Robert Basmann
Robert L. Basmann | |
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| Born | January 15, 1926 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Institution | Texas A&M University |
| Field | Econometrics |
| Alma mater | Iowa State University |
| Influences | Gerhard Tintner |
| Contributions | Two stage least squares |
Robert Leon Basmann (born January 15, 1926) is an American econometrician.[1] He was a Professor of Econometrics at Texas A&M University until his retirement. He served as a lecturer at Binghamton University after his retirement.
Basmann held academic appointments at Northwestern University, University of Chicago and Purdue University prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M.
Basmann earned a Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State University in 1955.[2][3] He is credited, along with Henri Theil, for deriving two stage least squares estimation.[4]
References
- ^ "Iowa, County Births". Family Search. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/stable/1814347
- ^ http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/12989/
- ^ Qin, Duo (1993). The Formation of Econometrics: A Historical Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0-19-828388-1.
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