Faculty and Executive Leadership Directory

 

Noam Yuchtman Assistant Professor Haas Business and Public Policy Group 510.642.4632 Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address Academic Status: On duty Office Hours: By appointment Haas F549 Personal Homepage: http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/yuchtman/

Education

BA, Economics, Williams College
PhD, Economics, Harvard University

Positions Held

At Haas since 2010
2010 - present, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business

External Service and Assignments

Referee for: Economics of Transition, Journal of Economic History, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics

Consulting: Asian Development Bank, Sustainable Endowments Institute

Current Research and Interests

• Educational institutions, human capital and historical development
• Labor market institutions and contract enforcement
• Law and economics
• Political institutions

Selected Papers and Publications

• "Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution," with Davide Cantoni, 2010.
• "Teaching to the Tests: An Economic Analysis of Educational Institutions in Late Imperial and Republican China," 2010.
• "How Green Was My Valley? Coercive Contract Enforcement in 19th Century Industrial Britain," with Suresh Naidu, 2009.
• "Crime, Punishment, and Politics: An Analysis of Political Cycles in Criminal Sentencing," with Carlos Berdejo, 2009.

Honors and Awards

• Roger L. Martin Fellowship, 2009
• Thomas Cochran Fellowship, 2008
• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 2008
• Economic History Association Travel and Data Grant, 2008
• Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Travel Fellowship, 2008
• Harvard Center for American Political Studies Graduate Seed Grant, 2007
• Harvard University Graduate Fellowship, 2005 - 2007
• Beinecke Scholarship, 2004 - 2008

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