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Amos Golan Professor Economics

Degrees
PhD, University of California at Berkeley
MS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
BA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Bio
Amos Golan directs the at AU. His main area of research is information, information processing and optimal decision rules based on efficient use of information (Info-Metrics). Golan is also
Golan's book Foundations of Info-Metrics: Modeling, Inference, and Imperfect Information is available from .
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • ECON-824 Advanced Econometric Methods

  • ECON-883 Sem: Empirical Microeconomics

Spring 2025

  • ECON-823 Econometric Methods

  • ECON-825 Sem in Study of Info-Met/Infer

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

Selected Recent Works

  • (with J. Harte),Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS), 2022.
  • . Understanding the Constraints in Maximum Entropy Methods for Modeling and Inference (with D. Foley),IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2023 ().
  • (with M. Dunn), Advances in Info-Metrics: Information and Information Processing across Disciplines (OUP), 2021.
  • ,The Complex Alternative: Complexity Scientists on the Covid-19 Pandemic, 461-472.
  • (with W. Greene and J. Perloff), Plos one 16 (4)

Books

  • Amos Golan, (2018), Oxford University Press.
  • Jeffrey M. Perloff, Larry S. Karp, Amos Golan (2007),, Cambridge University Press.
  • Amos Golan, George G. Judge, Douglas Miller (1996), , John Wiley & Sons.

Selected Articles

  • Golan, A., , Minds and Machines (2018).
  • Golan, A. and A. Ullah, Interval estimation: An Information Theoretic Approach, Econometric Reviews (2017).
  • A.Golan and R. Lumsdaine, "On the Construction of Prior Information - An Info-Metrics Approach," Advances in Econometrics 36 (2016).
  • Henderson, H., A.Golan and S. Seabold, "," Economic Letters 127 (2015), 1-5.
  • Chen, M. and A. Golan, "What May Visualization Processes Optimize?"
  • A. Golan and A. Caticha, "" Physica A:Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, August 2014.
  • in Minds and Machines, February 2014.
  • On the Foundations and Philosophy of Info-Metrics in Lucture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Proceedings Volume 7318.
  • A. Golan, "" (with Henryk Gzyl) in Entropy 2012, 14(5), 892-923.
  • (with William Greene) Handbook of Empirical Economics and Finance, Edited by Aman Ullah and David E. A. Giles, Chapman and Hall/CRC 2010, Pages 71-86.
  • A. Golan and H. Gzyl, "," Entropy 2010, 12(6), 1569-1580.
  • Identifying Strategies and Beliefs Without Rationality Assumptions (with James Bono) to paper(older version).
  • (with Jeff Perloff and William Greene).
  • A. Golan, "," Foundations and Trends® in Econometrics: Vol. 2: No 1–2, pp 1-145 (A printed and bound version of this article is available at a 50% discount from Now Publishers. This can be obtained by entering the promotional code MC08004 on the order form at now publishers. You will then pay $45/Euro plus postage).

  • A. Golan and E. Maasoumi, "" (2008)

  • A. Golan, "," Journal of Econometrics (2007).

  • A. Golan, J. Lane and E. McEntarfe, "The Dynamics of Worker Reallocation within and Across Industries." Economica (2007) 74, 1-20

  • X. Wu, J. Perloff and A. Golan, "Effect of Government Policies on Urban and Rural Income Inequality," Review of Income and Wealth (2006) 52, 213-235.

  • A. Golan, A. Bhati and B. Buyuksahin, "An Information-Theoretic Approach for Image Reconstruction: The Black and White Case" in Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering: 25th International Workshop (MAXENT 2005), K. Knuth, ed. (2005).

  • U.V. Toussaint, A. Golan and V. Dose and, "." Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 22(2), Mar/Apr 2004, 401-406.

  • A. Golan and J. M. Perloff, "," Review of Economics and Statistics 88(1), 2004, 433-438.

  • A. Golan, E. Moretti and J. M. Perloff, "," Econometric Reviews 23(1), 2004, 71-91.

  • A. Golan and L. Marsh, "An Information Theoretic Approach to Estimating Missing Categorical Dependent Variable Values," American Statistical Association Proceedings (2004).

  • A. Golan "An Information Theoretic Approach for Estimating Nonlinear Dynamic Models," Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics (December, 2003) Vol. 7: No. 4.

  • A. Golan and H. Gzyl, Priors and Information-Theoretic Estimation, American Statistical Association Proceedings (2003).

  • A. Golan and H. Gzyl, "A Generalized Maxentropic Inversion Procedure for Noisy data," Applied Mathematics and Computation 127 (2002) 249-260.

  • A. Golan, "," J. Econometrics 107, 1-2 (2002), 1-15.

  • A. Golan and J. M. Perloff, "" J. Econometrics 107, 1-2 (2002), 195-211.

  • A. Golan and D. Volker, ", R. Fry, ed. (Am. Inst. Physics, Forthcoming).

  • A. Golan and D. Volker, "," J. of Physics A: Mathematical and General (2001) 1271-1283.

  • A. Golan, "" J. Econometrics (January, 2001), 101:1, 165-193. (Incomplete version)

  • A. Golan, L. Karp and J. M. Perloff, “," J. Bus. Econ. Stat. (October, 2000), 18: 4, 398-409.

  • A. Golan, J. M. Perloff and Z. Shen, ," Review of Economics and Statistics (2001), 83(3), 541-550.

  • Golan and S. Vogel, “Economic Systems Research (December, 2000), 12:4, 447-471.

  • M. Crouchane, A. Golan and D. Nickerson, "," J. Housing Research (2000), 11:1, 67-90.

  • Y. Agnon, A. Golan and M. Shearer, "," Econ. Letters 65 (1999) 293-299.

  • A. Golan, “Maximum Entropy Approach for Estimating Nonlinear Dynamic Models,” Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods, W. V. D. Linden and V. Dose, ed. (Kluwer Academic Press, 1999).

  • A. Golan, E. Moretti and J. Perloff, "."

  • A. Golan, E. Moretti and J. Perloff, "An Informational Based Sample-Selection Estimation Model of Agricultural Workers Choice Between Piece-Rate and Hourly Work," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 81 (1999) 735-741.

  • A. Golan, "Maximum Entropy, Likelihood and Uncertainty: A Comparison," Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods, G. Erickson, ed. (Kluwer Academic Press, 1998).

  • A. Golan, G. G. Judge and J. Perloff, "," Journal of Econometrics 79 (1997) 23-51.

  • A.Golan, G. G. Judge and D. Miller, ," Handbook of Applied Economic Statistics, D. Giles and A. Ullah, eds. (Marcel Dekker, 1998) 365-380.
  • A. Golan, G. Judge, and J. Perloff, "," Journal of the American Statistical Association 91 (1996) 841-853.
  • A. Golan, G. Judge, and L. Karp, "" Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 20 (1996) 559-582.
  • A. Golan, G. Judge, and J. Perloff, "," The Journal of Industrial Economics 44 (1996) 69-80.
  • A. Golan, G. Judge, and S. Robinson, "," The Review of Economics and Statistics 76 (1994) 541-549.
  • A. Golan, "" Mathematical Social Sciences 21 (1991) 261-286.

Research Interests

  • Info-Metrics and Information Processing: see
  • Information Theoretic Methods of Estimation &Inference
  • Information and Entropy Econometrics:
  • Statistics and Information Systems
  • Image Reconstruction:
  • Econometrics/Micro-econometrics (Theory and Applied)
  • Policy and Applied Micro Economics
  • Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics of Economic Systems and Data

See also:

  • The 2nd Conference on Information and Entropy Econometrics: In Honor of George Judge (Sept. 23-25, 2005)
  • Information and Entropy Econometrics: A Conference in Honor of A. Zellner (Sept. 19-23, 2003)

Honors, Awards, & Fellowships

  • NSF/ASA/Census Senior Research Fellow
  • Research Fellow - The Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany)
  • Elected Member – International Statistical Institute
  • American University's Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Other Professional Contributions (2008)
  • Senior Visiting Fellowship (2007) - Institute of Advanced Study (University of Bologna)
  • Visiting Fellowship / Appointment--St. Cross College, Oxford (2013-2016)

Professional Services

Editorial Services

  • Guest Editor, . Special Two-Issues on “Information and Entropy Econometrics,” (Volume 107, Issues 1-2, March, 2002).

  • Guest Co-Editor (with Y. Kitamura), . Special Issue on “Information and Entropy Econometrics,” based on selected papers presented at the IEE Conference (2007).

  • Guest Co-Editor (with E. Maasoumi), . Special Issue on “Information and Entropy Econometrics,” based on selected papers presented at the IEE2 Conference.

  • Guest Co-Editor (with E. Maasoumi), . Special Issue on Info-Metrics: Theory and Applications in the Social Sciences," based on selected papers presented at the Info-Metrics Fall, 2010 Conference.

  • Editorial Board and Associate Editor: Econometric Reviews

  • Editorial Board:

  • Editorial Board (until 2006): , An On-Line International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Entropy and Information Studies

Selected Additional Special Courses and Tutorials

  • Chiang Mai University, Thailand: Info-Metrics Tutorial (May 2013, January 2014)
  • Info-Metrics Institute:Two-Day Info-Metrics Tutorial (July 2012, July 2013)
  • American University:Five-Day Info-Metrics Tutorial (July 2011)
  • Mongolian Central Bank and Ministry of Finance; New and Information-Theoretic Econometrics – Training on analyzing complex and incomplete data (June, 2007).The Netherlands Network of Economics, one/two week course on New and Information-Theoretic Econometrics (May, 1997; June, 2001; June, 2004).
  • The Scandinavia Network of Universities, one week course on New and Maximum Entropy Econometrics (Copenhagen, May, 1999).The Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, one week course on New and Maximum Entropy Econometrics (Munich, Germany, July, 1999).
  • Economic Research Service – USDA, one week course on New and Maximum Entropy Econometrics (Washington, DC, October 2000).C Berkeley, two weeks course on New and Maximum Entropy Econometrics (1996, 1998).