Biography:Daniel McFadden
Daniel McFadden | |
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| Born | July 29, 1937[1] Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
| Known for | Discrete choice |
| Awards | John Bates Clark Medal (1975) Frisch Medal (1986) Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics (2000) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Econometrics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Southern California University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonid Hurwicz |
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Daniel Little McFadden (born July 29, 1937) is an American econometrician who shared the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Heckman. McFadden's share of the prize was "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice".[2] He is the Presidential Professor of Health Economics at the University of Southern California and Professor of the Graduate School at University of California, Berkeley.
Early life and education
McFadden was born on July 29, 1937, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he received a B.S. in Physics, and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Science (Economics) five years later (1962). While at the University of Minnesota, his graduate advisor was Leonid Hurwicz, who was awarded the Economics Nobel Prize in 2007.[3]
Career
In 1964, McFadden joined the faculty of University of California, Berkeley, focusing his research on choice behavior and the problem of linking economic theory and measurement. In 1974, he introduced conditional logit analysis.[4]
In 1975, McFadden won the John Bates Clark Medal. In 1977, he moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1981, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
He returned to Berkeley in 1991, founding the Econometrics Laboratory, which is devoted to statistical computation for economics applications. He remains its director. He is a trustee of the Economists for Peace and Security. He won the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics in 2020 and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2006.[5]
In January 2011, McFadden was appointed the Presidential Professor of Health Economics at the University of Southern California (USC), which entails a joint appointment in the Department of Economics and the Price School of Public Policy.[6]
See also
- List of economists
References
- ↑ "Daniel L. McFadden". The Nobel Foundation. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2000/mcfadden/facts/.
- ↑ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2000". Nobelprize.org. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2000/index.html.
- ↑ "All Laureates in Economics". Nobelprize.org. 2007. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/index.html.
- ↑ McFadden, Daniel F. (1974). "Conditional Logit Analysis of Qualitative Choice Behavior". http://elsa.berkeley.edu/reprints/mcfadden/zarembka.pdf.
- ↑ "APS Member History". https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Daniel+L.+McFadden&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced.
- ↑ "Nobel Winner, Dr. McFadden, Appointed Presidential Professor at USC". usc.edu. http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/nobel_winner_appointed_presidential_professor.html.
External links
- Daniel McFadden's homepage
- Miss nobel-id as parameter includes the Prize Lecture 8 December 2000 Economic Choices
- 2000 Nemmers Prize in Economics
- "Daniel L. McFadden (1937– )". The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Library of Economics and Liberty (2nd ed.). Liberty Fund. 2008. http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/McFadden.html.
- IDEAS/RePEc
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| Preceded by Robert A. Mundell |
Laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 2000 Served alongside: James J. Heckman |
Succeeded by George A. Akerlof A. Michael Spence Joseph E. Stiglitz |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Martin Feldstein |
President of the American Economic Association 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by George Akerlof |
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