Jerry A. Hausman

Jerry Allen Hausman ( born May 5, 1946 in Weirton, West Virginia) is an American economist.

Life

Hausman went to his military service from 1968 to 1970 in Anchorage to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There he was an Assistant Professor from 1973 and from 1976 Associate Professor. In 1979 he became Professor regulärerer. After several visiting professorships at Harvard University in the 1980s, he took over in 1992, the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor at MIT.

Hausman is a member of various research institutions. For example, he is a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the National Academy of Social Insurance or the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Hausman received various awards for his publications and his work. He has received, among others in 1980 with the fresh Medal or 1985 with the John Bates Clark Medal.

Work

Hausman works primarily in the area of ​​tax effects on the economy, environment and energy and the economics of aging. In addition, he published more than price indices, regulation of industries such as telecommunications and railways, and econometrics. He is primarily known for the Hausman test.