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Thirty-seven-year-old Professor of Economics Susan Athey became the first female recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal Friday. The American Economics Association awards the prize biannually to an American economist under age 40 who has made “a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.” [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Athey, who arrived at Harvard in 2006 and has done significant applied and theoretical research on bidder behavior in auctions, joins five other Harvard professors who have won the Clark Medal, including Eliot University Professor Lawrence H. Summers and Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein...
...Athey said in an interview that she had received congratulations from a number of former winners, including “Larry Summers, who told me he was proud to have appointed...
...should be involved in the planning.“Economics undergraduates already suffer from high student-faculty ratios. They deserve the commitment of resources from the University that allows them to have as much faculty interaction as possible, given the inherent limitations of a large major,” Athey said. The change in plans also caught professors by surprise.“I don’t think people believe this is for real. This is like someone saying The Gap is going to open a store on the first floor of Littauer. Does this make any sense...
...chair of the economics department, Alberto F. Alesina, wrote in an e-mail that Athey “is a fantastic addition” to Harvard’s faculty...