Whitney Newey — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1990.
Co-developed the Newey–West estimator for robustly estimating the covariance matrix in regression models.
Served as Chair of Economics at MIT from 2011 to 2016.
Received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983.
Taught at Princeton University as an assistant and associate professor from 1983 to 1990.

Biography

Whitney Kent Newey is the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has been a professor since 1990. He is a distinguished econometrician, widely recognized for his significant contributions to the field. Newey is best known for developing, alongside Kenneth D. West, the Newey–West estimator.