Emir Kamenica
Richard O. Ryan Professor of Economics
Do Shoppers Have Too Many Choices?
US consumer goods are proliferating rapidly, with implications for consumers and companies.
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Biography
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 on 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 until 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.
2024 - 2025 Course Schedule
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Could Anything Unite the United States?
Cultural and political divisions have persisted for decades. Now there’s a growing gap in how Americans see each other.
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The US’s Cultural Gap Isn’t Growing
The United States may seem like a more divided place than ever before, but research suggests that notion may be more perception than reality.
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