The American Economic Association has named Bronwyn Hall, professor emerita of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, a 2024 Distinguished Fellow in recognition of her accomplishments and years of service in the fields of economics and innovation.
Dr. Hall was a faculty member with the University of California, Berkeley for almost four decades. She taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses on econometrics, applied econometrics, applied industrial organization, and economics of innovation. Throughout her career, she has conducted significant research on patents, patent citations, the relationship between research and development and productivity, and the econometrics of firm-level microdata. Her scholarly endeavors have led to numerous publications including co-editing and co-authoring chapters in the Handbook of the Economics of Innovation (North Holland, 2010).
In addition to her position with the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Hall holds several academic and research positions with other institutions. She is a visiting professor at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, visiting fellow at the National institute of Social and Economic Research in London, international research associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London, and research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. She has previously taught at Harvard University, Oxford University, and the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.
Dr. Hall is a graduate of Wellesley College in Massachusetts where she majored in physics. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.