James M. Poterba

Jim Poterba
Born
New York City, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Nuffield College, Oxford (MPhil, DPhil)
SpouseNancy Rose[8]
Academic career
FieldPublic economics
InstitutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral
students		David Cutler[1]
Luigi Zingales[2]
Andrew Samwick
Alan Gerber
Caroline Hoxby[3]
Steven Levitt[4]
Emmanuel Saez[5]
Amy Finkelstein[6]
Stefanie Stantcheva[7]
InfluencesMartin Feldstein
AwardsNAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1997)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

James Michael "Jim" Poterba, FBA is an American economist who is the Mitsui Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and current National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) president and chief executive officer.

  1. ^ David Cutler (1991). Estimating the effect of reimbursement policy on medical outcomes (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. ^ Luigi Zingales (1992). The value of corporate control (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/13214?show=full.
  3. ^ Caroline Hoxby (1994). Markets and schooling: the effects of competition from private schools, competition among public schools, and teachers' unions on elementary and secondary schooling (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/12001.
  4. ^ Steven Levitt (1994). Four essays in positive political economy (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/11964.
  5. ^ Emmanuel Saez (1999). Essays on the economics of income taxation (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/38434.
  6. ^ Finkelstein, Amy (2001), Adverse selection and government intervention in life and health insurance markets. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  7. ^ Stefanie Stantcheva (2014). Optimal taxation with endogenous wages (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/90133.
  8. ^ "James Michael Poterba". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.