Education
University of Vienna.
University of Vienna.
Tintner is known for his contributions during the formation years of econometrics as a discipline. He briefly worked as a Research Fellow at the Cowles Commission before joining faculty at Iowa State College, where he was promoted professor in 1946 and remained until 1962, when he resigned to join the staff of the University of Pittsburgh. In 1963, he accepted a position as Distinguished Professor of Economics and Mathematics at the University of Southern California.
Returning to Austria in 1973, he accepted an appointment as Professor and Head (1973–1978) of the Institut für Ökonometrie at the University of Vienna, a position he held until retirement.
He was a staff member of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research in 1936, before leaving Austria for the United States.