Yehuda Grunfeld (March 11, 1930 – July 16, 1960) was an Israel

Israel

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i economist. He created and used a well-known data set on firms' investment, which is one of the most widely used data sets in econometrics

Econometrics

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He received his B.A. degree and his M.A. degree at the Hebrew University

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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 in 1953 and 1955, respectively. In 1958, he received his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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. His career ended abruptly when he drowned on July 16, 1960 at the age of 30.