Debraj Ray is the Julius Silver Professor and Professor of Economics at New York University, Co-Editor of the American Economic Review, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Ray earned his B.A. in Economics from the University of Calcutta and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University.

Professor Ray researches development economics and game theory.

Representative Publications

Genicot, Garance, and Debraj Ray. Aspirations and Inequality. No. w19976. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014.

Bernheim, B. Douglas, Debraj Ray, and Şevin Yeltekin. “Poverty and Self‐Control.” Econometrica 83.5 (2015): 1877-1911.

Esteban, Joan, and Debraj Ray. “Linking Conflict to Inequality and Polarization.” The American Economic Review 101.4 (2011): 1345-1374.