Ivan A. Canay

Breen Family Professor of Economics

Northwestern University

I am the Breen Family Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, where I have been on the faculty since 2008. I am also Director of the Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences Program (MMSS).

My research is in econometric theory. I work on partial identification and inference in moment inequality models, randomization tests and their approximate analogs, covariate-adaptive randomization in experiments, regression discontinuity design, and inference with clustered data. A recurring theme in my work is developing methods that are both theoretically grounded and computationally accessible, often accompanied by software in R, Stata, or Python.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and my undergraduate degree in Economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. I served as co-editor of the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics from 2022 to 2024.