# Andrei Shleifer John L. Loeb Professor of Economics ![Andrei Shleifer](/sites/g/files/omnuum5991/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/econ/files/andrei_shleifer.png?itok=_tD4WUxi) location\_on Littauer Center M-9 smartphone [617-496-2606](tel:617-496-2606) email laptop\_windows [Personal Website](https://shleifer.scholars.harvard.edu/) Andrei Shleifer has worked in the areas of comparative corporate governance, law and finance, behavioral finance, as well as institutional economics. He has published six books, including *The Grabbing Hand* (with Robert Vishny), and *Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance*, as well as over a hundred articles. In 1999, Shleifer won the John Bates Clark medal of the American Economic Association. Shleifer is an Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and a fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Finance Association. According to RePEc, Shleifer is the most cited economist in the world. A Professor of Economics at Harvard University, Andrei Shleifer holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. from MIT. Before coming to Harvard in 1991, he has taught at Princeton and the Chicago Business School. Faculty Assistant: [Polina Barker](/people/polina_barker "Polina Barker") - ## Economic Fields [Behavioral Economics](/economic-fields/behavioral-economics) [Financial Economics](/economic-fields/financial-economics) - ## Faculty Alpha [M - Z](/faculty-alpha/m-z) - ## Fields of Interest [Corporate Finance](/fields-interest/corporate-finance) [Law And Economics](/fields-interest/law-and-economics) - ## People Alpha [R - V](/people-alpha/r-v) - ## Role [Faculty](/people-type/department-faculty)