53 faculty and 66 courses in Economics at Northwestern University.
- Martin Eichenbaum, Charles Moskos Professor h-index 84
Es on understanding aggregate economic fluctuations. He is currently studying the causes and consequences of exchange rate fluctuations, as well as the effect of monetary policy on postwar United States business cycles. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Societ
Notable: “Nominal Rigidities and the Dynamic Effects of a Shock to Monetary Policy” (2005) · 5,941 citations
- Charles Manski, Board of Trustees Professor h-index 81
Notable: “Identification of Endogenous Social Effects: The Reflection Problem” (1993) · 6,266 citations
- Dean Karlan, Frederic Esser Nemmers Chair in Economics and Finance, KSM h-index 79
Es on microeconomic issues of poverty, typically employing experimental methodologies and behavioral economics insights to examine what works, what does not, and why to address social problems. His work spans many geographies and topics, including sustainable
Notable: “Promoting an open research culture” (2015) · 2,767 citations
- Lawrence Christiano, Alfred W. Chase Professor h-index 74
Notable: “Nominal Rigidities and the Dynamic Effects of a Shock to Monetary Policy” (2005) · 5,941 citations
- Joel Horowitz, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor h-index 61
Notable: “Fairness in Simple Bargaining Experiments” (1994) · 2,400 citations
- Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor h-index 57
Notable: “The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress.” (1991) · 861 citations
- Christopher Udry, Robert E. and Emily King Professor h-index 46
Es on rural economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. His current research examines technological change, risk and financial markets, gender and households, property rights, psychological well-being and economic decision-making and a variety of other aspects of
Notable: “Learning about a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana” (2010) · 2,131 citations
- Eddie Dekel, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor h-index 39
Es on decision theory, the foundations of game theory, mechanism design (in particular with evidence) and voting theory. In particular he has looked at alternatives to expected utility models, and modeling commitment, flexibility, and knowledge. He is a Fellow
Notable: “Hierarchies of Beliefs and Common Knowledge” (1993) · 441 citations
- Kiminori Matsuyama, Professor h-index 36
Concern international trade, economic growth, and structural transformation, with the special focuses on exploring the mechanisms causing macroeconomic instability and inequality across countries, regions, and households. More recently, he works extensively on
Notable: “Innovation and growth in the global economy” (1992) · 1,271 citations
- Asher Wolinsky, Gordon Fulcher Professor h-index 32
Notable: “A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks” (1996) · 2,672 citations
- Giorgio Primiceri, Professor h-index 32
In macroeconomics and applied time-series econometrics. His work has primarily focused on understanding the causes and propagation mechanisms of macroeconomic fluctuations, the effect of monetary policy on business cycles, and the role of household debt an
Notable: “Time Varying Structural Vector Autoregressions and Monetary Policy” (2005) · 2,918 citations
- Robert Porter, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor h-index 29
Notable: “Noncooperative Collusion under Imperfect Price Information” (1984) · 2,057 citations
- Joseph Ferrie, Professor h-index 29
Notable: “Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Great Britain and the United States Since 1850” (2013) · 395 citations
- Jeffrey Ely, Charles E. and Emma Morrison Professor; Department Chair h-index 24
Notable: “Suspense and Surprise” (2015) · 304 citations
- Igal Hendel, Ida C. Cook Professor h-index 22
In applied microeconomics and industrial organization. Recent work has focused on markets with asymmetric information and the estimation of dynamic consumer behavior. He is on the board of editors of the American Economic Review. Previously, he was a co-ed
Notable: “Asymmetric Information in Health Insurance: Evidence from the National Medical Expenditure Survey” (2001) · 418 citations
- Matthew Rognlie, Associate Professor; AT&T Research Fellow h-index 22
Es on macroeconomics, inequality, and international finance. Back to Top
Notable: “Deciphering the Fall and Rise in the Net Capital Share: Accumulation or Scarcity?” (2016) · 382 citations
- Benjamin Golub, Professor h-index 21
Es on social and economic networks, particularly in models of social learning, local public goods, peer effects, and the formation of social capital. A recurring theme is capturing aspects of networks through theory-based summary statistics that can be useful
Notable: “Financial Networks and Contagion” (2014) · 1,221 citations
- Marciano Siniscalchi, Professor h-index 21
Game theory, decision theory and information economics. His work is especially concerned with developing dynamic models. He also works on economic models of parenting and supervised learning, so as to gain insights into key issues such as the debate about
Notable: “Strong Belief and Forward Induction Reasoning” (2002) · 328 citations
- Wojciech Olszewski, Professor h-index 21
Notable: “Belief-Free Equilibria in Repeated Games” (2005) · 151 citations
- Lori Beaman, Professor h-index 20
Centered on three themes: the role of social networks in the labor market, agricultural technology adoption and women's mobility. She is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant, and an affiliate of the National Bureau of
Notable: “Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?*” (2009) · 1,026 citations
- Molly Schnell, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Es on understanding the causes and consequences of provider behavior, specifically in regards to the opioid crisis, and her more recent work has shed light on the economic impact of school shootings. Back to Top
Notable: “Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality*” (2019) · 396 citations
- Garima Sharma, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Notable: “The Work of Middle Managers” (2013) · 169 citations
- Bruno Strulovici, Harvey Kapnick Professor of Business Institutions h-index 17
Dynamic and collective decision making, comparative statics, time inconsistency, law and economics, and contract theory. He was the recipient of a Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Early Career Development award, an
Notable: “Learning While Voting: Determinants of Collective Experimentation” (2010) · 171 citations
- W. Walker Hanlon, Gerald F. and Marjorie G. Fitzgerald Associate Professor of Economics h-index 16
Es on understanding how economies evolve over the long run using novel historical data. He is particularly interested in questions related to international trade, technological progress, cities, and the environment. Back to Top
Notable: “Necessity Is the Mother of Invention: Input Supplies and Directed Technical Change” (2015) · 148 citations
- Diego Känzig, Assistant Professor h-index 14
Notable: “The Macroeconomic Effects of Oil Supply News: Evidence from OPEC Announcements” (2021) · 409 citations
- Annie Liang, Associate Professor h-index 10
Es on three themes: (1) the welfare implications of machine learning algorithms, (2) using machine learning to improve economic modeling, and (3) dynamic information acquisition. Back to Top
Notable: “Predicting and Understanding Initial Play” (2019) · 62 citations
- Silvia Vannutelli, Assistant Professor h-index 10
Es on core topics in public, political, and labor economics, that pertain to the collection of revenues and the allocation of government resources, the design of social insurance policies, and the role of institutions and political economy considerations in po
Notable: “Rules, Discretion, and Corruption in Procurement: Evidence from Italian Government Contracting” (2020) · 69 citations
- Elisa Jácome, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Es on domestic policy issues, especially those related to immigration, healthcare, and the criminal justice system. She has written papers studying whether access to mental healthcare can reduce criminal activity, the effect of immigration policies on an indiv
Notable: “Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries” (2021) · 167 citations
- Abi Adams, Professor
- Alessandro Pavan, HSBC Research Professor
Es on dynamic mechanism design, global games, the social value of information, optimal taxation, competing principals, matching design, information aggregation, and platform markets. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the Society for the Advancem
- Chiara Sotis, Assistant Professor of Instruction
- Eric Auerbach, Assistant Professor
- Eric Schulz, Professor of Instruction
- Federico Bugni, Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
Lie broadly in econometric theory and its applications, with an emphasis on microeconometrics. His topics of interest include inference in partially identified models, functional data, dynamic games, randomization methods, and covariate-adaptive randomization.
- Frank Limbrock, Associate Professor of Instruction
- Gaston Illanes, Assistant Professor
In industrial organization and econometrics. His dissertation research dealt with strategic behavior in pension markets. Back to Top
- George-Marios Angeletos, Stanley J. Gradowski Jr. Professor of Behavioral Macroeconomics
- Harry Pei, Assistant Professor
In Game Theory, Monotone Methods, Political Economy, Law and Economics, and Organizational Economics. Back to Top
- Ian Savage, Professor of Instruction; Associate Department Chair; Director, Transportation and Logistics Program
- Ivan Canay, Breen Family Professor of Economics; Director, Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences Program
- James Hornsten, Professor of Instruction
- Jeffrey Lewis, Associate Professor of Instruction
In labor economics and public finance. Back to Top
- Jonas Jin, Assistant Professor of Instruction
- Kirabo Jackson, Professor of Economics, Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy
- Kunal Sangani, Assistant Professor
- Mar Reguant, Professor
- Mark Witte, Professor of Instruction; Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Maxim Sinitsyn, Associate Professor of Instruction
In the area of product pricing. He worked on price promotions, investigating how firms should coordinate promotions of related products. He also studied the effects of firms planning promotions in advance. Recently, Sinitsyn has been examining how differen
- Piotr Dworczak, Associate Professor
- Richard Walker, Associate Professor of Instruction
In macroeconomics and political economy; and more specifically the role of specialization, information and coordination in determining economic growth. He is also interested in economic models of conflict. He enjoys teaching monetary economics, internation
- Scott Ogawa, Professor of Instruction
Es on the economics of education and the decisions of students and teachers. He has applied the techniques of experimental economics to ask whether students who pay more for their education put forth more effort. More generally, he is interested in the behavio
- Vivek Bhattacharya, Associate Professor
- William Rogerson, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor; Director, Business Institutions Program
Industrial organization, antitrust, regulation, telecommunications, cost accounting and defense procurement. At Northwestern he currently serves as Director of the Center for Business Institutions, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Industrial Orga
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