Halbert White

Halbert Lynn White
Born(1950-11-19)November 19, 1950
DiedMarch 31, 2012(2012-03-31) (aged 61)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materPrinceton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorJerry A. Hausman
Robert Solow
Lester Thurow
Academic work
DisciplineEconometrics
InstitutionsUniversity of Rochester
University of California, San Diego
Doctoral studentsJeffrey Wooldridge
Notable ideasWhite test
Heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors

Halbert Lynn White Jr. (November 19, 1950 – March 31, 2012) was the Chancellor's Associates Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.