Christian Hellwig
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Christian Hellwig | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economic theory, Macroeconomics |
| School or tradition | Neoclassical economics |
| Institutions | Toulouse School of Economics |
| Notable ideas | public information in global games |
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Christian Hellwig is a German economic theorist and macroeconomist who did research in the field of global games. He is the editor of the Journal of Economic Theory.
Hellwig obtained a B.A. in Economics at the University of Lausanne in 1998, a M.Sc. in Econometrics and mathematical economics by the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1999, and a Ph.D. in Economics at LSE in 2003 with his thesis entitled "Money, Intermediation and Coordination in Decentralised Markets".[1] He spent the last two years of his doctorate as a visiting scholar at MIT. He became an assistant professor at UCLA in 2002 and became a tenured associate professor in 2007. Hellwig took up the position of Associate Professor at Toulouse School of Economics in 2010 where he is currently employed. In addition to his academic position, Hellwig is a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research since 2007 and became the editor of the Journal of Economic Theory in June 2008. He is a member of the Board of Editors of the American Economic Review since April 2007.
As an undergraduate he spent time studying abroad at Oberlin College, where he played on the men's basketball team.
He is the son of the economist Martin Hellwig. He is a fellow of the European Economic Association.[2]
