NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Yale University issued the following news:

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Xiaohong Chen named the Koopmans Professor of Economics

Chen, who has made fundamental contributions to econometric methods, joined the Yale faculty in 2007.

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Xiaohong Chen, a renowned scholar who has made fundamental contributions to econometric methods, has been named the Tjalling C. Koopmans Professor of Economics, effective July 1.