Jan Kmenta

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Jan Kmenta
Kmenta at his CERGE-EI office
Born	(1928-01-03)January 3, 1928 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died	July 24, 2016(2016-07-24) (aged 88) Prague, Czech Republic
Nationality	Czech American
Academic background
Alma mater	Stanford University (Ph.D.) University of Sydney (B.Sc.)
Doctoral advisor	Kenneth Arrow
Influences	Arthur Goldberger
Academic work
Discipline	Econometrics
School or tradition	Neoclassical economics
Institutions	University of Michigan
Awards	Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award Neuron award for lifetime achievements[1]
Website	Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Jan Kmenta (January 3, 1928 – July 24, 2016) was a Czech-American economist. He was the Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics at the University of Michigan and Visiting Professor at CERGE-EI in Prague, until summer 2016.