Jan Kmenta

Jan Kmenta
Kmenta at his CERGE-EI office
Born(1928-01-03)January 3, 1928
Prague, Czechoslovakia
DiedJuly 24, 2016(2016-07-24) (aged 88)
Prague, Czech Republic
NationalityCzech
American
Academic career
FieldEconometrics
InstitutionUniversity of Michigan
School or
tradition
Neoclassical economics
Alma materStanford University (Ph.D.)
University of Sydney (B.Sc.)
Doctoral
advisor
Kenneth Arrow
InfluencesArthur Goldberger
AwardsAlexander von Humboldt Foundation Award
Neuron award for lifetime achievements[1]
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Jan Kmenta (January 3, 1928 – July 24, 2016) was a Czech-American economist. He was the Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics at the University of Michigan and Visiting Professor at CERGE-EI in Prague, until summer 2016.