Background
David A was born on October 21, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Edwin J. and Ethel M. Bessler.
David A was born on October 21, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Edwin J. and Ethel M. Bessler.
Bachelor of Science, University Arizona, 1971; Master of Science, University Arizona, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Davis, 1977.
Assistant professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1977—1982. Associate Professor Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1982—1986, Professor, 1986 - 2007; Simon Fellow in econometrics and agricultural economics, Victorian University of Manchester, 1991. Fellow Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2011. Regents Professor 2007 to 2018. Regents Professor Emeritus, 2018 - present.
His papers explore ideas in finding prima facie causal structures in observational economic data.
Intellectual influences over his career include Clive Granger, Phil Dawid, Judea Pearl, and Clark Gylmour.
Married Glenda M. Hilkemeyer, June 5, 1971. Children: Whitney A., Todd D., Kaeli A.