Economics UCSD Faculty 2005-2006

The UCSD Economics Faculty 2006-2007 Click on name for link to professor's home page Return to faculty page
	KATE ANTONOVICS Assistant Professor PhD, University of Wisconsin, 2000 Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Public Economics Research Interests: Racial discrimination. Intergenerational income mobility. Black-white wage inequality.	RICHARD ATTIYEH Professor, Vice Chancellor for Research, and Dean of Graduate Studies PhD, Yale University, 1966 Economics of Education
	ELI BERMAN Associate Professor PhD, Harvard University, 1994 Labor Economics, Development, Religion, Demographics Research Interests: Religion and terrorism. Skill-biased technological change in developing countries.	JULIAN BETTS Professor & Vice Chair - Graduate Studies PhD, Queen’s University, 1990 Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics Research Interests: Economics of education (determinants of school quality, school choice, accountability, and evaluation of education reforms).
	RICHARD CARSON Professor PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1985 Environmental Economics Research Interests: Valuation methods for environmental goods. Identifying mechanisms to provide efficient levels of these goods.	ARNAUD COSTINOT Assistant Professor PhD, Princeton University Research Interests: International Trade and Applied Microeconomics
	VINCENT P. CRAWFORD Professor PhD, MIT, 1976 Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Experimental Economics Research Interests: Game-theoretic questions in economics. Experimental game theory.	JULIE CULLEN Associate Professor PhD, MIT, 1997 Public Economics, Economics of Education Research Interests: Economics of education. Intergovernmental relations. Social insurance.
	GRAHAM ELLIOTT Professor PhD, Harvard University, 1994 Econometrics Research Interests: Hypothesis testing in non-standard problems. Forecasting. Applied aspects of macro policy and international economics.	ROBERT F. ENGLE Research Professor and Nobel Laureate PhD, Cornell University, 1969 Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Empirical Finance, Energy Economics Research Interests: Financial econome-trics. Time series analysis. Volatility management. Market microstructure.
	MELISSA FAMULARI Lecturer & Vice Chair - Undergrad Studies PhD, University of Washington, 1987 Labor, Applied Micro, Health Economics Research Interests: Labor market effects of disabilities. Revealed preference tests of labor supply. Public vs. private sector pay. Firm profitability and worker pay.	MARJORIE FLAVIN Associate Professor PhD, MIT, 1981 Macroeconomics, Econometrics Research Interests: Household consumption behavior. Portfolio allocation. Housing in the context of macro and asset pricing models.
	SILKE FORBES Assistant Professor PhD, MIT, 2003 Industrial Organization Research Interests: Industrial organization. Corporate governance. Organizational economics.	NORA GORDON Assistant Professor PhD, Harvard University, 2002 Public Economics, Economics of Education Research Interests: Elementary and secondary education finance. Fiscal federalism. Local political economy.
	ROGER GORDON Professor PhD, MIT, 1976 Public economics, Applied Microeconomics Research Interests: A wide range of issues within public economics. Economics of transition.	CLIVE W. J. GRANGER Research Professor and Nobel Laureate PhD, University of Nottingham, 1959 Time Series Analysis, Forecasting, Applied Econometrics Research Interests: Time series econo-metrics. Model evaluation. Decision theory and econometrics. Causality.
	THEODORE GROVES Professor PhD, Univ of California, Berkeley, 1970 Organization and Planning. Public, Welfare and Environmental Economics Research Interests: Optimal design of organizations. Preservation of endan-gered marine animals and resources.	JAMES D. HAMILTON Professor PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1983 Macroeconomics, Econometrics Research Interests: Forecasting and statistical analysis of dynamic economic relationships. Business cycles. Changes in economic relations. Oil shocks.
	GORDON H. HANSON Professor and Professor of International Relations & Pacific Studies PhD, MIT, 1992 International Trade, Development Research Interests: Immigration. Foreign direct investment. Globalization and Regional economies.
	NAVIN KARTIK Assistant Professor PhD, Stanford University, 2004 Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Political Economy Research Interests: Cheap talk. Signaling games. Electoral competition. Quality of political candidates.	IVANA KOMUNJER Assistant Professor PhD, HEC School of Management Research Interests: Econometric Theory, Financial Economics
	MARK MACHINA Professor PhD, MIT, 1979 Economic Theory, Choice Under Uncertainty, Mathematical Economics Research Interests: Non-expected utility risk preferences. Non-probabilistic be-liefs. Robustness of classical analytics.	DAVID A. MILLER Assistant Professor PhD, Stanford University, 2004 Microeconomic Theory Research Interests: Repeated games with private information and hidden action. Innovation under uncertainty.
	MARC A. MUENDLER Assistant Professor PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 2002 International Trade, International Finance Research Interests: Effects of interna-tional trade, investment & global inte-gration on home markets. Information acquisition & dissemination in markets.	MICHAEL NOEL Assistant Professor PhD, MIT, 2002 Industrial Organization Research Interests: Applied microeconomics. Industrial organization. Edgeworth price cycling.
	GAREY RAMEY Professor PhD, Stanford University, 1987 Macroeconomics, Theory of Contracts Research Interests: Contracts over time. Third party enforcement of contracts.	VALERIE A. RAMEY Professor PhD, Stanford University, 1987 Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics Research Interests: Nature and consequences of business cycles. Capital reallocation. Measurement of capital.
	JAMES RAUCH Professor PhD, Yale University, 1985 International Trade, Economic Growth and Development, Urban Economics Research Interests: Incomplete information, networks, and entrepreneurship in international trade.	JOEL SOBEL Professor PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1978 Mathematical Economics, Microeconomic Theory Research Interests: Game theory. Communication. Bargaining and Reciprocity.
	ROSS STARR Professor PhD, Stanford University, 1972 General Equilibrium & Monetary Theory Research Interests: Foundations of monetary theory. General equilibrium theory. Non-convex economies. Asset market liquidity.	YIXIAO SUN Assistant Professor PhD, Yale University, 2002 Econometric Theory Research Interests: Long memory pro-cesses. Panel data. Adaptive non-parametric methods. Heteroscedasticity and auto-correlation robust testing.
	ALLAN TIMMERMANN Professor PhD, University of Cambridge, 1992 Financial Economics, Econometrics Research Interests: Forecasting. Modeling of Structural Breaks and their Consequences for Optimal Asset Allocation.	JOEL WATSON Professor and Chair PhD, Stanford University, 1992 Game Theory, Contract Theory Research Interests: Game theoretic models of contractual settings. Mechanism and institutional design. Renegotiation in bargaining.
	HALBERT WHITE Professor PhD, MIT, 1976 Econometric Theory Research Interests: Econometrics. Statistics. Artificial neural networks. Forecasting. Financial markets.	MICHELLE WHITE Professor PhD, Princeton University, 1973 Law and Economics, Urban Economics, Applied Microeconomics Research Interests: Bankruptcy. Liability rules. Economics of litigation. Economic effects of Proposition 13.