Robert Basmann

Robert Leon Basmann (born January 15, 1926) is an American econometrician.[1] He was a Professor of Econometrics at Texas A&M University until his retirement. He served as a lecturer at Binghamton University after his retirement.

Robert L. Basmann
Born (1926-01-15) January 15, 1926
Davenport, Iowa
NationalityAmerican
InstitutionTexas A&M University
FieldEconometrics
Alma materIowa State University
InfluencesGerhard Tintner
ContributionsTwo stage least squares

Basmann held academic appointments at Northwestern University, University of Chicago and Purdue University prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M.

Basmann earned a Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State University in 1955.[2][3] He is credited, along with Henri Theil, for deriving two stage least squares estimation.[4]

References
  1. "Iowa, County Births". Family Search. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. "Fifty-Third List of Doctoral Dissertations in Political Economy in Progress in American Universities and Colleges". The American Economic Review. 46 (4): 804–833. 1956. JSTOR 1814347.
  3. Basmann, Robert L. (1955). Application of several econometric techniques to a theory of demand with variable tastes (Thesis). Iowa State University. doi:10.31274/rtd-180813-14352.
  4. Qin, Duo (1993). The Formation of Econometrics: A Historical Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-19-828388-1.


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