Gerhard Tintner (September 29, 1907 – November 13, 1983) was an American economist who worked most of his career in the
United States
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. Tintner is known for his contributions during the formation years of
econometrics
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as a discipline. In a
festschrift
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in Tintner's honor,
Karl A. Fox lauded Tintner as one of the "foremost econometricians of our time."
Born to
Austrian
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parents in
Nuremberg
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,
Bavaria
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, Tintner studied economics, statistics, and law at the
University of Vienna
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, where he received his doctor's degree in 1929. He was a staff member of the
Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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in 1936, before leaving Austria for the
United States
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, "as he was pessimistic regarding the future of Austria". He briefly worked as a Research Fellow at the
Cowles Commission
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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
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.
He remained at Iowa State until 1962, when he resigned to join the staff of the
University of Pittsburgh
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. In 1963, he accepted a position as Distinguished Professor of Economics and Mathematics at the
University of Southern California
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. 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.
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1907 births
1983 deaths
Austrian economists
Austrian emigrants to the United States
University of Vienna alumni
Iowa State University faculty
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Fellows of the Econometric Society
Expatriates of Austria-Hungary in Germany