James D. Hamilton

James D. Hamilton
Born (1954-11-29) November 29, 1954 (age 69)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldEconometrics
InstitutionUniversity of California, San Diego
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
AwardsResearch Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research; Best Paper Award for 2010-2011 from the International Institute of Forecasters; 2014 award for Outstanding Contributions to the Profession from the International Association for Energy Economics
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James Douglas Hamilton (born November 29, 1954) is an American econometrician currently teaching at University of California, San Diego. His work is especially influential in time series and energy economics. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1983.

His research spans a range of topics, including monetary policy, business cycles, energy markets, econometrics. His work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, and Italian.