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Dale W. Jorgenson | |
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Born | Bozeman, Montana, U.S. | May 7, 1933
Died | June 8, 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 89)
Academic career | |
Field | Economic theory Information technology Economic growth Energy and the environment Tax policy Investment behavior Applied econometrics |
Institution | Harvard University |
Alma mater | Harvard University (Ph.D., 1959) Reed College (B.A., 1955) |
Doctoral advisor | Wassily Leontief[1] |
Doctoral students | Robert Lucas Jr. M. Ishaq Nadiri[2] Lawrence Lau[2] Ajit Singh[2] Fumio Hayashi[2] Charles Horioka[2] William Perraudin[2] |
Awards | John Bates Clark Medal (1971) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Dale Weldeau Jorgenson (May 7, 1933 – June 8, 2022) was an American economist who served as the Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University.[3] An influential econometric scholar, he was famed for his work on the relationship between productivity and economic growth, the economics of climate change, and the intersection between economics and statistics.[4] Described as a "master" of his field, he received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1971, and was described as a worthy contender for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[4][5]