Featured Researcher: Michael Rothschild
Michael Rothschild, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, was elected to the NBER's Board of Directors in April 2000 to represent Princeton. He had been an NBER Research Associate since 1980.
Rothschild holds a B.A. from Reed College, an M.A. from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT. Before coming to Princeton he was Professor of Economics and Dean of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. He also has taught at Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Rothschild has written on a wide range of topics, including decisionmaking under uncertainty, investment, taxation, finance, jury decision processes, and higher education. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Rothschild is married to Lynn Kay Greenberg; together they have four adult sons and one grandchild. Rothschild's hobbies include squash, reading, and travel.
