University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO
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    36 faculty · 400 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Economics36 faculty avg h-index 16.2 #54 of 104 in Economics
    Wolfgang Keller, Faculty h-index 39
    International Trade and Investment • Economic Development • Technological Change • Productivity • Economic History Affiliations: • National Bureau of Economic Research • Centre for Economic Policy Research Short CV Education: PhD–Economics
    Notable: “International Technology Diffusion” (2004) · 2,321 citations
    Miles Spencer Kimball, Faculty h-index 38
    Economics of Happiness, Risk Aversion Measurement, Social Choice Mechanisms, Monetary Policy Short CV Education: PhD–Economics, Harvard University, 1987 MA–Linguistics, Brigham Young University, 1986 BA–Economics, Harvard University, 1982
    Notable: “Preference Parameters and Behavioral Heterogeneity: An Experimental Approach in the Health and Retirement Study” (1997) · 2,461 citations
    Yongmin Chen, Faculty h-index 34
    Vertical organization, price discrimination under imperfect competition, product differentiation, markets with search/switching costs, economics of innovation, international trade and organization. Short CV Education: PhD–Boston University
    Notable: “Intellectual property rights and innovation in developing countries” (2005) · 618 citations
    Jeffrey Zax, Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies h-index 25
    Segregation; minorities; discrimination; China’s microeconomy; credit markets. Affiliations: American Economic Association, Society of Labor Economists, Association for Public Policy and Applied Management, Chinese Economists Society Short
    Notable: “Is There a Leviathan in Your Neighborhood” (2016) · 263 citations

    Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Partial — enrichment ongoing.

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    About University of Colorado Boulder. University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, CO reports an overall acceptance rate of 75.9%, an early-round acceptance rate of 80.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1180–1390, a class size of 7,106, and a yield of 16.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. AAU flagship with top aerospace engineering and physics programs (CU Boulder has more astronaut alumni than most schools). Strong environmental science. Early acceptance rate ~84%.