Franz Christian Palm (born May 15, 1948) is a Belgian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

. He is a Professor of Econometrics at

Maastricht University Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM; ) is a public university, public research university in Maastricht, Netherlands. Founded in 1976, it is the second youngest of the thirteen List of universities in the Netherlands, Dutch universities. In ...

. He was also appointed Academy Professor in Econometrics by

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (, KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. In addition to various advisory a ...

(KNAW) in 2005. He became a foreign member of the KNAW in 2000. Palm earned his doctorate from the

Université catholique de Louvain UCLouvain (or Université catholique de Louvain , French for Catholic University of Louvain, officially in English the University of Louvain) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university and one of the oldest in Europe (originally establishe ...

in 1975, with a dissertation on “Time Series Analysis and Simultaneous Equation Systems with Macroeconomic Applications.” He conducted most of the research that went into this thesis at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

(1972–74), together with

Arnold Zellner Arnold Zellner (January 2, 1927 – August 11, 2010) was an American economist and statistician specializing in the fields of Bayesian probability and econometrics. Zellner contributed pioneering work in the field of Bayesian analysis and econome ...

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Website at Maastricht University
1948 births Living people Belgian economists Université catholique de Louvain alumni Academic staff of Maastricht University Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the American Statistical Association {{Belgium-economist-stub