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Benny Kleinman

Faculty Fellow
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

Benny Kleinman is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He works at the intersection of international trade, spatial economics, and macroeconomics. His recent research focuses on understanding the dynamic evolution of local economies, the allocation of capital across countries, and how changes in firms' geography shape aggregate growth and inequality. Before joining Stanford, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago, after earning his Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Focal Areas: Global Development and Trade, Inequality, Innovation and Technology

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