Benjamin Golub

Benjamin Golub
NationalityUnited States of America[3]
Academic career
FieldMicroeconomics, economics of networks
InstitutionNorthwestern University
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Doctoral
advisor		Matthew O. Jackson[1]
Andrzej Skrzypacz[1]
Robert B. Wilson[1]
ContributionsResearch on social learning, financial networks
AwardsCalvó-Armengol International Prize, 2020[2]
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Benjamin Golub (also known as Ben Golub) is an American economist who is a professor of economics and computer science at Northwestern University. His research focuses on the economics of networks. He was named the winner of the 2020 biannual Calvó-Armengol International Prize, which recognizes a “top researcher in [e]conomics or social sciences younger than 40 years old for contributions to the theory and comprehension of the mechanisms of social interaction.”[4]

  1. ^ a b c Golub, Benjamin (2011). Essays on economic networks (PDF) (PhD). Stanford. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "6th Calvó-Armengol Prize to be awarded to Benjamin Golub". Barcelona School of Economics. 4 November 2019.
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  4. ^ "Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics". Barcelona School of Economics. 5 July 2015.