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Jan Kmenta | |
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 Kmenta at his CERGE-EI office | |
| Born | January 3, 1928 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | July 24, 2016 (aged 88) Prague, Czech Republic |
| Nationality | Czech American |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Econometrics |
| Institution | University of Michigan |
| School or tradition | Neoclassical economics |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (Ph.D.) University of Sydney (B.Sc.) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Arrow |
| Influences | Arthur Goldberger |
| Awards | Alexander 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.