Jonathan Levin
Visiting Fellow, Nov. 7–18, 2011
Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Jonathan Levin’s research is in the field of industrial organization, particularly the economics of contracting, organizations, and market design. His current research includes projects on internet markets for retail and advertising, auction design, and health insurance.
Levin is Professor of Economics at Stanford University and chair of Stanford’s Department of Economics. He also is professor by courtesy in the Graduate School of Business and senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and has been a Sloan Research Fellow, a National Science Foundation Career Award recipient, and winner of department and school-wide teaching awards at Stanford. In 2011, he received the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal as the economist under the age of forty who has made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.
Levin earned an MPhil. in economics from Oxford University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and his PhD in economics from M.I.T.
Activities
Events
- "Tit for Tat? Revolutionizing the Internet Auction Paradigm"
presented at the Applications Workshop Monday, Nov. 7
- "New Designs for Large Scale Auctions,” Thursday, Nov. 10 at 12–1:15 p.m. in Rosenwald Hall Room 329. Box lunches will be served.