Robert Summers

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Robert Summers (June 22, 1922 – April 17, 2012)[1][2] was an American economist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught from 1960. A widely cited early work by Summers is on the small-sample statistical properties of alternate regression estimators where analytical measures are unavailable.[3]

Summers received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Summers was part of a team at Penn that developed estimates of national income and output across countries which adjust GDP and components for

exchange rates to convert national products to a common currency. For that work, Summers and Alan Heston were recognized as American Economic Association Distinguished Fellows for 1998.[6]

Prior to joining the Penn faculty, Summers was on the faculty at Yale University.[7]

Summers was married to Anita Summers. They are the parents of Lawrence Summers. His brother is Paul Samuelson. (Their deceased older brother Harold, a lawyer, changed his name to Summers in his youth, and Robert did the same.[8]) All three of these people[clarification needed] were also noted economists, as is his wife's brother Kenneth Arrow.

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References

  1. ^ Lin, Jennifer (18 April 2012). "Robert Summers, 89, Penn economics professor". Philly.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. ^ Summers, Robert. "Death Index". Genealogy bank. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
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  4. ^ Irving B. Kravis, Alan W. Heston, and Robert Summers (1978). "Real GDP Per Capita for More Than One Hundred Countries," Economic Journal, 88(350), p p. 215-242.
  5. ^ Robert Summers and Alan Heston (1991). "The Penn World Table (Mark 5): An Expanded Set of International Comparisons, 1950-1988," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 106(2), p p. 327-368.
  6. ^ "American Economic Association".
  7. ^ Richard Bradley. Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World's Most Powerful University. p. 4
  8. ^ Kilborn, Peter T. (5 June 1988). "THE ECONOMISTS BEHIND THE CANDIDATES; Summers: A Legacy of Liberalism". The New York Times.

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