Dr. Benjamin Brooks

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Biography

Benjamin Brooks is a Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies. His research interests lie primarily in microeconomic theory, with specific focuses on games of incomplete information, auctions, mechanism design, repeated games, and computational game theory. Brooks has held significant editorial roles, including Editor of the Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, Co-editor of Economic Theory, and Associate Editor for both the American Economic Review: Insights and Theoretical Economics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 2014, after which he joined the University of Chicago as a research scholar at the Becker Friedman Institute. Brooks' contributions to the field are recognized through his involvement in leading academic journals and his commitment to advancing economic education and research.

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