Visiting Fellows

Acclaimed scholars from around the world visit the Institute to collaborate and connect with the institute's community of researchers. Rich interactions here cultivate extraordinary research.

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2013 Visiting Fellows

• Apr. 1–5
  Oriol Carbonell-Nicolau, Rutgers University
• Apr. 9–19
  Magne Mogstad, University College London
• Apr. 15–26
  Saki Bigio, Columbia Business School
• Apr. 22–26
  Pierre-Olivier Weill, University of California Los Angeles
• Apr. 23–May 3
  Parag Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Apr. 29–May 3
  Arthur Robson, Simon Fraser University
• Apr. 29–May 3
  Corina Tarnita, Princeton University
• May 1–8; 16-22
  Robert Townsend, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• May 5–17
  Rosa Matzkin, University of California Los Angeles
• May 12–18
  Richard Blundell, University College London
May 20–June 8
Jonathan Vogel, Columbia University

Winter 2013 Visitors

• Jan. 7–20
  Ryan Bubb, New York University
• Jan. 7–Apr. 30
  Larry Samuelson, Yale University
• Feb. 5–16
  Thomas Sargent, New York University
• Feb. 17–23
  Massimo Marinacci, Bocconi University
• Feb. 25–Mar. 8
  James R. Hines, University of Michigan
• Mar. 30–Apr. 13
  John Armour, Oxford University

Autumn 2012 Visitors

• Aug. 14–June 1
  Oleg Itskhoki, Princeton University
• Oct. 1–Dec. 13
  Scott Baker, Washington University
• Oct. 1–13
  James Roberts, Duke University
• Oct. 1–31
  Tom Lemieux, University of British Columbia
• Oct. 1–31
  Nicole Fortin, University of British Columbia
• Oct. 8–Dec. 15
  Gianluca Violante, New York University
• Oct. 15–26
  Aloysius Siow, University of Toronto
• Oct. 16–20
  Richard Blundell, University College London
• Oct. 17–25
  Martin Browning, University of Oxford
• Oct. 20–Nov. 1
  Paul Milgrom, Stanford University
• Oct. 22–Nov. 2
  Peter Koudijs, Stanford University
• Nov. 7–19
  Pierre Andre Chiappori, Columbia University
• Nov. 7–22
  Julio Elias, Universidad del CEMA
• Nov. 8–13;
  Robert Townsend, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Nov. 12–14
  Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University
• Dec. 4–7
  Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University

Nominations sought for Visiting Fellows

Associated Scholars

The Institute welcomes three promising young researchers for extended visits this year.

• Jacques Ngoie – Visiting Senior Research Associate
• Sonia Jaffe – Predoctoral Scholar
• Junjian Yi – Postdoctoral Scholar

Heard at the Institute

Roberts on Mergers

Visiting Fellow James Roberts presented his new framework for understanding the effects of horizontal mergers and the impact post-merger entrants have on market competition. Read more »

Lemieux on Immigrant Wage Gaps

At a workshop, Visiting Fellow Tom Lemieux showed evidence that much of the wage gap between Canadians and immigrants to Canada can be explained by whether they studied in a country with a western education system. Learn more »

Blundell on Consumption Inequality

Richard Blundell, a scholar of family labor market and consumption choices, gave a paper, gained some insights, and talked with students during his autumn visit. Learn more

Samuelson on Evolutionary Game Theory

What does economics have to do with woodpeckers? Economics—and game theory in particular—helps us understand why one species may evolve to mimic another in the absence of a common predator or threat. Read more »