Amy Finkelstein
Amy Finkelstein | |
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| Born | November 2, 1973 New York City, U.S. |
| Spouse | Benjamin Olken |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Oxford (MPhil) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | James M. Poterba Jonathan Gruber |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Public finance, health economics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral students | Heidi Williams
Manasi Deshpande |
| Awards | John Bates Clark Medal, 2012 Elaine Bennett Research Prize, 2008 |
| Website | |
Amy Nadya Finkelstein (born November 2, 1973) is an American economist who is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the co-director and research associate of the Public Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the co-Scientific Director of J-PAL North America.
She was awarded the 2012 John Bates Clark Medal for her contributions to economics. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and won a MacArthur "Genius" fellowship in 2018.