Jess Benhabib (born 9 June 1948) is a professor at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

, and known for his contributions to

growth theory Economic growth can be defined as the increase or improvement in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services produced by an economy in a financial year. Statisticians conventionally measure such growth as the percent rate of ...

and sunspot equilibria. Benhabib earned his Ph.D. from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1976. He started his teaching career as an assistant professor at

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

. In 1980, he became an associate professor at

and remained there ever since. Between 1984 and 1987 he served as Chairman of the Economics Department at NYU. Benhabib has also been a co-editor of the renowned ''

Journal of Economic Theory The ''Journal of Economic Theory'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of economic theory. Karl Shell has served as editor-in-chief of the journal since it was established in 1968. Since 2000, he has shared the editor ...

''.

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Website at New York University
1948 births Living people Turkish economists Columbia University alumni New York University faculty Fellows of the Econometric Society {{Turkey-economist-stub