Samuel S. Kortum (born December 1960) is an American economist and currently James Burrows Moffatt Professor of Economics at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. His research focuses on

international trade International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (See: World economy.) In most countries, such trade represents a significan ...

and

industrial organisation In economics, industrial organization is a field that builds on the theory of the firm by examining the structure of (and, therefore, the boundaries between) firms and market (economics), markets. Industrial organization adds real-world complic ...

Education

Kortum graduated with a BA from

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...

in 1983. He went on to further study at Yale University and received his Ph.D. in economics in 1992.

Career

Kortum's first academic position was as an assistant professor at

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

. He left for an associate professorship at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

in 2001 and was promoted to full professor in 2004. From 2006 to 2012 he was a professor at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

, followed by an appointment at his current institution, Yale University, in 2012. He was made James Burrows Moffatt Professor in 2015. He has served various academic journals in an editorial capacity, such as the ''

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'' and the ''

Journal of Political Economy The ''Journal of Political Economy'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press. Established by James Laurence Laughlin in 1892, it covers both theoretical and empirical economics. In the past, the ...

''. The

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and the

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elected him fellow in 2011 and 2016, respectively. The former awarded him the

Frisch Medal The Frisch Medal is an award in economics given by the Econometric Society. It is awarded every two years for empirical or theoretical applied research published in ''Econometrica'' during the previous five years. The award was named in honor of Ra ...

in 2004.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kortum, Samuel Living people 1960 births American economists Trade economists Wesleyan University alumni Yale University alumni Boston University faculty University of Minnesota faculty University of Chicago faculty Yale University faculty Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the Econometric Society Journal of Political Economy editors