Summary of Faculty Research and Teaching
Interests
Faculty Member
Teaching
Research
Altonji, Joe
Labor economics; Econometrics
School choice; the Black-White wealth gap;
Wage determination; Economic links among relatives; Econometrics; Paid leave from work
Andrews, Donald
Econometrics
Econometrics
Arkolakis, Konstantinos
International economics, Industrial
organization, Macroeconomics
Benediktsdottir, Sigridur
Finance, Market microstructure
High frequency financial market research,
with emphasis on the foreign exchange market and stock markets
Bergemann, Dirk
Game Theory, Industrial organization
Learning and information acquisition in
markets, Dynamic contracts
Berry, Steven
Industrial organization
Empirical models of product differentiation
and market equilibrium
Bewley, Truman
Economic theory
Micro foundations of macroeconomics
Brainard, William (Emeritus)
Microeconomics and macroeconomic theory;
Monetary theory and policy
Monetary theory, Market valuation of firms,
Models of financial markets
Brambilla, Irene
International trade, Empirical industrial
organization
Brown, Donald
Economic theory
General equilibrium theory and
econometrics
Bruegemann, Bjoern
Macroeconomics, International trade,
Political economy, Labor economics, Econometrics
Labor Market Regulations, Trade integration
and its impact on employment protection, International trade and macroeconomics
Chen, Xiaohong
Econometrics
Econometrics
Engel, Eduardo
Macroeconomics, Economic policy in Latin
America
Macroeconomics (inflation, employment and
investment, emphasizing aggregate implications of lumpy micro behavior), Competition and
regulatory policy (infrastructure concessions, consumer protection), Public finance (taxes
and income distribution, optimal fiscal policy with government owned natural resources,
tax evasion), Applied stochastic modelling (forecasting electoral outcomes)
Evenson, Robert
Microeconomics; Economic development;
Economics of technology; Agricultural development
Agricultural households in developing
countries, Economics of invention, Technical change
Faingold, Eduardo
Game theory, Decision theory,
Microeconomics
Game theory, Economic theory
Fair, Ray
Macroeconomics, Econometrics
Macroeconomic models
Geanakoplos, John
Mathematical economics, Microeconomic
theory
Economic theory, Social security
Gerardi, Donato
Microeconomics, Game theory
Game theory, Political economy
Guinnane, Timothy
Economic history
Demographic and financial history of
Western Europe
Haile, Philip
Industrial organization
Nonparametric identification, Estimation
and testing of auction models, Empirical analysis of auctions
Hamada, Koichi
International economics, The Japanese
economy
Strategic analysis of international
political economy
Hastings, Justine
Industrial organization, Econometrics
Consumer behavior,
Competition and Product Differentiation in Private and Publicly Funded Markets, Applied
Industrial Organization and Public Finance
Jaynes, Gerald
Economic history, Afro-American Studies
Economics of race relations
Karlan, Dean
Development economics, Finance,
Experimental methodologies
Development economics, Behavioral
economics, Field experiments, Political economy
Kitamura, Yuichi
Econometrics
Econometrics
Klevorick, Alvin
Market Organization, Law and economics;
Antitrust and regulation, Microeconomic theory
Dominant firm behavior and antitrust
policy, Antitrust policy toward nonprofit entities, Products liability, R&D
appropriability, opportunity, and policy, Theory of information processing by groups
Kline, Patrick
Dynamic analysis of labor
markets, Economic geography, Applied econometrics, Crime
Labor economics
Lange, Fabian
Macroeconomics, Theory
Education and health, labor demographics,
and population economics
Empirical likelihood estimation, Asymptotic
statistical theory
Phillips, Peter
Econometrics, Time series, Empirical
modeling in macroeconomics and finance
Macroeconomics forecasting, Econometric
modeling
Polak, Benjamin
Economic theory, Economic history
Economic theory, Economic history
Ranis, Gustav (Emeritus)
Development economics. Interdependence
between rich and poor countries, Political economy
Adjustment and liberalization sequences,
Balanced growth, Political economy of LDC policy change, Decentralization and development,
growth and human development
Rozen, Kareen
Economic theory, Decision theory, Game
theory, Behavioral economics, Industrial organization
Decision theory, Game theory, Behavioral
economics
Rosenzweig, Mark
Economic development
Causes and consequences of economic
development, International migration
Samuelson, Larry
Microeconomic theory, Game theory, Repeated
games, Evolutionary foundations of economic behavior
Microeconomic theory, Game theory
Scarf, Herbert
Mathematical economics
Indivisibilities in production, Applied
general equilibrium analysis, Game theory
Schultz, Paul
Microeconomics of individual and household
behavior, Labor and health economics, Income distribution
Schooling, health, and mobility in
development, Income distribution and endogenous household composition, Gender inequalities
Shiller, Robert
Macroeconomics and finance, Behavioral
economics, Real estate
Designing new institutions and markets for
large-scale risk management and to reduce income inequality, Indexation and inflation,
Social security, Asset valuation (both financial and real estate), Time series properties
of asset prices, Market psychology
Shubik, Martin (Emeritus)
Game theory, Theory of money, Experimental
gaming, Economic warfare, Economics of cultural institutions, Financial institutions
Theory of money and financial institutions,
Behavior under risk, Economic warfare
Dynamic general equilibrum macroeconomics,
Macroeconomics and inequality, Behavioral macroeconomics, Simulation estimation of dynamic
structural models, Computational methods in economics and econometrics
Srinivasan, T.N.
International trade, Economic develpoment,
Economic theory
Theory of lobbying and rent-seeking,
Non-market contractual arrangements, Multilateral trading system and developing countries,
Regionalism and multilateralism
