Francis X. Diebold

Francis X. Diebold
Born (1959-11-12) November 12, 1959
Philadelphia, PA, US
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania (B.S., Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisorsMarc Nerlove (Chair), Lawrence Klein, Peter Pauly
Academic work
DisciplineEconometrics
Financial economics
Macroeconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
NBER
Notable ideasDiebold–Mariano test;
Latent-factor ARCH model;
Realized volatility modeling and forecasting;
Dynamic Nelson–Siegel yield-curve model;
Network connectedness measurement and visualization;
Aruoba–Diebold–Scotti Index
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Sloan Fellowship
Humboldt Fellowship
Website

Francis X. Diebold (born November 12, 1959) is an American economist known for his pioneering work in dynamic predictive econometric modeling, with emphasis on financial asset markets, macroeconomic fundamentals, and the interface. He has made well-known contributions to the measurement and modeling of asset-return volatility, business cycles, yield curves, and network connectedness, and his most recent work begins to integrate aspects of climate change. He has published more than 150 scientific papers and 8 books, and he is regularly ranked among globally most-cited economists.