Maitreesh Ghatak was born on 7 February 1968 and is an Indian economist who is the professor of economics at the London School of Economics.
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Maitreesh Ghatak is an applied microeconomic theorist with research interests in economic development, public economics, and the economics of organisations.
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Maitreesh Ghatak did his schooling in Patha Bhavan, Kolkata and went on to do his undergraduate studies at Presidency College, Kolkata.
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Maitreesh Ghatak taught at the department of economics of University of Chicago before moving to the London School of Economics where he has taught since 2002.
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Maitreesh Ghatak has held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Yale University, Northwestern University, and the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
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Maitreesh Ghatak is currently a co-editor of Economica, a former managing editor of the Review of Economic Studies, a former editor in chief of the Journal of Development Economics, and a former co-editor of the Economics of Transition.
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Maitreesh Ghatak directs the research group Economic Organization and Public Policy at the LSE.
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Maitreesh Ghatak is the Lead Economist of the DFID-funded International Growth Centre's India programme.
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Maitreesh Ghatak is a board member of the Bureau for Research in the Economic Analysis of Development, known as the BREAD.
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Maitreesh Ghatak writes occasional essays in various newspapers and magazines on economic and political issues, in English as well as in Bengali.
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In July 2018 Ghatak was elected Fellow of the British Academy.