Gerhard Tintner (29 September 1907 – 13 November 1983) was an Austrian economist who worked most of his career in the

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. Tintner is known for his contributions during the formation years of

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as a discipline. In a

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in honor of Tintner's 60th birthday, Karl A. Fox lauded Tintner as one of the "foremost econometricians of our time." Born to

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parents in

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, Tintner studied economics, statistics, and law at the

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, where he received his doctor's degree in 1929. He was a staff member of the

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in 1936, before leaving Austria for the

, "as he was pessimistic regarding the future of Austria". He briefly worked as a Research Fellow at the

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before joining faculty at

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, where he was promoted professor in 1946. In 1951 he was elected as a

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. He remained at Iowa State until 1962, when he resigned to join the staff of the

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. In 1963, he accepted a position as Distinguished Professor of Economics and Mathematics at the

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. Returning to Austria in 1973, he accepted an appointment as Professor and Head (1973–1978) of the Institut für Ökonometrie at

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, a position he held until retirement.

Selected publications

* Tintner, G. (1952). ''Econometrics''. John Wiley & Sons, New York and Chapman & Hall, London * Tintner, G. (1941). The theory of choice under subjective risk and uncertainty. ''Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society'', 298–304. * Tintner, G. (1946). A note on welfare economics. ''Econometrica, Journal of the Econometric Society'', 69–78. * Tintner, G. (1953). The definition of econometrics. ''Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society'', 31–40.

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