Distingushed Fellow: Arthur S. Goldberger and Latent Variables in Econometrics
回顾阿瑟·S·戈德伯格在计量经济学中关于潜变量的工作，包括测量误差模型及其对行为遗传学等跨学科领域的影响。
In 1988, Arthur Goldberger was honored as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association. The citation notes that “his early applications and analysis of empirical models brought understanding to a whole generation of econometricians.” Goldberger's later work on models with measurement error and latent variables led him into other fields, where he has had a profound influence: “His methodological and substantive findings, also in the area of behavioral genetics, stand as everlasting contributions of one who has successfully bridged the many gaps that separate the social disciplines.” This paper reviews one major element of Goldberger's work—the role of latent variables in econometrics.