Economics at Rice University

14 faculty and 30 courses in Economics at Rice University.

Faculty

• Flávio Cunha, Ervin K. Zingler Chair; Director, Center for Economic Mobility h-index 28
  Notable: “The Technology of Skill Formation” (2007) · 3,031 citations
• Kerry Back, J. Howard Creekmore Professor h-index 27
  Notable: “Auctions of Divisible Goods: On the Rationale for the Treasury Experiment” (1993) · 536 citations
• Mahmoud Amin El-Gamal, Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “Are People Bayesian? Uncovering Behavioral Strategies” (1995) · 383 citations
• Jeff Dominitz, Professor in the Practice h-index 23
  Notable: “Using Expectations Data to Study Subjective Income Expectations” (1997) · 407 citations
• Jeremy Fox, Shatto Professor h-index 23
  Notable: “A Clinically Relevant Review of Hip Biomechanics” (2010) · 161 citations
• Hülya Eraslan, Ralph O'Connor Professor h-index 18
  Notable: “Uniqueness of Stationary Equilibrium Payoffs in the Baron–Ferejohn Model” (2002) · 195 citations
• Bryan Brown, Reginald Henry Hargrove Professor h-index 12
  Notable: “What do Economists Know? An Empirical Study of Experts' Expectations” (1981) · 303 citations
• Rossella Calvi, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 12
  Notable: “Why Are Older Women Missing in India? The Age Profile of Bargaining Power and Poverty” (2019) · 154 citations
• James Brown, Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “On the Estimation of Structural Hedonic Price Models” (1982) · 330 citations
• Nina Bobkova, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 6
  Notable: “Local Evidence and Diversity in Minipublics” (2023) · 25 citations
• Marc Dudey, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 5
  Notable: “Competition by Choice: The Effect of Consumer Search on Firm Location Decisions” (1990) · 125 citations
• Maura Coughlin, Assistant Professor h-index 3
  Notable: “Heterogeneous Choice Sets and Preferences” (2021) · 56 citations
• James DeNicco, Associate Teaching Professor; Director of Principles of Economics Program h-index 3
  Notable: “Factors of One-Year College Retention in a Public State College System.” (2015) · 21 citations
• Amelie Carlton, Senior Lecturer

Courses

• Principles of Economics ECON 100
• Introduction to Microeconomics ECON 101
• Quantitative Analysis for Social Sciences: Economics Lab ECON 102
• Introduction to Macroeconomics ECON 103
• Microeconomics ECON 200
• Macroeconomics ECON 203
• Introduction to Game Theory ECON 205
• Programming for Economists ECON 208
• Applied Econometrics ECON 209
• Behavioral Economics ECON 210
• Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics ECON 213
• Game Theory and Other Micro Topics for Econ Majors ECON 300
• Econometrics ECON 310
• Corporate Finance ECON 343
• Financial Markets ECON 355
• World Economic History ECON 365
• Labor Economics ECON 415
• Economic Forecasting ECON 418
• Quantitative Methods for Policy Evaluation + Practical Lab ECON 421
• International Economics and Finance ECON 422
• Political Economy ECON 432
• Industrial Organization ECON 435
• Energy Economics ECON 437
• Machine Learning and Algorithms for Computational Economics ECON 434
• Dynamic Models for Computational Economics ECON 433
• Advanced Econometrics for Energy Markets ECON 423
• Data Tools for Computational Economics ECON 419
• Law and Economics ECON 239
• Independent Research ECON 399
• Advanced Topics in Law and Economics ECON 439

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.