Debraj Ray | |
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Born | 3 September 1957 |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | United States |
Academic career | |
Field | Game Theory Development Economics |
Institution | New York University |
School or tradition | Game theory |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A.) Cornell University (M.A., Ph.D.) |
Doctoral students | Rohini Somanathan |
Debraj Ray[1] (born 3 September 1957) is an Indian-American economist, who is currently teaching and working at New York University. His research interests focus on development economics and game theory. Ray served as Co-editor of the American Economic Review between 2012 and 2020.
Ray is Julius Silver Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University, since 2003,[2] and Professor of Economics at New York University since 1999. He is also a Part-Time Professor at the University of Warwick. He is a Research Affiliate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a council member of the Game Theory Society, and a board member of Theoretical Research in Development Economics (ThReD). He served as a Board Member at the Bureau for Research in the Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), since its inception till 2023.