James Gordon MacKinnon (born January 4, 1951) is currently the Sir Edward Peacock Professor of

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in the Department of

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at Queen's University,

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, where he has spent his entire academic career and previously served as Head of the department. He received a

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degree in 1971 from Glendon College (

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), a

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degree in 1974 and

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in 1975, both from

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. James MacKinnon has co-written (with Russell Davidson of

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) two econometrics textbooks, ''Estimation and Inference in Econometrics'' and ''Econometric Theory and Methods''. For his contributions to scholarship, MacKinnon has been elected a Fellow of the

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, and of the

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. MacKinnon's career is marked by a commitment to service as well as to rigorous scholarship. He has served on numerous editorial boards and professional committees, as well as fundraising for the David Smith Chair of Economics, a fund established for the purpose of hiring a new economics professor. In 2001–2, MacKinnon served as President of the Canadian Economics Association.

External links

James MacKinnon's home page
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