James M. Poterba

Jim Poterba
Born
New York City, U.S.
SpouseNancy Rose
Academic background
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Nuffield College, Oxford (MPhil, DPhil)
InfluencesMartin Feldstein
Academic work
DisciplinePublic economics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral studentsDavid Cutler
Luigi Zingales
Andrew Samwick
Alan Gerber
Caroline Hoxby
Steven Levitt
Emmanuel Saez
Amy Finkelstein
Stefanie Stantcheva
AwardsNAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1997)
Daniel M. Holland Medal (2014)
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James Michael "Jim" Poterba, FBA is an American economist who is the Mitsui Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and current National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) president and chief executive officer.