Background
Cooley, Thomas F. was born on January 3, 1943 in Rutland, Vermont, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Marjorie (Batcheldor) Cooley.
Cooley, Thomas F. was born on January 3, 1943 in Rutland, Vermont, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Marjorie (Batcheldor) Cooley.
Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytech. Institute, 1965; Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1971.
Doctorate (honorary), Stockholm School of Economics, 1987.
Systems engineer International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1965—1966. Assistant professor economics Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1970—1976. Research associate National Bureau Economic Research, 1973—1977.
Visiting assistant professor Carnegie-Mellon University, 1973—1974. Visiting professor University Western Australia, 1974. Faculty associate Joint Center for Urban Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, 1976—1980.
Associate professor economics University California, Santa Barbara, 1976—1979, professor economics, 1980-1987. Visiting professor Birbeck College, University London, 1979—1980, Stockholm School of Economics, 1984, 1985. Professor econs and applied statistics Simon School Business and professor economics Department Economics University Rochester, 1987—1992.
Professor economics University Pennsylvania, 1995—1997. Fred H. Gowan professor economics Simon School Business, University Rochester, 1992—2000, director Bradley Policy Research Center, 1995—2000. Paganelli-Bull professor economics New York University Stern School Business, since 1999, Richard R. West dean, since 2002.
Professor economics Faculty Arts and Sciences New York University. Member Council Foreign Relations. Board directors Thornburg Mortgage.
Author: Frontiers of Business Cycle Research, 1995.
My initial work was on the development of methods for estimating models with time-varying parameters. I used these methods to study the implied rationality of industrial forecasting. Subsequently, I have worked on methods of sensitivity analysis for econometric models.
I have written on the identifiability of money demand functions. More recently I have written on the nature of structural models and abuses of nonstructural models. Currently I am working on maximum likelihood methods of prediction.
Fellow: Econometric Society. Member: Society for Economic Dynamics (president 2000-2003), American Economic Association.
Married Patricia Bower. Children: Noah, Joshua, Aaron, Frederika Prott.