Raymond Bridgeman Cowles

Raymond Hu

Raymond Edward Ryckman

He studied the ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi, triatomine insects, and the insect hosts throughout the southwestern United States. His career capstone was publication of bibliographies " concerned with the world literature to the Triatominae and Triatominae-borne pathogens and clinical Chagas disease. " Who Is This Person? Decide first. Then turn the page.

Raymond Leslie Williams

Colombia’s literature is one of its most revered national treasures, yet, paradoxically, it is generally less known outside of its national boundaries than are its internationally recognized visual artists, performance artists, soccer players, and even drug traffickers. Since the 1970s, this international ignorance with respect to Colombian literature has gradually changed, primarily because of...

Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics at

We consider the problem of a monopolist with an object to sell before some deadline, facing n buyers with independent private values. The monopolist posts prices but has no commitment power. We show that the monopolist can always secure at least the larger of the static monopoly profit and the revenue from a Dutch auction with a zero reserve price. When there are only a few buyers, her profits ...

Cowles in the History of Economic Thought

The topic of this paper immediately raises a serious methodological question: In what sense can we isolate the contribution of any individual or institution in the development of economic analysis? This is but one example of a fundamental logical problem that applies to the study of all history, that is, the difficulty of the counterfactual. For when you ask, “What is the influence of A (an eve...