Brainard, William C.; Scarf, Herbert E. - In: American Journal of Economics and Sociology 64 (2005) 1, pp. 57-83
Irving Fisher's Ph.D. thesis, submitted to Yale University in 1891, contains a fully articulated general equilibrium model presented with the broad scope and formal mathematical clarity associated with Walras and his successors. In addition, Fisher presents a remarkable hydraulic apparatus for...