Benjamin Golub
Benjamin Golub | |
|---|---|
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology Stanford University |
| Matthew O. Jackson[1] Andrzej Skrzypacz[1] Robert B. Wilson[1] | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Microeconomics, economics of networks |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
Notable ideas | Research on social learning, financial networks |
| Awards | Calvó-Armengol International Prize, 2020[2] |
| 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.”[3]
Career
[edit]Golub received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 2007. He received his PhD in economics from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2012.[4] From 2013 to 2015, he was a Junior Fellow at Harvard Society of Fellows,[5] and then a faculty member at the Harvard University Department of Economics, as an assistant professor from 2015 to 2019, and then as an associate professor. He is now a professor in the departments of Economics and Computer Science at Northwestern University, where he has been since 2021.[4][6]
Golub received the Calvó-Armengol International Prize in a ceremony in Andorra in November 2021.[7][8]
In 2025, Golub cofounded Refine Technologies, Inc., a company that develops AI tools for providing structural feedback on academic research papers, with Yann Calvó López; he serves as its Chief Scientist.[9][10]
Research
[edit]Golub's research focuses on social and economic networks. He has been recognized for his contributions to the study of social learning,[2][11] particularly the DeGroot model. Golub's studies highlight the importance of network structure for the quality of learning,[12] and how homophily in social networks causes polarization of opinions.[13] He has also done research on contagion of failure in financial networks.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Golub, Benjamin (2011). Essays on economic networks (PDF) (PhD). Stanford. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- 1 2 "6th Calvó-Armengol Prize to be awarded to Benjamin Golub". Barcelona School of Economics. 4 November 2019.
- ↑ "Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics". Barcelona School of Economics. 5 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Benjamin Golub". bengolub.net. Retrieved 11 November 2021.[dead link]
- ↑ "Current & Former Junior Fellows: Listed by Term". Harvard University Society of Fellows. Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "New Faculty Members: Department of Economics - Northwestern University". economics.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "Benjamin Golub rep el premi Calvó Armengol". Diari d'Andorra. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "El guanyador del Calvó-Armengol demana més capacitat d'anticipació davant dels problemes d'abastiment provocats per la pandèmia". ANA Economia. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ "Team". Refine. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ Cochrane, John H. (24 February 2026). "Refine". The Grumpy Economist. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "El doctor en Economia Benjamin Golub rep el 6è Premi Internacional Calvó Armengol". Govern d'Andorra. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Golub, Benjamin & Matthew O. Jackson 2010. "Naïve Learning in Social Networks and the Wisdom of Crowds," American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 2(1), pages 112-49, February.
- ↑ Golub, Benjamin; Jackson, Matthew O. (2012-07-26). "How Homophily Affects the Speed of Learning and Best-Response Dynamics". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 127 (3). Oxford University Press (OUP): 1287–1338. doi:10.1093/qje/qjs021. ISSN 0033-5533.
- ↑ Elliott, Golub, and Jackson (2014). "Financial Networks and Contagion" (PDF). American Economic Review. 104 (10): 3115–53. doi:10.1257/aer.104.10.3115.
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