Edward Emery LEAMER

Background

Leamer, Edward Emery was born on May 24, 1944 in Louisiana Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Laurence Eugene and Helen Mae (Burkey) Leamer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Mathematics) Princeton University, 1966. Master of Arts (Mathematics), Doctor of Philosophy University Michigan, 1969, 1970.

Career

Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, 1970. Assistant Professor, Harvard University, 1970-1973. Association Professor, Harvard University, 5.

Visiting Professor, University Southern California, 1979-1980.

Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, since 1975. Editorial Boards, Review of Economics and Statistics, , Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1970-1975, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1975-1979, Econometrica, 1975-1979.

Journal of International Economics, 1980.

Achievements

• Edward Emery Leamer has been listed as a noteworthy economics educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Quantitative International Economics

    ( This distinctive book sets forth, on an advanced level...)

  • Sources of International Comparative Advantage: Theory and Evidence

    (This is the first book to present a clear empirical pictu...)

  • Specification Searches: Ad Hoc Inference with Nonexperimental Data

    (Offers a radically new approach to inference with nonexpe...)

  • (Quantitative International Economics ) Author: Edward E. Leamer Jul-2006
  • (Sources of International Comparative Advantage: Theory and Evidence ) Author: Edward E. Leamer Nov-1985
  • Quantitative International Economics by Leamer, Edward E., Stern, Robert M. (2006) Paperback
  • Sources of International Comparative Advantage: Theory and Evidence by Leamer, Edward E. (1985) Paperback

Views

In a series of papers, and most especially in my book (Number. 2), I have offered a distinctive perspective on econometric methodology. The wellspring of these ideas is the intellectual discord between econometric theory and econometric practice.

In a general sense, econometric theory assumes a fully specified model, but the extensive model searching that is a characteristic of almost all applications constitutes a clear rejection of this assumption. Initially, I sought to identify the reasons for these specification searches, and to construct proper statistical theory to carry out the legitimate intentions of practitioners. Since the publication of my book I have concentrated on what I call global sensitivity analysis.

A statistical inference requires a list of assumptions that identify a sampling distribution and possible a priori distributions. Because it is impossible to select these assumptions with complete confidence, it is necessary to perform a sensitivity analysis and to discard inferences that are excessively fragile. In a global sensitivity analysis a range of assumptions is selected, and the corresponding range of inferences is identified.

If, in order to obtain a usefully narrow range of inferences, it is necessary to select an incredibly narrow range of assumptions, then inference from the given data set is suspended. I have also had continuing interest in empirical work on the micro side of international trade which began when I was writing International Economics with Robert Stern. I have written a couple of papers that point out the lack of a foundation in economic theory of empirical testing of the Heckscher-Ohlin model. Most notably I have shown that the Leontif paradox is a simple conceptual misunderstanding.

In addition, my book (Number. 3) contains an empirical analysis of international trade dependence. This book illustrates my main message: convincing empirical work requires a solid theoretical foundation and extensive sensitivity analysis.

Membership

Fellow: Econometric Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: American Economic Association.

Interests

• 210 Econometric, Statistical and Mathematical Methods and Models. 410 International Trade Theory.

Connections

Married Cheryl Ann Knowles, August 13, 1966 (divorced January 1974). Children: Stephanie Joy, Abigail Marie. Married Marjorie Ann Drucker, July 25, 1976 (divorced 1986).

1 child Michael Drucker.

Father:

Laurence Eugene Leamer

Mother:

Helen Mae (Burkey) Leamer

Spouse:

Cheryl Ann Knowles

Spouse:

Marjorie Ann Drucker

child:

Michael Drucker Leamer

child:

Stephanie Joy Leamer

child:

Abigail Marie Leamer