Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik | |
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Born | 4 May 1943 |
Institution | University of California |
Field | Social choice theory and microeconomic theory |
Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Influences | Amartya Sen |
Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik (born 4 May 1943), is emeritus professor at the Department of Economics at the University of California, a research associate for the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI), and a fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association.
Along with Amartya Sen and Kenneth Arrow, Pattanaik is an advisory editor for the journal Social Choice and Welfare.
Pattanaik gained his degree in economics from Utkal University, Odisha, India. He then went on to study for his masters and doctorate, both in economics, at the University of Delhi.
Pattanaik studied under, the Nobel Prize winning economist, Amartya Sen and his "leadership role" in the study of social choice theory has been acknowledged by Sen.
Pattanaik is one of the series editors for the Springer series Studies in Choice and Welfare, which included being co-editor of Rational choice and social welfare theory and applications: essays in honor of Kotaro Suzumura.
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