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Yair Mundlak (1927 - October 20, 2015) was an Israeli-American economist. He was a former professor at the University of Chicago and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Blaug, Mark, ed. (1999). Who's who in economics (Third ed.). Cheltenham: Elgar. pp. 809–810. ISBN   1-85898-886-1.
  2. Dupont-Kieffer, Ariane; Pirotte, Alain (2011). "The Early Years of Panel Data Econometrics". History of Political Economy. 43 (Suppl 1): 258–282. doi:10.1215/00182702-1158754.
  3. "Yair Mundlak". Agriculture and Applied Engineering. Retrieved 21 February 2018.