Daniel McFadden
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Daniel McFadden

Scientist · born July 29, 1937

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Daniel Little McFadden is an American econometrician who shared the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Heckman. McFadden's share of the prize was "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice".

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  1. ~38Received the John Bates Clark Medal1975
  2. ~63Received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2000

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