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. Patrick Bayer, urban economics, public economics, economics of education, economics of crime
  5. Charles M. Becker, Economic Demography; transition economies; urban and regional economics
  6. Tim Bollerslev, Time Series Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Empirical Finance
  7. A. Craig Burnside, macroeconomics, international macroeconomics, finance, time series econometrics, US business cycles , currency markets, governemt finance, foreign aid
  8. Bruce J. Caldwell, History of economic thought, economic methodology, the writings of F.A. Hayek
  9. Michelle P. Connolly, Telecommunications, Media, Spectrum Policy, International Trade, Growth and Development
  10. Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Adjustment costs
  11. Erica Field, Development economics, Labor economics, Microeconomics, Public Health
  12. Connel Fullenkamp, finance, policy, remittances, financial market development , financial market regulation, migrant worker remittances
  13. Robert J Garlick, Garlick works at the intersection of development economics, the economics ...
  14. Kevin D. Hoover, Causality, Economics, Graph theory, Humans, Models, Econometric, Monetary policy, Motivation, Probability
  15. Cosmin L. Ilut, Macroeconomics, International Finance, Economics of Information
  16. Kent P. Kimbrough, Macroeconomics and International Macroeconomics
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. Lori Leachman, international trade, exchange rates, international macroeconomics, fiscal policy
  20. Matthew A Masten, Professor Masten's research focuses on econometrics, social interactions, and decision ...
  21. Arnaud Maurel, Professor Maurel’s research focuses on labor economics, economics of education, ...
  22. David McAdams, Professor McAdams' research interests focus on microeconomic theory and game ...
  23. Marjorie B. McElroy, Labor, Demand Systems, and Financial Economics
  24. Thomas J. Nechyba, Public Finance, Economics of Education, Fiscal Federalism
  25. Andrew J. Patton, Time series econometrics and financial economics
  26. Pietro F. Peretto, Growth, Industrial Organization and Technical Change
  27. Philipp Sadowski, Microeconomic Theory, Decision Theory, Behavioral Economics
  28. Todd Sarver, Todd Sarver’s research focuses on microeconomic theory, decision theory, and ...
  29. Curtis R. Taylor, Ownership, Venture capital
  30. Duncan Thomas, Development, Population and Family Economics; Global Health
  31. Daniel Yi Xu, Professor Xu’s research focuses on Productivity, International Trade, and Industrial ...
  32. 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. Gale A. Boyd, Energy & Environment, Production Efficiency, Micro-data, index number decomposition
  6. Charles T. Clotfelter, Economics of Education, Social Policy, and Public Finance
  7. Wesley M. Cohen, Strategy, Technology and Knowledge Management, Economics of Technological Change
  8. Wilbur J. Coleman, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Economics, International Financial Policy, International Finance
  9. Robert F. Conrad, Public Finance and Natural Resource Economics
  10. 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
  11. William A. Darity, Stratification Economics
  12. David A. Hsieh, Teaching: Money and Capital Markets; International Corporate Finance; Investments. Research: Dynamic Trading Strategies and Risk Management
  13. Helen F. Ladd, Education policy, state and local public finance, intergovernmental fiscal relations
  14. Bahar Leventoglu, Democratization, Game Theory, Social Mobility
  15. Leslie M. Marx, Game Theory, Managerial Economics
  16. Manoj Mohanan, Health Economics, Development Economics, Applied Micro, Health Policy
  17. Michael C. Munger, Institutions, Public Policy, Political Behavior and Parties
  18. Adriano A. Rampini, Financial Economics, Macroeconomics
  19. 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
  20. Martin D. Smith, natural resource economics
  21. 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. Gianni Toniolo, Economic History
  7. Edward Tower, Trade and Development
  8. E. Roy Weintraub, Credit, Economics, Equilibrium, History, History of Modern Economics, Mathematics