Avinash Dixit
Avinash Dixit | |
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| Born | 6 August 1944 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St. Xavier's College, Mumbai (B.Sc.) University of Mumbai University of Cambridge (B.A.) MIT (Ph.D.) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Solow |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics |
| Institutions | Princeton University Lingnan University (Hong Kong) Nuffield College, Oxford University of Warwick |
| Doctoral students | Vijay Kelkar Robert Helsley Dani Rodrik |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan John von Neumann Award (2001) |
| Website | |
Avinash Kamalakar Dixit (born 6 August 1944) is an Indian-American economist. He is the John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics Emeritus at Princeton University, and has been distinguished adjunct professor of economics at Lingnan University (Hong Kong), senior research fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and Sanjaya Lall Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, Oxford.