▪️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…
Category: Economist of the Week
Economist of the week: Mohammad Akbarpour
▪️Full name: Mohammad Akbarpour 🏫Education: B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Sharif University of Technology) Ph.D. in Economics (Stanford University) ▪️Position: Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business Associate Professor (by Courtesy), Department of Computer Science, Stanford University Referee for Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, American Economic Review ▪️Field: Market Design, Redistributive…
Economist of the week: Rachel Kranton
▪️Full name: Rachel E. Kranton 🏫Education: B.Sc in Economics (University of Pennsylvania) M.P.A. in Economics and Public Affairs (Princeton University) Ph.D. in Economics (UC Berkeley) ▪️Position: Dean of Social Sciences, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University James B. Duke Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Duke University Founding Executive Committee,…
Economist of The Week: M. Hashem Pesaran
▪️Full name: Mohammad Hashem Pesaran (1946) Education: B.Sc in Economics with Statistics (University of Salford) Ph.D. in Economics (Cambridge University) ▪️Position: Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Economics at University of Cambridge John Elliot Distinguished Chair in Economics Professional Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Director of Centre for Applied…
Economist of the week: Susan Athey
▪️Full name: Susan Athey (1970) 🏫Education: BA, Economics, Computer Science, and Mathematics (Duke University) PhD, Economics (Stanford Graduate School of Business) ▪️Position: The Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Associate at NBER Member of Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford Member of California Governor’s Council of…
Economist of the week: Guido Imbens
▪️ Full name: Guido Wilhelmus Imbens 🏫Education: PhD., Economics, May 1991, Brown University, Providence, RI. A.M., Economics, May 1989, Brown University, Providence, RI. M. Sc. Economics and Econometrics, (with distinction), The University of Hull, U.K. Candidatum Exam, Econometrics, June 1983, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Propadeutical Exam, Econometrics, June 1982, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The…
Economist of the week: Joshua Angrist
Full name: Joshua David Angrist Education: Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University M.A., Economics, Princeton University B.A., Economics with Highest Honors Position: Professor of Economics at MIT Research Associate at NBER Co-Director of MIT School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative Field: Econometrics, Labor Economics, economics of education and school reform Top 3 Papers: Identification…
Economist of the Week: David Card
Full name: David Card Education: B.A (Queen’s University) Ph.D. in Economics (Princeton University) Position: Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley Director, Center for Labor Economics (CLE) Research Associate, NBER Field: Labor economics, immigration, wages, education, and gender-and race-related differences in the labor market Top 3 Papers: Minimum wages…
Economist of the Week: Raj Chetty
Full name: Nadarjan “Raj” Chetty (1979) Education: B.A., summa cum laude in Economics (Harvard University) Ph.D. in Economics (Harvard University)
Economist of the Week: Emmanuel Farhi
▪️Full name: Emmanuel Farhi (1978-2020) 📑CV 🏫Education: MSc. in Mathematics and Economic (Ecole Normale Superieure) Graduate of the Corps des Mines, Government and Business Program Ph.D. in Economics (MIT)