Faculty and Postdoctoral Appointees in the Department of Economics
The economic history program is an activity of the Economic Growth Center and is organized by economic historians in the Department of Economics. They include:
Timothy
Guinnane
Philip Golden Bartlett Professor of Economics and History
Demographic and financial history of Western Europe
Naomi Lamoreaux (*)
Professor of Economics and History
Intellectual property, U.S. business history, historical
business law
Benjamin Polak (**)
William C. Brainard Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics and Management
Economic theory and economic history
*Lamoreaux has primary appointments in economics and history.
**Polak has primary appointments in economics and SOM
One of the strengths of economic history at Yale is that there are many scholars whose interests are primarily or significantly economic history in other parts of the university.