Andrea Prat is the Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School and Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Columbia University. After receiving his PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 1997, he taught at Tilburg University and the London School of Economics. He joined Columbia in 2012.

Professor Prat’s research spans organizational economics and political economy. In organizational economics, his current work uses theoretical modeling, field experiments, and data analysis to study issues including organizational design, corporate leadership, employee motivation, and optimal disclosure. In political economy, his research seeks to define and measure how economic interests -- such as the media industry, large firms, and wealthy individuals -- influence the democratic process.

He is the author of numerous articles in leading journals including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Finance, and the Review of Economic Studies. He served as Chairman and Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization and he chairs the organizing committee of the European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory (ESSET). Professor Prat is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Econometric Society.