G. S. Maddala
{{short description|American economist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = G. S. Maddala
| image = GS Maddala.jpg
| caption = GS Maddala (unknown date)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|5|21}}
| birth_place = India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1999|6|4|1933|5|21}}
| death_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
| nationality =
| field = Econometrics
| work_institution = Ohio State University 1994-99
University of Florida 1975-93
University of Rochester 1967-75
Stanford University 1963-67
| alma_mater = University of Chicago Ph.D. 1963
Bombay University M.A.
Andhra University B.A.
| doctoral_advisor = Zvi Griliches
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Theoretical and applied econometrics
| prizes =
}}
Gangadharrao Soundalyarao "G. S." Maddala (21 May 1933 – 4 June 1999) was an Indian American economist, mathematician, and teacher, known for his contributions in the field of econometrics and for the textbooks he authored in this field.
Biography and education
He was "born in India to a family of very modest means."{{cite journal|title=Obituary: G.S. Maddala, 1933–1999 |journal=Econometric Theory |author=Kajal Lahiri and Peter C.B. Phillips |volume=15 |year=1999| pages=639–641 |doi=10.1017/S0266466699154082 |doi-access=free }} (obituary dated 14 June 1999; copy [http://korora.econ.yale.edu/phillips/pubs/art/m011.pdf available here])
He obtained a B.A. in mathematics from Andhra University and, in 1957, an M.A. in statistics from Bombay University.
He came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar to the Economics department of the University of Chicago.
In 1963, he completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago with a dissertation written under the supervision of Zvi Griliches.
Teaching and research career
Maddala's first faculty position was at Stanford University.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
He held the university eminent scholar position at Ohio State University upon his death; previous university affiliations included Stanford University (1963–1967), University of Rochester (1967–1975), and the University of Florida (1975–1993).{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
Maddala published over 110 scholarly papers and wrote 12 books covering most of the emerging areas of econometrics. His 1983 book titled Limited Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics is now regarded as a classic and seminal text for advanced studies in econometrics.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
In econometrics methodology, Maddala's key areas of research and exposition included distributed lags, generalized least squares, panel data, simultaneous equations, errors in variables, income distribution, switching regressions, disequilibrium models, qualitative and limited dependent variable models, self-selection models, outliers and bootstrap methods, unit roots and cointegration methods, and Bayesian econometrics. In empirical economics, Maddala contributed to the areas of consumption, production and cost functions, money demand, regulation, pseudo-data, returns to college education, housing market discrimination, survey data on expectations, and risk premia in future markets.{{cite journal|title=ET Interview: G.S. Maddala |journal=Econometric Theory |author=Kajal Lahiri |volume=15 |year=1999| pages=753–776 |doi=10.1017/S0266466699155063 |s2cid=122142495 }} (copy [http://korora.econ.yale.edu/et/interview/maddala.pdf available here])
Selected publications
- ____ (1983). Limited Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics, Cambridge. [http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item1134755/?site_locale=en_GB Description], and [https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ji1ZaUg7gcC preview.]
- ____ (1992). Introduction to Econometrics, 2nd ed., Macmillan.
Memorials and tributes
The G. S. Maddala Memorial Fund, at Ohio State University, was created in 2004, by Dr. Maddala's wife Kameswari "Kay" and his colleagues and students. It provides awards "to graduate students for excellence in quantitative research using econometrics, both theoretical and applied" and sponsors distinguished speakers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.giveto.osu.edu/makeagift/OnlineGivingDonation.aspx?fundnum=644415 |title=Make a Gift |access-date=2 May 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235210/https://www.giveto.osu.edu/makeagift/OnlineGivingDonation.aspx?fundnum=644415 |url-status=dead }}[https://economics.osu.edu/giving Department of Economics: Giving]
References
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External links
- G.S. Maddala, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060908104054/http://www.u.arizona.edu/~afl/HowBecameEconometrician.pdf "How I Became an Econometrician"], autobiographic essay
- Kajal Lahiri and Peter C.B. Phillips (1999), [http://korora.econ.yale.edu/phillips/pubs/art/m011.pdf "Obituary: G.S. Maddala, 1939-1999"], Econometric Theory 15
- Kajal Lahiri (1999), [http://dido.econ.yale.edu/korora/et/interview/maddala.pdf "The ET Interview: Professor G.S. Maddala"], Econometric Theory 15
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Category:American econometricians
Category:University of Chicago alumni
Category:Ohio State University faculty
Category:Indian emigrants to the United States
Category:Stanford University Department of Economics faculty
Category:University of Mumbai alumni
Category:University of Florida faculty
Category:20th-century Indian mathematicians
Category:20th-century Indian economists
Category:Andhra University alumni
Category:Fellows of the Econometric Society
Category:American academics of Indian descent
Category:Scientists from Andhra Pradesh