Ben Polak

Summary

Ben Polak is a human^[1]. He was born on +1961-12-22T00:00:00Z^[2]. He worked as an economist^[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).^[4]

Key Facts

• Ben Polak was born on +1961-12-22T00:00:00Z^[2].
• Ben Polak held citizenship in United Kingdom^[5].
• Ben Polak's professions included economist^[3].
• Ben Polak's field of work was decision theory^[6].
• Ben Polak was educated at Harvard University^[7].
• Ben Polak's education included a stint at Trinity College^[8].
• Ben Polak was educated at Northwestern University^[9].
• Ben Polak was educated at Bedales School^[10].
• Ben Polak's doctoral advisor was Jeffrey G. Williamson^[11].
• Ben Polak's doctoral advisor was Eric Maskin^[12].
• Ben Polak is recorded as male^[13].
• Ben Polak's instance of is recorded as human^[14].
• Ben Polak supervised Marzena Rostek as a doctoral student^[15].
• Ben Polak supervised Boban Mathew as a doctoral student^[16].
• Ben Polak supervised Vincenzo Damiano as a doctoral student^[17].
• Ben Polak supervised Ioannis Sarafidis as a doctoral student^[18].
• Ben Polak supervised Michael T. McBride as a doctoral student^[19].
• Ben Polak supervised Dmitry A. Shapiro as a doctoral student^[20].
• Ben Polak supervised Yoon-Ho Alex Lee as a doctoral student^[21].
• Ben Polak supervised Colin Stewart as a doctoral student^[22].
• Ben Polak supervised Daniel Monte as a doctoral student^[23].
• Ben Polak supervised Kaj Thomsson as a doctoral student^[24].
• Ben Polak's ISNI is recorded as 000000002801996X^[25].
• Ben Polak's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 6017521^[26].
• Ben Polak's GND ID is recorded as 129666025^[27].

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Origins and Family

Ben Polak was born on +1961-12-22T00:00:00Z^[2].

Education

Educated at Harvard University^[7], a private university^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1636^[30], headquartered in Cambridge^[31]; Trinity College^[8], a college of the University of Cambridge^[32], in United Kingdom^[33], founded in 1546^[34], headquartered in Cambridge^[35]; Northwestern University^[9], a private university^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1851^[38], headquartered in Evanston^[39]; and Bedales School^[10], an independent school^[40], in United Kingdom^[41], founded in 1893^[42]. Doctoral advisors include Jeffrey G. Williamson^[11], an economist^[43], b. 1935^[44], of United States^[45], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship^[46] and Eric Maskin^[12], an economist^[47], b. 1950^[48], of United States^[49], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship^[50], specialised in economics^[51].

Career and Affiliations

Ben Polak worked as an economist^[3]. His field of work was decision theory^[6]. Doctoral students include Marzena Rostek^[15], an economist^[52], of Poland^[53], awarded the Fellow of the Econometric Society^[54]; Boban Mathew^[16]; Vincenzo Damiano^[17]; Ioannis Sarafidis^[18]; Michael T. McBride^[19], an economist^[55], of United States^[56]; and Dmitry A. Shapiro^[20].

Why It Matters

Ben Polak ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).^[4]

FAQs

What did Ben Polak do for work?

Ben Polak worked as economist^[3].

Where did Ben Polak go to school?

Ben Polak was educated at Harvard University^[7], Trinity College^[8], Northwestern University^[9], and Bedales School^[10].