Eric Budish Bio

Eric Budish is the Paul G. McDermott Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Co-Director of the Initiative on Global Markets at Chicago Booth, and the Krane Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Budish’s main area of research is market design, with specific topics studied including financial markets, matching markets, ticket markets, blockchains and cryptocurrencies, and incentives for innovation. His most recent research has concerned various aspects of the Covid-19 crisis, especially on how to use market design to accelerate global vaccination. Budish received his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University, his MPhil in Economics from Oxford (Nuffield College), and his BA in Economics and Philosophy from Amherst College. Prior to graduate school, Budish was an analyst at Goldman Sachs. Budish’s honors include giving the 2017 AEA-AFA joint luncheon address, the Sloan Research Fellowship, and the Marshall Scholarship.