▪️Full name: Atif Rehman Mian 🏫Education: B.Sc. in Mathematics with Computer Science (MIT) Ph.D. in Economics (MIT) ▪️Position: John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance (Princeton University) Director and co-founder of Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP) Board of Editors, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics…
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