27 faculty and 0 courses in Economics at Brigham Young University.
- Lars J. Lefgren, Professor h-index 32
Notable: “Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis” (2004) · 595 citations
- Jaren C. Pope, Professor h-index 24
In environmental and urban economics. Much of his work has been focused on using property value information and quasi-experimental hedonic techniques to understand how households value environmental and urban amenities. He also does work
Notable: “Which hedonic models can we trust to recover the marginal willingness to pay for environmental amenities?” (2010) · 449 citations
- Eric R. Eide, Professor h-index 23
Es on the economics of education and health economics. In his K-12 research, he has studied how education policies such as school spending and grade retention affect students' educational and labor market outcomes. Professor Eide's higher e
Notable: “Does It Pay to Attend an Elite Private College? Cross-Cohort Evidence on the Effects of College Type on Earnings” (1999) · 560 citations
- Joseph P. Price, Professor h-index 21
Notable: “Is Uber a substitute or complement for public transit?” (2018) · 580 citations
- Mark H. Showalter, Professor h-index 20
Es on topics in health economics and the economics of education. Current research projects include modeling employer-provided health insurance, the economics of sleep choice and interactions with development of human capital, and the impli
Notable: “The effect of school quality on student performance: A quantile regression approach” (1998) · 323 citations
- Brigham R. Frandsen, Professor h-index 19
Es on causal inference on distributional effects. He applies these methodologies to questions about the impact of labor market institutions and interventions on education and earnings outcomes. His health policy research deals with the cons
Notable: “Randomization Inference in the Regression Discontinuity Design: An Application to Party Advantages in the U.S. Senate” (2014) · 341 citations
- David P. Sims, Professor h-index 18
Notable: “Out of control: What can we learn from the end of Massachusetts rent control?” (2006) · 169 citations
- Riley E. Wilson, Associate Professor h-index 13
Notable: “Sheltering in place and domestic violence: Evidence from calls for service during COVID-19” (2020) · 534 citations
- Scott C. Bradford, Associate Professor h-index 12
Notable: “Using International and Japanese Regional Data to Determine When the Factor Abundance Theory of Trade Works” (1997) · 220 citations
- Emily C. Leslie, Assistant Professor h-index 11
Es on law and economics and public economics, particularly the impact of public policy on low-income and disadvantaged groups. Winter
Notable: “Sheltering in place and domestic violence: Evidence from calls for service during COVID-19” (2020) · 534 citations
- Olga B. Stoddard, Associate Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Why women don’t run: Experimental evidence on gender differences in political competition aversion” (2015) · 161 citations
- James R. Kearl, Professor h-index 10
Deal with the use of economics in legal settings and in the analysis of the law and public policy. Current Research The Law and Economics of the Judicial Treatment of "Time" in Compensatory Damage. The Law and Economics of Disgorgement as
Notable: “Inflation, Mortgage, and Housing” (1979) · 298 citations
- Christian vom Lehn, Associate Professor h-index 9
In macroeconomics and labor economics. Selected Publications vom Lehn, Christian "Labor Market Polarization, the Decline of Routine Work and Technological Change: A Quantitative Analysis" Forthcoming, Journal of Monetary Economics. vom
Notable: “The Investment Network, Sectoral Comovement, and the Changing U.S. Business Cycle” (2021) · 80 citations
- James H. Cardon, Professor h-index 8
Es on various topics in health economics. Current research projects include Health Savings Accounts, FSAs, pharmaceutical advertising, medical malpractice policy, and the effects of sleep behavior on productivity. He has also written paper
Notable: “Asymmetric Information in Health Insurance: Evidence from the National Medical Expenditure Survey” (2001) · 418 citations
- Brennan C. Platt, Professor h-index 8
Notable: “Review of Economic Dynamics” (2012) · 80 citations
- Scott S. Condie, Associate Professor h-index 8
Notable: “Teacher heterogeneity, value-added and education policy” (2014) · 49 citations
- Joshua Price, Visiting Associate Professor h-index 6
Notable: “The effect of instructor race and gender on student persistence in STEM fields” (2010) · 280 citations
- Joseph C. McMurray, Associate Professor h-index 6
Notable: “Aggregating Information by Voting: The Wisdom of the Experts versus the Wisdom of the Masses” (2012) · 78 citations
- Anthony Yim, Visiting Assistant Professor
Es on labor economics, applied economics, economics of education, and public economics. Winter
- C. Arden Pope III, Professor
- Eric Lewis, Assistant Professor
- Gwyneth Miner, Assistant Professor
- Matthew J. Butler, Adjunct Professor
- Richard Patterson, Associate Professor
- Steven M. Waters, Adjunct Professor
- Tanner Eastmond, Visiting Assistant Professor
Es on the causes and consequences of inequality in the labor market. Winter
- Taylor Landon, Assistant Professor
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.