Lipsey dead at 84.

• Position: NBER News - Robert E. Lipsey - Obituary - Brief article

Robert E. Lipsey, an NBER Research Associate, former Vice President for Research, and the Director of the NBER's New York office since 1978, passed away on August 11 at the age of 84. A Professor Emeritus at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Lipsey was actively involved in NBER research for more than six decades. He received both his B.A. and his Ph.D. from Columbia University and began working at the NBER in the summer of 1945, after completing his first year of graduate school. His first job was in the Business Cycle Dating unit, and he was also a research assistant to Solomon Fabricant.

Lipsey maintained his interests in international economics and economic measurement, and was an active participant in the intellectual life of the NBER, throughout his professional career. He did fundamental work on foreign direct investment, on the international comparison...