17 faculty and 40 courses in Economics at Macalester College.
- Sarah West, G. Theodore Mitau Professor of Economics h-index 16
Notable: “Open space, residential property values, and spatial context” (2006) · 498 citations
- Liang Ding, Professor of Economics h-index 15
Es on the impact of market structure and market participants’ behavior on asset prices in financial markets. His most recent research centers on application of market microstructure approach to explain exchange rate dynamics and internation
Notable: “Exchange rates and oil prices: A multivariate stochastic volatility analysis” (2012) · 128 citations
- Amy Damon, Professor of Economics and Latin American Studies, Economics Department Chair h-index 12
Notable: “Policies for sustainable development in the hillside areas of Honduras: a quantitative livelihoods approach” (2006) · 193 citations
- Gary J. Krueger, Cargill Professor of International Economics (Emeritus) h-index 12
Notable: “A Note on Initial Conditions and Liberalization during Transition” (1998) · 108 citations
- Karine S. Moe, F.R. Bigelow Professor of Economics (Emeritus) h-index 9
Notable: “Lurking in the shadows: the informal sector and government policy” (2003) · 376 citations
- J. Peter Ferderer, Edward J Noble Professor (Emeritus) h-index 7
Es on the implications of cognition and the formation of beliefs on economic behavior. For example, his recent paper, “Has herding undermined the collective wisdom embodied in the Blue Chip consensus?” argues that professional forecasters d
Notable: “Oil price volatility and the macroeconomy” (1996) · 773 citations
- Felix Friedt, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 6
Notable: “RETRACTED: Natural disasters, intra-national FDI spillovers, and economic divergence: Evidence from India” (2022) · 39 citations
- Mario Solis-Garcia, Professor of Economics h-index 4
Notable: “Measuring the size of the shadow economy using a dynamic general equilibrium model with trends” (2018) · 23 citations
- Karl Egge, Professor Emeritus h-index 2
Notable: “Legislatively Imposed Net Discount Rates: Minnesota's Tort Reform” (1989) · 2 citations
- Joe Anderson, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 1
Notable: “Competition and privatization amidst weak institutions: evidence from Mongolia” (2000) · 30 citations
- Bridgit Jordan, Visiting Instructor
- Elizabeth Engle, Assistant Professor of Economics
Es on low-wage labor markets. She studies programs and policies that aim to improve conditions for workers or remove barriers to accessing occupations with more opportunity for economic advancement. Her past research has examined issues lik
- Jessica Kiser, Assistant Professor of Economics
- Joyce Minor, Karl Egge Professor of Economics
- Maren Young, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Paul J. Aslanian, Professor Emeritus
- Thomas Durfee, Visiting Instructor
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.