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Also known as Daniel Little McFadden, D. L. McFadden, D L McFadden, D. McFadden, D McFadden

American economist

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Daniel L. McFadden is an American economist, statistician, and university teacher born in Raleigh in 1937. He has served as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, and the University of California, Berkeley. McFadden was educated at the University of Minnesota and worked under doctoral advisor Leonid Hurwicz. He resides in California and speaks English.

His research focuses on economics and econometrics. Notable works include *Foundations of Stated Preference Elicitation*, *Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods*, and *Structural analysis of discrete data and econometric applications*. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Econometric Society.

McFadden has received the John Bates Clark Medal, the Frisch Medal, the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics, and the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He has influenced doctoral students such as Hal Varian, Donald J. Harris, and W. Brian Arthur.

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Works
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Top works

  • Joint estimation of freight transportation decisions under non-random sampling
  • Production Economics : a Dual Approach to Theory and Applications
  • Foundations of Stated Preference Elicitation
  • Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods
  • Structural analysis of discrete data and econometric applications

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Key facts

Born
( 1937-07-29 ) July 29, 1937 (age 88) , Raleigh, North Carolina , U.S.
Alma mater
University of Minnesota
Known for
Discrete choice
Awards
John Bates Clark Medal (1975), Frisch Medal (1986), Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics (2000), Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2000)
Fields
Econometrics
Institutions
University of California, Berkeley , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , University of Southern California , University of Chicago
Doctoral advisor
Leonid Hurwicz
Doctoral students
Axel Börsch-Supan Philip J. Cook Walter Erwin Diewert Jonathan Feinstein Donald J. Harris Fred Mannering John Rust Kenneth E. Train Hal Varian Clifford Winston
Thesis
Factor Substitution in the Economic Analysis of Production (1962)

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Nobel Prize

  • The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2000

    for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Daniel
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Raleigh
Occupation
statistician
Position held
president
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
Leonid Hurwicz
Field of work
econometrics
Image
Daniel McFadden 01.JPG
Residence
California
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date of birth
1937-07-29
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Daniel McFadden
influenced by
Leonid Hurwicz
name in native language
Daniel L. McFadden
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interested in
economics
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Encyclopedic overview

Daniel Little McFadden (born July 29, 1937) is an American econometrician who shared the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Heckman. McFadden's share of the prize was "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice". 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.

Early life and education

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