| Avinash K. Dixit AKA Avinash Kamalakar Dixit Born: 6-Aug-1944
Birthplace: Bombay, India
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Occupation: Economist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Investment Under Uncertainty University: BSc Mathematics and Physics, Bombay University (1963)
University: BA Mathematics, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University (1965)
University: PhD Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1968)
Lecturer: Balliol College, Oxford University (1970-74)
Professor: Economics, University of Warwick (1974-80)
Professor: Economics, Princeton University (1981-89)
Professor: John J. F. Sherrerd Professor of Economics, Princeton University (1989-2010)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1992
American Economic Association President (2008)
American Philosophical Society 2010
Econometric Society President (2001)
National Academy of Sciences 2005
Guggenheim Fellowship 1991
Naturalized US Citizen
Author of books:
Optimization in Economic Theory (1976, economics)
The Theory of Equilibrium Growth (1976, economics)
Theory of International Trade: A Dual, General Equilibrium Approach (1980, economics)
Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics and Everyday Life (1991, business)
Investment Under Uncertainty (1994, economics)
The Making of Economic Policy: A Transaction-Cost Politics Perspective (1998, economics)
Games of Strategy (1999, mathematics)
Lawlessness and Economics: Alternative Modes of Governance (2004, economics)
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life (2008, business)
Microeconomics: A Very Short Introduction (2014, economics)
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