Clive Granger
Economist, Nobel Prize winner
Born
1934
91 years ago
Died
May 27th, 2009
15 years ago — 75 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United States
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An economist and academic contributed significantly to the field of time series analysis. Developed methods for analyzing economic data that helped understand the relationships between economic variables. Granger was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2003, sharing the honor for contributions to the analysis of economic time series. His work laid the foundation for empirical approaches in econometrics and influenced a wide range of economic research.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2003
Developed Granger causality testing for time series analysis
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