Robert Summers papers, 1956-1982

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Summary

Creator:
Summers, Robert, 1922-2012
Abstract:
Robert Summers (1922-2012) was a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Pennsylvania. This collection consists of selected writings and personal items. It forms parts of the Economists' Papers Archive.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet (One box.)
Language:
Material in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11816

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents a selection of Summers' academic and professional writings. It provides an overview of his writings on macroeconomics, inflation, national income accounting, capacity utilization, and econometrics. His writings also document his collaborations with other prominent economists, including Lawrence R. Klein and Thomas Marschak.

Summers is noted for his research on international price comparisons and his contributions to the International Comparison Program and the widely used Penn World Tables.

Along with his own scholarship, this collection documents Summers' familial connections to other prominent economists: his wife Anita Arrow Summers, his brother Paul A. Samuelson, his son Lawrence H. Summers, and his brother-in-law Kenneth J. Arrow.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Summers (1922-2012) was a white American academic economist. He received a BA from the University of Chicago and a PhD in economics from Stanford University. He taught at Yale Univesity from 1952-1959 and the University of Pennsylvania thereafter until his retirement in 1991. He is noted for his research on international price comparisons and contributions to the Penn World Tables and International Comparison Program, one result of which was the development of purchasing power parity (PPP).

Acquisition information:
The Robert Summers papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Jonathan Cogliano, February, 2020.

Accession described in this collection guide: 2019-0174.

This material was originally part of the Anita Arrow Summers papers but was separated during processing.

Arrangement:

The Robert Summers papers are arranged alphabetically.

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