About: Andrea Prat

Andrea Prat (born 1967) is an Italian economist. He is the Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business and Professor of Economics at Columbia University. He first studied economics at the University of Turin and then obtained his PhD in 1997 at Stanford University under the supervision of Kenneth Arrow. Andrea Prat has also taught at the London School of Economics and at Tilburg University. He served as chairman and managing editor of the Review of Economic Studies. He is an associate editor of Theoretical Economics. Andrea Prat is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Econometric Society.