Jan Kmenta
 Prof. Kmenta at his CERGE-EI office | |
| Born |
January 3, 1928 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
United States Czech Republic |
| Institution | University of Michigan |
| Field | Econometrics |
| School/tradition | Neoclassical economics |
| Alma mater |
Stanford University (PhD, 1964) University of Sydney (BSc, 1955) |
| Influences |
Kenneth Arrow Arthur Goldberger |
| Awards |
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award Neuron award for lifetime achievements[1] |
| Information at IDEAS/RePEc | |
Jan Kmenta (born on January 3, 1928) is a Czech-American economist. Currently he is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics at the University of Michigan,[2] and Visiting Professor at CERGE-EI in Prague.[3] He is the author of the acclaimed textbook Elements of Econometrics.
Early life
Jan Kmenta was a student of Statistics at the Czech Technical University in Prague when the communist regime started in Czechoslovakia. Soon after he emigrated to Australia through Germany.[4] Jan Kmenta received his B.Ec with First Class Honors from the University of Sydney, Australia in 1955 and graduated from Stanford University with a Ph.D. in Economics with a minor in Statistics in 1964. Since 1989 he also holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Saarland, Germany. He joined the University of Michigan as a Full Professor in 1973.
Works
- Kmenta, J. (1971). Elements of Econometrics. New York: Macmillan (Also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Persian and Croatian)
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