Clifford Hildreth

Clifford G. Hildreth
Born (1917-12-08)December 8, 1917
McPherson, Kansas
Died August 15, 1995(1995-08-15) (aged 77)
Eugene, Oregon
Nationality American
Institution Michigan State University
Field Econometrics
Alma mater Iowa State University
University of Kansas
Contributions Hildreth–Lu estimation

Clifford George Hildreth (December 8, 1917 – August 15, 1995) was an American econometrician. He was a head of the Department of Economics at Michigan State University.

A native of McPherson, Kansas, Hildreth earned his bachelor's from the University of Kansas and before entering Iowa State University for graduate studies. After years at University of Chicago and North Carolina State University, he joined faculty at Michigan State. His most notable contributions was a procedure for estimating a linear model in the presence of autocorrelated error terms, known as Hildreth–Lu estimation.

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