Dave Donaldson | |
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Born | (1978-06-04) June 4, 1978 (age 46) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | Trinity College, Oxford (MPhys) London School of Economics (Dipl., MSc, PhD) |
Academic career | |
Field | International trade Economic Development Economic History Environmental Economics |
Institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology National Bureau of Economic Research |
Doctoral advisor | Tim Besley Robin Burgess |
Awards | John Bates Clark Medal (2017) Fellow BREAD |
Dave Donaldson (born 4 June 1978) is a Canadian economist and a professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 2017 John Bates Clark Medal and elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.
Academic career
Donaldson received a Masters in Physics from Trinity College, Oxford, in 2001, and a Diploma in 2002, an M.Sc. in 2003 and a Ph.D. in 2009, all in Economics from the London School of Economics. His research explores welfare and economic growth effects of market integration; broad impacts of reduced intra-national trade barriers; and how climate-change-effects-on-humans, as well as food security and famine risks may each be mediated by trade and specialization.
He served as a co-editor of Econometrica from 2019 to 2023.
Selected publications
- Donaldson, Dave (2018). "Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure" (PDF). American Economic Review. 108 (4–5): 899–934. doi:10.1257/aer.20101199. hdl:1721.1/128506. S2CID 11950761.
- Donaldson, Dave; Hornbeck, Richard (2016). "Railroads and American Economic Growth: A 'Market Access' Approach". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 101 (7): 799–858. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.397.3684. doi:10.1093/qje/qjw002. S2CID 7831109.
References
- "MIT Economics : Dave Donaldson". economics.mit.edu.
- Appelbaum, Binyamin (14 April 2017). "David Donaldson, Economist Who Studies Trade Benefits, Wins Clark Medal". The New York Times.
- "A trade economist wins the John Bates Clark medal". The Economist. 2017-04-20.
- "Dave Donaldson". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- "Editorial Board | The Econometric Society". www.econometricsociety.org. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
External links
- Website at MIT
- Personal Website
- Dave Donaldson publications indexed by Google Scholar
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Environmental economists
- Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Stanford University faculty
- MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty
- Fellows of the Econometric Society
- 21st-century Canadian economists
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences