Susan Athey
Susan Carleton Athey (born November 29, 1970 in Boston ) is an American economist and professor at Stanford University .
Her research focuses on market design , auction theory , statistical analysis of auctions, theoretical and empirical studies of Internet search , online advertising and news media .
Life
In 1991 Athey graduated from Duke University in Durham with a bachelor's degree in economics, math and computer science. In 1995 she obtained a Ph.D. from Paul Robert Milgrom and D. John Roberts at Stanford University in Stanford with her thesis Comparative Statics in Stochastic Problems with Applications.
Her first junior professorship (“Assistant Professor” 1995, “Associate Professor” 1997) was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge . In 2001 she took over a professorship ("Associate Professor") at Stanford University in Stanford . From 2006 to 2012 she was Professor of Economics at Harvard University . Since 2013 she has held a professorship at Stanford University again.
Athey is married and has two children.
Awards (selection)
- 2007 John Bates Clark Medal
- 2008 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2009 Honorary Doctorate from Duke University
- 2012 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2016 Corresponding Member of the British Academy
Web links
- Literature by and about Susan Athey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Susan Athey and CV at Stanford University ; accessed on October 16, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susan Athey in the Encyclopædia Britannica ; Retrieved October 11, 2010
- ^ Susan Athey - The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter A. (PDF; 945 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
- ^ Fellows: Susan Athey. British Academy, accessed August 26, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Athey, Susan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Athey, Susan C .; Athey, Susan Carleton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston , Massachusetts |