(1903–94), Dutch economist. He shared the first Nobel Prize for Economics (1969) with Ragnar Frisch for his pioneering work on econometrics. He was the brother of the zoologist Nikolaas Tinbergen.
Definition of Tinbergen, Jan in US English:
Tinbergen, Jan
proper nounˈtinˌberɡə(n)
(1903–94), Dutch economist. A pioneer in econometrics, he was the brother of zoologist Nikolaas Tinbergen. Nobel Prize for Economics (1969), shared with Ragnar Frisch.