James B. Ramsey

James B. Ramsey
Born 1937 (age 7879)
Nationality Canadian
Institution New York University
Field Econometrics
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of British Columbia
Contributions Ramsey RESET test

James Bernard Ramsey (born 1937) is a Canadian econometrician. He is a professor of Economics at New York University, and was Chair of the Economics Department between 1978 and 1987.

Ramsey received his B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from the University of British Columbia in 1963, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1968 with the thesis “Tests for Specification Errors in Classical Linear Least Squares Regression Analysis”, which was later partially published in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.[1] It contained the RESET test for misspecification of an econometric model.

After briefly serving as professor at University of Birmingham, England, and Michigan State University, Ramsey moved to New York University as Professor of Economics and Chair of the Economics Department between 1978 and 1987, where he remained for 37 years until his retirement in 2013.

References

  1. Ramsey, J. B. (1969). "Tests for Specification Errors in Classical Linear Least Squares Regression Analysis". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B. 31 (2): 350–371. JSTOR 2984219.

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