Yuya Sasaki

Brian and Charlotte Grove Chair and Professor of Economics

Yuya Sasaki holds the Brian and Charlotte Grove Chair and is a Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University. An econometrician by training, his research spans a wide range of topics, including big data analysis, cluster-robust inference, extreme event analysis, high-dimensional data, machine learning, panel data analysis, program evaluation, quantile regression, and structural estimation.

In recognition of his significant contributions to the field, Sasaki received the Econometric Theory Multa Scripsit Award in 2019, was named a Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics in the same year, and was elected a Fellow of the International Association of Applied Econometrics in 2023. He has also served in editorial roles at several leading journals, including Econometric Reviews, the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, and the Journal of Econometric Methods. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Econometric Reviews.