, Frederick - Mishkin's data - simulation output, circa 1975

Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts [AICUM], 1987

Banca d'Italia, "Distribuzioni tributarie, " 1970

Cohn, Richard, data from Henry Townsend manuscript, undated

Committee on Developing American Capitalism, published graphs, 1986 undated

Economic Policy Institute, manifesto signed by 327 economists, circa 1989

Gasparini, Innocenzo, statistical data for monetary equilibrium, 1947

M General, 1990-1993

Oversize Folder OF1

Modigliana, Italy, 1993

Poster welcoming Franco and Serena Modigliani during visit on the occasion of becoming honorary citizen of Modigliana

Oversize Box OS1

National Academy of Science, clipping of MIT faculty awarded membership, 1973

Nobel Prize

B General, clipping, Marco Pannella article, circa 1985

D General, clipping, "Seis meses de Plan Austral," 1986

Letters of congratulations, music score to Columbus sent to FM, 1986

P General, Invitation from U.S. Treasury, Bonds Division, 1985 December

Perotti, Enrico, newspapers and clipping, 1988, 1989

Petitions and protest letters - against Silvio Berlusconi, clipping, 2003

Pogue, Gerry, royalty agreement with FM, for D. C. Heath Co., 1973

Promostudio - Giovanni Vescovo, clipping on European Business School, 1991

Rasche, Robert, 1967-1972 - Enzler, Jeremy, "Dynamic Simulation of the Demand for Demand Deposits," 1972

Weintraub, Sidney, 1974 - Tobin, James, "There are Three Types of Inflation: We Have Two," 1974

Writings and Speeches Series, undated

Oversize Box OS1

Life cycle hypothesis and consumption function - Wealth - National debt - Capital coefficient - Econometric estimations, undated

Oversize Folder OF1

1997 June 5, Universitá di Studi a Napoli, Incontro con Franco Modigliani (poster)

Teaching Materials Series, 1996

Oversize Box OS1

Topics in Finance and Economics, 1996 Spring

Printed Materials Series, 2003 Sept.

Oversize Box OS1

Clippings--Italian, 2003 Sept.

Personal Files Series, 1960-1997

Oversize Box OS2

1960-1997, Diplomas and degrees (4 folders; 34 items)

Accession (2008-0067), 1985-2005

1 Box

The addition (2008-0067) (50 items; 0.2 lin. ft.; 1985-2005) includes clippings, photographs, and ephemera related to Modigliani's Nobel Prize, and 1 journal issue including a memorial for Modigliani. Much of the material is in Italian. This accession has not been processed.

Box 1

Miscellaneous materials

Accession (2009-0114), 1930s-2003

(7 boxes)

The addition (2009-0114) (3140 items; 4.2 lin. ft.; 1930s-2003) includes books, articles, correspondence, videotapes, audiotapes, and newspaper clippings and photocopies. Also included are some photographs, 3 pipes, 2 diplomas, and other miscellaneous materials, such as Modigliani's curriculum vitae and appointment books. This accession has not been processed.

Box 1

Videotapes

A Tribute to Herbert Simon, Mar. 19, 2001

Perlasca "un eroe italiano," Part I-II

Social Security 1999, Peter Diamond, Franco Modigliani

ALPI

Presentazione Volume La Lira Italiana, Bari, June 28, 1993

Amici Telenews: Professor Franco Modigliani, San Francisco interview, Mar. 17, 1996

RAI at MIT office: Reagan Years

Interview, Aug. 1992

RAI, March 1999

Swiss or German TV interview, Fall 1987

Intervista Dott Paolo Peluffo, 1999?

Visita a Valencia del Dr. Franco Modigliani

The Exiles: New School

Serino (Naples) in Italian for Tourists

Box 2

Giia in Puglia, 1993

CNBC Europe interview, London, Feb. 1998

Bloomberg TV, Franco Modigliani speech

President Clinton on the Lewinski affair

Audiocassettes (4)

Capco Institute Journal of Financial Transformation, Sept. 2003

Correspondence and faxes, 1980s-1990s

Clippings, mostly 1985-1986

Modigliani vitae/bibliography

Miscellaneous materials

Writing fragments, notes, photocopied articles, Macroeconomics Dynamics correspondence (2000), lecture advertisement (1985).

New School conference folder, 2005

Newspapers and magazines with articles on Modigliani, 1964-2003

Box 3

Correspondence and faxes, 1980s-1990s

Clippings, mostly 1985-1986

Photographs, 2003

Condolence cards to Serena Modigliani, 2003

Videotapes with appearances by Franco Modigliani

"Silent Stars," 1987

Killian Lecture: "Applications of the Life Cycle Hypothesis to Policy Issues," 1986

Killian Lecture: "Lifecycle Hypothesis of Savings," 1986

Scientia Prog., 122

Problemi sul Dollaro, 1987

First Annual Pacific-Basin Finance Conference

Professor Franco Modigliani, 2001

Modigliani-Genoa, 1998

Box 4

Appointment books, 1996-2003

Box 5

Books

Meyer Burstein, Money (inscribed to Modigliani, with Modigliani's notes)

Oscar Lange, Price Flexibility and Employment (with Modigliani's notes)

Readings in Monetary Theory (with Modigliani's corrections to his article)

Magazines, reprints, articles about Franco Modigliani, 1965-2001

Correspondence with Tim Kutscheid, prison inmate, 1994-1996

Box 6

Drafts of working papers

"Memorandum on the Set-Up and Management of a Proposed International Monetary System," Jan. 31, 1965

"Current Economic Developments and their Implications for Monetary Policy," Mar. 5, 1965

"The Term Structure of Interest Rates: A Reexamination of the Evidence," Feb. 1969?

"The Transmission of Demand Fluctuations through a Distribution and Production System, the TV Set Industry," Jan. 1968

Clippings, magazines, publicity materials

Articles

3 tobacco pipes

Audiocassette tapes

Box 7

Books from graduate school work, 1941-1944

Frederick C. Mills, Statistical Methods Applied to Economics and Business (with Modigliani's notes)

Gustavo del Vecchio, Lezioni di Economia Pura (with notes)

Garrett Birkhoff, Survey of Modern Algebra (with Modigliani's notes)

J.R. Hicks, A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle (with Modigliani's notes)

Maxime Bocher, An Introduction to Higher Algebra (with Modigliani's notes)

Henry Burchard Fine, Calculus (with Modigliani's notes)

J.M. Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (with notes: some by Modigliani, some by another)

Jan Tinbergen, Statistical Testing of Business-Cycle Theories, vol. 2 (with Modigliani's notes)

Oversize Folder 1

Graduate diplomas

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	List of Series in Collection
		Correspondence Series, 1944-2003 and undated, bulk 1960-2000
		Writings and Speeches Series, 1936-2004 and undated
		Professional Service Series, 1961-2002 and undated
		Teaching Materials Series, 1940-2003 and undated
		Personal Files Series, 1938-2005 and undated
		Engagements Series, 1963-2003 and undated
		Printed Materials Series, 1936-2005 and undated, bulk 1950s-2003
		Audio and Visual Materials Series, 1963-2003 and undated
		Electronic Formats Series, 1993-2003
		Oversize Materials
		Accession (2008-0067), 1985-2005
		Accession (2009-0114), 1930s-2003