Susan Athey
Economics of Technology Professor
Stanford GSB
PhD: Stanford, 1995
Causal ML
Market Design
Digital Economics
About
Susan Athey is the most influential tech economist alive. The first female John Bates Clark Medal winner. She pioneered causal forests (machine learning for causal inference) and served as consulting Chief Economist at Microsoft. Past AEA President and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Key Work
2019
Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies
JEP (with Luca)
Definitive guide for aspiring tech economists