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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]

Career

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Golub received a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 2007. He received his PhD in economics from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2012.[3] From 2013 to 2015, he was a Junior Fellow at Harvard Society of Fellows,[5] and then a faculty member at the Harvard University Department of Economics, as an Assistant Professor from 2015 to 2019, and then as an Associate Professor. He is now a Professor in the departments of Economics and Computer Science at Northwestern University, where he has been since 2021.[3][6]

Golub received the Calvó-Armengol International Prize in a ceremony in Andorra in November 2021.[7][8]

Research

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Golub's research focuses on social and economic networks. He has been recognized for his contributions to the study of social learning,[2][9] particularly the DeGroot model. Golub's studies highlight the importance of network structure for the quality of learning,[10] and how homophily in social networks causes polarization of opinions.[11] He has also done research on contagion of failure in financial networks.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Golub, Benjamin (2011). Essays on economic networks (PDF) (PhD). Stanford. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "6th Calvó-Armengol Prize to be awarded to Benjamin Golub". Barcelona School of Economics. 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Benjamin Golub". bengolub.net. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics". Barcelona School of Economics. 5 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Current & Former Junior Fellows: Listed by Term". Harvard University Society of Fellows. Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  6. ^ "New Faculty Members: Department of Economics - Northwestern University". economics.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  7. ^ "Benjamin Golub rep el premi Calvó Armengol". Diari d'Andorra. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  8. ^ "El guanyador del Calvó-Armengol demana més capacitat d'anticipació davant dels problemes d'abastiment provocats per la pandèmia". ANA Economia. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  9. ^ "El doctor en Economia Benjamin Golub rep el 6è Premi Internacional Calvó Armengol". Govern d'Andorra. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  10. ^ Golub, Benjamin & Matthew O. Jackson 2010. "Naïve Learning in Social Networks and the Wisdom of Crowds," American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 2(1), pages 112-49, February.
  11. ^ Golub, Benjamin; Jackson, Matthew O. (2012-07-26). "How Homophily Affects the Speed of Learning and Best-Response Dynamics". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 127 (3). Oxford University Press (OUP): 1287–1338. doi:10.1093/qje/qjs021. ISSN 0033-5533.
  12. ^ Elliott, Golub, and Jackson (2014). "Financial Networks and Contagion" (PDF). American Economic Review. 104 (10): 3115–53. doi:10.1257/aer.104.10.3115.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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