Amy Finkelstein

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Amy Nadya Finkelstein (born November 2, 1973 in New York ) is an American economist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she holds the Ford Professorship for Economics. In 2012 she received the coveted John Bates Clark Medal for her services to economics .

In 2008 the Economist named her one of eight top young economists and highlighted Finkelstein's work in the field of information economics and health economics , where she made a significant contribution to the development of novel methods for investigating and solving problems of asymmetrical information distribution .

childhood and education

From 1991 to 1995 Finkelstein studied political science at Harvard University , where she was elected a member of the honorary society Phi Beta Kappa in 1994. In 1995, Harvard University awarded her an AB with the top grade summa cum laude . She then moved to Oxford University , where she received her M.Phil. in economics. After completing her graduate degree, she continued her studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1998 , where she received her PhD in Economics in 2001.

Professional background

Between her main studies and her PhD, Finkelstein worked as a Staff Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, DC from 1997 to 1998. After receiving her Ph.D. from MIT first worked as a visiting scholar at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), where she also worked from 2001 to 2007 as a Faculty Research Fellow and later as a Research Associate, in the field of Demography of Aging (2001–2002) and then as a junior Fellow for the Harvard Society of Fellows (2002–2005). She then accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Economics at MIT, where she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007 and Full Professor in 2008 , before being transferred to the Ford Professorship in 2012. She was also visiting professor of economics at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago .

At the same time, Finkelstein was a member of the Health Advisory Committee of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from 2007 to 2011 . Amy Finkelstein's other offices include a fellowship at the TIAA-CREF Institute , participation in the HRS Monitoring Committee of the National Institute of Aging, in the Nominating Committee of the American Economic Association and a membership in the National Institutes of Health, Social Sciences and Population Studies. Since 2008 Finkelstein has also been co-director of the NBER's Public Economics Program.

In addition, Finkelstein has been working as editor of the Journal of Public Economics since 2004 .

Prizes and awards

The most important prizes and awards Amy Finkelstein has won over the course of her career include the John Bates Clark Medal (2012), the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2009), the Elaine Bennett Research Prize (2008) Fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2007–2009) and the Ernst Meyer Prize of the Geneva Association (2003). Other awards include the Graduate Teacher of the Year Award from the Graduate Economics Association of MIT (2012), the Arrow Lecture in Economics (2012), the Pashigian Memorial Lecture (2011), the status of Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum (2012) , the TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award (2008) and the CESifo Distinguished Research Affiliate Award (2006). Finkelstein is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012), the Institute of Medicine (2009) and the National Academy of Social Insurance (2007). In 2018 Finkelstein received a MacArthur Fellowship , in 2020 she was elected as a foreign member of the British Academy .

research

Amy Finkelstein's research focuses on public finance and health economics, with a particular focus on market failures in insurance markets and the effect of economic policies on those markets.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/amy-finkelstein-wins-clark-medal-0427.html
  2. ↑ http://www.economist.com/node/12851150
  3. ↑ Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur 'Genius' Grants: Amy Finkelstein, 44, health economist , NPR, October 4, 2018, accessed October 4, 2018
  4. ↑ http://economics.mit.edu/faculty/afink/short

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SURNAME Finkelstein, Amy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Finkelstein, Amy Nadya (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd November 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH new York