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{{Short description|Canadian academic}}
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'''James Gordon MacKinnon''' (born January 4, 1951) is currently the Sir [[Edward Robert Peacock|Edward Peacock]] Professor of [[Econometrics]] in the Department of  [[Economics]] at [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Ontario]], where he has spent his entire academic career and previously served as Head of the department.

He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1971 from Glendon College ([[York University]]), a [[Master of Arts]] degree in 1974 and [[Ph.D.]] in 1975, both from [[Princeton University]].

James MacKinnon has co-written (with [[Russell Davidson]] of [[McGill University]]) two econometrics textbooks, ''Estimation and Inference in Econometrics'' and ''Econometric Theory and Methods''. For his contributions to scholarship, MacKinnon has been elected a Fellow of the [[Econometric Society]], and of the [[Royal Society of Canada]].

MacKinnon's career is marked by a commitment to service as well as to rigorous scholarship. He has served on numerous editorial boards and professional committees, as well as fundraising for the David Smith Chair of Economics, a fund established for the purpose of hiring a new economics professor. In 2001–2, MacKinnon served as President of the Canadian Economics Association.

==External links==
*[http://www.econ.queensu.ca/faculty/mackinnon/ James MacKinnon's home page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050216135022/http://www.econ.queensu.ca/funds/dcsmith.html David Chadwick Smith Chair]
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