Daniel McFadden

American economist

Daniel Little McFadden (born July 29, 1937) is an American econometrician. He won the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Heckman. He won the prize "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice".[1]

Daniel McFadden
Born (1937-07-29) July 29, 1937 (age 86)
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Known forDiscrete choice
AwardsJohn Bates Clark Medal (1975)
Frisch Medal (1986)
Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics (2000)
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2000)
Scientific career
FieldsEconometrics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley, MIT, University of Southern California
Doctoral advisorLeonid Hurwicz
Doctoral students

He is the Presidential Professor of Health Economics at the University of Southern California and Professor of the Graduate School at University of California, Berkeley.

References change

  1. "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2000". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved October 16, 2007.