Ben Polak

Benjamin "Ben" Polak (born 22 December 1961) is a British professor of economics and management and former Provost at Yale University. From 1999 to 2001 Polak was the Henry Kohn Associate Professor of Economics and is now the inaugural William C. Brainard Professor of Economics. In January 2013, he became the Provost of Yale University.

Ben Polak
Provost of Yale University
In office
2013–2020
Preceded byPeter Salovey
Succeeded byScott Strobel
Personal details
Born (1961-12-22) December 22, 1961
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge (BA)
Northwestern University (MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
NationalityBritish
Children3
AwardsDeVane Medal (2005) for teaching
Scientific career
Fieldsdecision theory, game theory and economic history
InstitutionsNew Economic School
University of Melbourne
Yale University
ThesisProblems from the history of capital markets (1992)
Doctoral advisorJeffrey G. Williamson

Polak specialises in microeconomic theory, has published 19 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals, and is Associate editor of the Journal of Economic Theory.

In 2021 it was reported that Polak was responsible for Yale's decision to terminate the Yale Boswell Editions project, founded in 1949.

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