Franklin M. Fisher

Franklin M. Fisher, Ph.D., is the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics, Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for 44 years and the Board Chairman of CRA International.  He received the Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1960, and, in 2001, he received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  Professor Fisher is the author or senior co-author of 17 books and well over 150 articles in the area of economics  For many years, Professor Fisher has served as an expert witness in matters involving antitrust, contract disputes, valuation, damages, and trademark infringement.  He was IBM's chief economic witness in its antitrust cases of the 1970s and served in  a similar role on behalf of  the Department of Justice in the Microsoft antitrust case.