Obituary: Henri Theil, 1924–2000 |
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| Authors: | Teun Kloek |
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| Institution: | Professor emeritus, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | This note contains a short biography of Professor Henri Theil and a brief sketch of his contributions to econometrics and related fields. Professor Theil is known as the author of the Principles of Econometrics , one of the most cited advanced textbooks of econometrics, and in particular made a large number of contributions including two and three stage least squares, the inequality coefficient, the Rotterdam model of consumer demand and the entropy based measure for income inequality. |
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