Ben Polak
Facts
16 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- December 22, 1961
- Country of citizenship
- United Kingdom[3]
- Occupation
- economist
- Field of work
- decision theory[4]
- Doctoral advisor
- Jeffrey G. Williamson, Eric Maskin[9][10]
- Doctoral student
- Marzena Rostek, Boban Mathew, Vincenzo Damiano, Ioannis Sarafidis, Michael T. McBride, Dmitry A. Shapiro, Yoon-Ho Alex Lee, Colin Stewart, Daniel Monte, Kaj Thomsson[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Different from
- Ben Polak
- Family name
- Polak
- Given name
- Ben
- Imported from
- wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries
- Residence
- New Haven
- ISNI
- 000000002801996X
- VIAF cluster ID
- 6017521
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n92032579
- GND ID
- 129666025
- Freebase ID
- /m/04yf116
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 116317
- Prabook ID
- 2462731
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJhCJF4GQdDpk44Dxd4KBP
- Yale LUX ID
- person/bab5bed9-60de-456a-8522-61c8a442f4b1
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Summary
Ben Polak was born on December 22, 1961[1]. He worked as an economist[2].
Body
Education
Educated at Harvard University[5], a private university[22], in United States[23], founded in 1636[24], headquartered in Cambridge[25]; Trinity College[6], a college of the University of Cambridge[26], in United Kingdom[27], founded in 1546[28], headquartered in Cambridge[29]; Northwestern University[7], a private university[30], in United States[31], founded in 1851[32], headquartered in Evanston[33]; and Bedales School[8], an independent school[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1893[36]. Doctoral advisors include Jeffrey G. Williamson[9], an economist[37], b. 1935[38], of United States[39], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[40] and Eric Maskin[10], an economist[41], b. 1950[42], of United States[43], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[44], specialised in economics[45].
Career and Affiliations
Doctoral students include Marzena Rostek[12], an economist[46], of Poland[47], awarded the Fellow of the Econometric Society[48]; Boban Mathew[13]; Vincenzo Damiano[14]; Ioannis Sarafidis[15]; Michael T. McBride[16], an economist[49], of United States[50]; and Dmitry A. Shapiro[17].
FAQs
What did Ben Polak do for work?
Ben Polak worked as economist[2].
Where did Ben Polak go to school?
Ben Polak was educated at Harvard University[5], Trinity College[6], Northwestern University[7], and Bedales School[8].