Background
Aigner, Dennis John was born on September 27, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Herbert Lewis and Della Geraldine (Balasek) Aigner.
consultant economics professor
Aigner, Dennis John was born on September 27, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Herbert Lewis and Della Geraldine (Balasek) Aigner.
Bachelor of Science, University California-Berkeley, 1959. Master of Arts, University California-Berkeley, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University California-Berkeley, 1963.
State, United States Forest Service, Berkeley, California., 1960-1962. Assistant Professor of Economics, Association Professor, Director, Computer Laboratory, College Business Administration, University Illinois, 1962-1966, 1964-1966, 1966-1967;
Association Professor of Economics, Director Data and Computation Center Social Sciences, Chairman, Social Systems Research Institute, Institution, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1967-1970,
1967-1973, 1971-1976. Visiting Professor of Economics, University Hawaii, 1970.
Visiting, Centre for Operations Research and Econometrics, Belguim,
University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1970-1971. Visiting Professor, University Wisconsin, 1982. Visiting Lect, American Statistical Association Program Statistics, 1980-1983.
Consultant, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1976. Professor of Economics, University Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, since 1976. Co-Editor, JEm, 1972.
Association Editor, Review Public Data Use, since 1980.
I began my research endeavours with an interest in the errors-in-variables ‘problem’ *j! in econometrics. This has remained a theme throughout my work, which si now spans twenty years. Of course our attitude about this ‘problem’ has since evolved into an appreciation of its possibilities for an enhanced model specification and ultimate solution.
The errors-in-variables problem also serves as an interface with the quantitative branches of other 1 social sciences, notably psychology and
¡I sociology.
j. The other major theme of my work lti has evolved from the estimation of
>jj frontier production, cost and profit
J functions. Standard microeconomic
0 theory talks about a production func-
(0 tion that derives from technical effici-
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age production function.
This line of ¡;. research has since resulted in a means yjl to evaluate the technical and economic U efficiency of individual firms in an in-, dustry and related issues. Most recently I have been involved in the design,
conduct and analysis of large-scale social experiments for the purpose of measuring customer response to timedifferentiated prices for electricity in the United States.
Fellow Econometric Society. Member American Statistical Association, American Economic Association.
Married Vernita Lynne White, December 21, 1957 (divorced May 1977). Children: Mitchell A., Annette N., Anita L., Angela D. Married Gretchen Camille Bertolet, December 22, 1992.