Beth E. Allen
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Beth Elaine Allen is a professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota and has served as the Curtis L. Carlson Chair in that department.[1] At the University of Minnesota, she teaches Advanced Game Theory and Advanced Topics in Economics.[1] She graduated with a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978.[1] She specializes in competition, economic theory, economic trends, economics of information and uncertainty, game theory, microeconomic theory, microeconomics, and price-setting.[1] She is a Fellow of the Econometric Society[2] and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory,[3] and was one of very few women to have received tenure in a theoretical field of economics in a top university department by 1993.[4] Her research focuses on the economics of information and uncertainty.[5]
Beth Elaine Allen | |
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Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Awards | Elected Fellow, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, 2011- present
Elected Fellow, Econometric Society, 1983- present National Science Foundation Grants |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Economics |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
Doctoral advisor | Gérard Debreu |
She was president of the Midwest Economics Association in 1999–2000.[6]