Laura Doval

Laura Doval is the Chong Khoon Lin Professor of Business in the Economics Division at Columbia Business School, Columbia University. She is a microeconomic theorist specializing in game theory, mechanism design, and market design, and serves as a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in Organizational Economics.

Her academic foundation includes a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, completed in 2016.

Her research centers on strategic decision-making frameworks with critical applications in institutional design. Key focus areas include:

• Game Theory: Analyzing strategic interactions among rational agents
• Mechanism Design: Creating rules for optimal economic outcomes
• Market Design: Engineering efficient matching systems

Dr. Doval's scholarly impact is recognized through prestigious awards:

• Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (2021)
• Sloan Research Fellowship (2024)

She actively shapes economic discourse as Associate Editor of Theoretical Economics and Journal of the European Economic Association, and Coeditor of Economic Theory, driving innovation in theoretical economics through editorial leadership.