Given the question: What key details about jerry a. hausman  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: jerry allen hausman -lrb- born may 5 , 1946 -rrb- is the john and jennie s. macdonald professor of economics at the massachusetts institute of technology and a notable econometrician . he has published numerous influential papers in microeconometrics . hausman is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the john bates clark medal in 1985 and the frisch medal in 1980 . he is perhaps most well known for his development of the durbin-wu-hausman test , the first easy method allowing scientists to evaluate if their statistical models correspond to the data . he has done extensive work in the field of telecommunications , and is also recognized as an expert on antitrust and mergers , public finance and taxation , and regulation . hausman also serves as the director of the mit telecommunications economics research program . his recent applied papers are on topics including the effect of new goods on economic welfare and their measurement in the cpi , new telecommunications technologies including cellular 3g and broadband , regulation of telecommunications and railroads , and competition in network markets . his recent econometrics papers include estimation of difference in difference models , semi-parametric duration models , weak instruments , and errors in variables in non-standard situations . hausman received his b.a. from brown university `` summa cum laude '' in 1968 , and his ph.d. from nuffield college , oxford university , where he was a marshall scholar , in 1973 , with thesis titled `` theoretical and empirical aspects of vintage capital models '' .
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- contributions is hausman specification test- repec id is pha893- institution is mit- field is econometrics- awards is john -lrb- 1980 -rrb- bates clark medal -lrb- 1985 -rrb- frisch medal- birth date is 05 may 1946- repec prefix is f- name is jerry a. hausman- nationality is united states- influenced is kenneth rogoff halbert white- birth place is weirton , west virginia- alma mater is nuffield -lrb- b.a. -rrb- college , oxford -lrb- ph.d. -rrb- brown university