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Biography of Jerry A. Hausman - Economist
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Jerry A. Hausman is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of the world's foremost econometricians. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the John Bates Clark Medal in 1985 and the Frisch Medal in 1980. He is perhaps most well know for his deveoplment of the Hausman Specification Test, the first easy method allowing scientists to evaluate if their statistical models correspond to the data. He has done extensive work in the field of telecommunications, and is also recognized as an expert on antitrust and mergers, public finance and taxation, and regulation. Hausman also serves as the director of the MIT Telecommunications Economics Research Program. == External links == * http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/index.htm?prof_id= hausman Hausman's faculty page at MIT

