Economics Faculty: Research Interests

Regular Rank Faculty

1. Atila Abdulkadiroglu, School Choice, Mechanism and Market Design, Economics of Education
2. Attila Ambrus, Self-control
3. Peter S. Arcidiacono, Labor Economics, Microeconomics
4. Charles M. Becker, Economic Demography; transition economies; urban and regional economics
5. Tim Bollerslev, Time Series Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Empirical Finance
6. A. Craig Burnside, macroeconomics, international macroeconomics, finance, time series econometrics, US business cycles , currency markets, governemt finance, foreign aid
7. Bruce J. Caldwell, History of economic thought, economic methodology, the writings of F.A. Hayek
8. Michelle P. Connolly, Telecommunications, Media, Spectrum Policy, International Trade, Growth and Development
9. Erica Field, Development economics, Labor economics, Microeconomics, Public Health
10. Connel Fullenkamp, finance, policy, remittances, financial market development , financial market regulation, migrant worker remittances
11. Robert J Garlick, Garlick works at the intersection of development economics, the economics ...
12. Kevin D. Hoover, Causality, Economics, Graph theory, Humans, Models, Econometric, Monetary policy, Motivation, Probability
13. Cosmin L. Ilut, Macroeconomics, International Finance, Economics of Information
14. Rachel Kranton, behavioral economics, Brain, Cognition, Conflict (Psychology), Decision Making, development economics, economics of networks, Economics, Behavioral, Humans, identity economics, Interpersonal Relations, microeconomic theory, Microeconomics, Models, Economic, Motivation, Neurosciences, Psychology, Social, Reward, Socioeconomic Factors
15. Timur Kuran, Civil society, Democracy, Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Government Programs, Hinduism, History, 15th Century, History, 16th Century, History, 17th Century, History, 18th Century, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, History, Ancient, History, Medieval, India, Islam, Middle East, Partnership, Political development, Social Support, Social Welfare, Socioeconomic Factors, Waqf, Zakat
16. Lori Leachman, international trade, exchange rates, international macroeconomics, fiscal policy
17. Matthew A Masten, Professor Masten's research focuses on econometrics, social interactions, and decision ...
18. Arnaud Maurel, Professor Maurel’s research focuses on labor economics, economics of education, ...
19. David McAdams, Professor McAdams' research interests focus on microeconomic theory and game ...
20. Marjorie B. McElroy, Labor, Demand Systems, and Financial Economics
21. Thomas J. Nechyba, Public Finance, Economics of Education, Fiscal Federalism
22. Andrew J. Patton, Time series econometrics and financial economics
23. Pietro F. Peretto, Growth, Industrial Organization and Technical Change
24. Philipp Sadowski, Microeconomic Theory, Decision Theory, Behavioral Economics
25. Todd Sarver, Todd Sarver’s research focuses on microeconomic theory, decision theory, and ...
26. Curtis R. Taylor, Ownership, Venture capital
27. Duncan Thomas, Development, Population and Family Economics; Global Health
28. Daniel Yi Xu, Professor Xu’s research focuses on Productivity, International Trade, and Industrial ...
29. Huseyin Yildirim, Industrial Organization, Bargaining Theory, Political Economy, and Public Finance

Secondary Appointments

1. Elizabeth O. Ananat, Adolescent Behavior, Economic Recession, Poverty, Risk-Taking, Sexual Behavior
2. James J. Anton, James J. Anton is a Professor in the Economics Area ...
3. Dan Ariely, Behavioral Economics
4. Ravi Bansal, Financial Economics, Asset Pricing, Global Economics, Climate Change
5. Charles T. Clotfelter, Economics of Education, Social Policy, and Public Finance
6. Wesley M. Cohen, Strategy, Technology and Knowledge Management, Economics of Technological Change
7. Wilbur J. Coleman, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Economics, International Financial Policy, International Finance
8. Robert F. Conrad, Public Finance and Natural Resource Economics
9. Philip J. Cook, Abortion, Abortion, Legal, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, African Americans, Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol-Related Disorders, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Birth Rate, Burglary, Burglary protection, Case-Control Studies, Child, Child, Unwanted, Choice (Psychology), Commerce, Cost Savings, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Costs and Cost Analysis, Crime, Crime prevention, Criminal behavior, Criminal Law, Data Collection, Drug and Narcotic Control, Educational Status, Efficiency, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Financing, Government, Gambling, Gun control, Harm Reduction, Health Behavior, Health Care Costs, Health Policy, Hispanic Americans, History, Homicide, Hospital Costs, Hospitalization, Humans, Illinois, Incidence, Infant, Juvenile courts, Law Enforcement, Longitudinal Studies, Lotteries, Medical Indigency, Middle Aged, Models, Statistical, Motivation, North Carolina, Poverty, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Probability, Public Health, Public Policy, Quality of Life, Research Design, Robbery, Schools, Self-defense, Social Control Policies, Socioeconomic Factors, Taxes, Teacher turnover, United States, Violence, Wounds and Injuries, Wounds, Gunshot, Young Adult
10. William A. Darity, Stratification Economics
11. David A. Hsieh, Teaching: Money and Capital Markets; International Corporate Finance; Investments. Research: Dynamic Trading Strategies and Risk Management
12. Helen F. Ladd, Education policy, state and local public finance, intergovernmental fiscal relations
13. Bahar Leventoglu, Democratization, Game Theory, Social Mobility
14. Leslie M. Marx, Game Theory, Managerial Economics
15. Manoj Mohanan, Health Economics, Development Economics, Applied Micro, Health Policy
16. Michael C. Munger, Institutions, Public Policy, Political Behavior and Parties
17. Adriano A. Rampini, Financial Economics, Macroeconomics
18. David B. Ridley, Biotechnology, Drug Approval, Drug Costs, Drug Industry, Economics, Pharmaceutical, Elasticity, Health Care Costs, Health Care Economics and Organizations, Health Care Reform, Health Care Sector, Health Policy, Health Services Research, Innovation, Market entry, Patents as Topic, Prescription Fees, Pricing, Product Surveillance, Postmarketing, World Health Organization
19. Martin D. Smith, natural resource economics
20. S. Viswanathan, Corporate Finance

Visiting Faculty

1. Alison Hagy, Child care, labor supply, tax policy
2. Genna Miller, Pedagogies for increasing retention of women and minorities in economics, performance of gender in worker cooperatives and other democratic firms, theoretical and empirical investigations of gender and pedagogy, theoretical and empirical studies of gender and the labor-managed sector

Emeritus Faculty

1. Edwin Burmeister, Financial Economics, Capital Theory, and Economic Growth
2. Neil de Marchi, Emergence of Art & Financial Markets and Cultural Economics
3. Henry G. Grabowski, Economics of Innovation, Governmental Regulation of Business, and Economics of Pharmaceutical Industry
4. Daniel A. Graham, Game Theory and Economics of Information
5. V. Joseph Hotz, Labor Economics, Economics of the Family, Applied Econometrics
6. Kent P. Kimbrough, Macroeconomics and International Macroeconomics
7. Gianni Toniolo, Economic History
8. Edward Tower, Trade and Development
9. E. Roy Weintraub, Credit, Economics, Equilibrium, History, History of Modern Economics, Mathematics