Olav Reiersøl

Olav Reiersøl
Born	(1908-06-28)28 June 1908
Died	14 February 2001(2001-02-14) (aged 92)
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	University of Oslo (cand. real. 1935)
Known for	Instrumental variables
Scientific career
Fields	Statistics Econometrics
Doctoral advisor	Ragnar Frisch[1] Harald Cramér

Olav Reiersøl (28 June 1908 – 14 February 2001) was a Norwegian statistician and econometrician, who made several substantial contributions to econometrics and statistics. His works on identifiability and instrumental variables are standard references both in econometrics and statistics,^[2] and his work on genetic algebras are frequently cited in genetics.

Reiersøl became interested in the international language Esperanto at a young age, and later in life used it to keep in touch with other mathematicians. He was one of the founders of the Esperanto association Internacia Asocio de Esperantistaj Matematikistoj ("International Association of Esperantist Mathematicians").^[3]

He was made a fellow of the Econometric Society in 1952.

References

1. Ragnar Frisch academic genealogy on Econometree
2. Qin, Duo (1993). The Formation of Econometrics: A Historical Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 84–86. ISBN 0-19-828388-1.
3. "The ET Interview: Reiersøl Olav" Econometric Theory, 16, 2000, 113-125.

External links

• ET Interviews: Professor Olav Reiersøl on the Econometric Theory page.
• (with T. C. Koopmans) The identification of structural characteristics 1950 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 14, 2000)