John Chipman (economist)
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John Chipman | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 28, 1926 Montreal, Canada |
| Died | February 24, 2022 (aged 95) |
| Years active | 1951–2022 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | McGill University Johns Hopkins University |
| Thesis | The Theory of Intersectional Money Flows and Income Formation (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fritz Machlup |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Econometrics International trade Welfare economics History of economic thought |
| Doctoral students | Masahiko Aoki, James Melvin, James Moore, Raymond Riezman, Joaquin Silvestre, Oz Shy |
John Somerset Chipman (June 28, 1926 – February 24, 2022)[1] was a Canadian-born American economist who was a noted expert on the econometrics of international trade. He was Regents' Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota, where he later held emeritus status. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1993.[2]
John Somerset Chipman was born on June 28, 1926, in Montreal, Canada.[3] He received his B.A. degree from McGill University in 1947 and an M.A. in Economics and Political Science from the same university in 1948.[4] Chipman earned his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1951 with a dissertation entitled, "The Theory of Intersectional Money Flows and Income Formation."[5]
Career
Chipman served as assistant professor of economics at Harvard University from 1951 to 1955 before moving to the University of Minnesota in 1955, where he taught until his retirement in 2007.[4][3] Among his Ph.D. students was Masahiko Aoki.[4] In 1981, he was named Regents' Professor of Economics.[4]
