Emir Kamenica
Emir Kamenica is the Richard O. Ryan Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He studies an eclectic set of topics in microeconomics with a focus on theoretical work in information design.
Professor Kamenica is a recipient of the 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. He holds an honorary doctorate from Shepherd University. He was an Editor of the Journal of Political Economy from 2016 to 2024.
Professor Kamenica was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He earned a PhD in Economics in 2006 and a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics in 2001, both from Harvard University. He joined the faculty at Chicago Booth in 2006.
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Emir Kamenica
EH-meer KAH-meh-knee-tza (roughly speaking)
Richard O. Ryan Professor of Economics
tel: 773.834.8690
emir.kamenica@ChicagoBooth.edu