Nationality German Education University of Vienna Name Gerhard Tintner | Alma mater University of Vienna Fields Econometrics | |
Born September 29, 1907 ( 1907-09-29 ) Nuremberg, Bavaria Institutions Iowa State University
University of Southern California Died November 13, 1983, Vienna, Austria Books The Variate Difference Method, Stochastic Economics: Stochasti, Econometrics, Methodology of Mathemat, Mathematics and Statistics f | ||
Influenced Richard Loree Anderson | ||
Gerhard Tintner (September 29, 1907 – November 13, 1983) was an Austrian American economist who worked most of his career in the United States. Tintner is known for his contributions during the formation years of econometrics as a discipline. In an appraisal of his work, Karl A. Fox lauded Tintner as one of the “foremost econometricians of our time.”
Born to Austrian parents in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Tintner studied economics, statistics, and law at the University of Vienna, where he received his doctor's degree in 1929. He was a staff member of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research in 1936, before leaving Austria for the United States, “as he was pessimistic regarding the future of Austria”. He briefly worked as a Research Fellow at the Cowles Commission before joining faculty at Iowa State College, where he was promoted professor in 1946. In 1951 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. He remained at Iowa State until 1962, when he resigned to join the staff of the University of Pittsburgh. In 1963, he accepted a position as Distinguished Professor of Economics and Mathematics at the University of Southern California. Returning to Austria in 1973, he accepted an appointment as Professor and Head (1973–1978) of the Institut für Ökonometrie at Vienna University of Technology, a position he held until retirement.