Benjamin Golub
| Benjamin Golub | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | United States of America | 
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology Stanford University | 
| Doctoral advisor | Matthew O. Jackson Andrzej Skrzypacz Robert B. Wilson | 
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Microeconomics, economics of networks | 
| Institutions | Northwestern University | 
| Notable ideas | Research on social learning, financial networks | 
| Awards | Calvó-Armengol International Prize, 2020 | 
| Website | |
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.”