Eric Auerbach

Eric Auerbach is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University since 2017. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley (2017) and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University (2010). His research focuses on econometric theory, social and economic networks, causal inference, and policy evaluation with applications to network spillovers, algorithmic fairness, and social disruption analysis.

He has presented his work at numerous institutions including Stanford, MIT, and Oxford, and serves as a referee for top journals like Econometrica and the American Economic Review. His awards include the 2017 RESTud Tour. Teaching includes graduate econometric theory and undergraduate courses in econometrics for mathematical social sciences.

Key research contributions include developing methods to analyze network data structures, testing for network effects in policy evaluation, and addressing fairness-accuracy trade-offs in algorithms. His work bridges econometric theory with practical applications in social networks and policy analysis.