| Franz C. Palm | |
| Birth Date: | May 15, 1948 |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Institutions: | --> |
| Field: | Econometrics |
| Alma Mater: | Université catholique de Louvain |
| Influences: | Jacques Drèze Arnold Zellner |
| Repec Prefix: | f |
| Repec Id: | ppa461 |
Franz Christian Palm (born May 15, 1948) is a Belgian economist. He is a Professor of Econometrics at Maastricht University. He was also appointed Academy Professor in Econometrics by Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in 2005.[1] He became a foreign member of the KNAW in 2000.[2]
Palm earned his doctorate from the Université catholique de Louvain in 1975, with a dissertation on “Time Series Analysis and Simultaneous Equation Systems with Macroeconomic Applications.” He conducted most of the research that went into this thesis at the University of Chicago (1972–74),[3] together with Arnold Zellner.[4]