Jan Tinbergen
Jan Tinbergen (/ˈtɪnbɜːrɡən/; Dutch: [ˈtɪnˌbɛrɣə(n)]; 12 April 1903 – 9 June 1994) was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential economists of the 20th century and one of the founding fathers of econometrics.
Jan Tinbergen | |
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Tinbergen in 1982 | |
| Born | 12 April 1903 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 9 June 1994 (aged 91) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Known for | First national macroeconomic model |
| Awards | Erasmus Prize (1967) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics, Econometrics |
| Institutions | Erasmus University |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Ehrenfest |
| Doctoral students | Tjalling Koopmans Hans van den Doel Supachai Panitchpakdi Ashok Mitra |
His important contributions to econometrics include the development of the first macroeconometric models, the solution of the identification problem, and the understanding of dynamic models. Tinbergen was a founding trustee of Economists for Peace and Security. In 1945, he founded the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) and was the agency's first director.