29 faculty and 0 courses in Economics at Southern Methodist University.
- Daniel Millimet, Dedman Trustee Professor and Department Chair h-index 37
Es on understanding the causal effects of public policies (labor, educational, environmental, trade) on economic outcomes. Recently, his work emphasizes the importance of addressing econometric issues such as measurement error and missing d
Notable: “Strategic Interaction and the Determination of Environmental Policy across U.S. States” (2002) · 489 citations
- Bo Chen, Professor and Director of Master Studies h-index 31
Lies in understanding economic agents’ incentives in dynamic interactions and market processes, as well as the effects of information asymmetry in the design of various real-world mechanisms. Specifically, his research has explored co
Notable: “A Review of Machine Scheduling: Complexity, Algorithms and Approximability” (1998) · 291 citations
- Klaus Desmet, Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor h-index 27
Notable: “The political economy of linguistic cleavages” (2011) · 355 citations
- Nathan Balke, Professor / 2007 Dedman Family Distinguished Professor h-index 25
In macroeconomics and applied time series analysis. Much of his current research examines linkage between financial markets, credit frictions and macroeconomic activity. He is also interested in the determinants of oil price
Notable: “The Estimation of Prewar Gross National Product: Methodology and New Evidence” (1989) · 408 citations
- Santanu Roy, Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Professor of Economics / University Distinguished Professor h-index 20
The areas of industrial organization, information economics, natural resources, international trade and economic growth. He grew up in the state of Assam in north eastern India and studied at the University of Delhi before receiving his
Notable: “The Economics of Controlling a Stochastic Biological Invasion” (2002) · 193 citations
- Tim Salmon, Professor h-index 17
Es largely on issues related to mechanism design, experimental methods and behavioral economics. This includes work on topics ranging from the design of auctions, to the examination the basis of political preferences to the design of mechan
Notable: “Endogenous Group Formation” (2008) · 155 citations
- Thomas Osang, Associate Professor / Dean of Curriculum h-index 13
Notable: “Exchange-Rate Volatility and Foreign Trade: Evidence From Thirteen LDC's” (2000) · 513 citations
- Michael Sposi, Associate Professor / Director of Doctoral Studies h-index 13
Notable: “Evolving comparative advantage, sectoral linkages, and structural change” (2018) · 73 citations
- Omer Ozak, Associate Professor h-index 12
Notable: “The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference” (2016) · 559 citations
- Yichen Su, Assistant Professor h-index 12
Notable: “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand for density: Evidence from the U.S. housing market” (2021) · 278 citations
- Saltuk Ozerturk, Associate Professor / Director of Undergraduate Studies h-index 9
In the fields of Contract Theory, Financial Economics and Political Economy. His work has explored topics including information acquisition in financial markets, incentive problems between certification intermediaries and investors, mor
Notable: “Consumer information in a market for expert services” (2011) · 24 citations
- Nathaniel Pattison, Associate Professor h-index 6
Es on the trade-offs of consumer credit market regulations, debtor protections, and social insurance. He is especially interested in bankruptcy and informal default, and how borrowing and default interact with the social safety net to allow
Notable: “Auto Credit and the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform: The Impact of Eliminating Cramdowns” (2019) · 25 citations
- Rocio Madera, Assistant Professor h-index 5
Lie at the intersection of Macroeconomics, Household Finance, and Labor Economics. More specifically, she combines quantitative models of household choice with micro-data to measure the exposure of households to unexpected income changes, g
Notable: “Skewed Idiosyncratic Income Risk over the Business Cycle: Sources and Insurance” (2022) · 56 citations
- Marcela Giraldo, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Coexistence of Bloch and Néel walls in a collinear antiferromagnet” (2021) · 59 citations
- Hao Dong, Associate Professor h-index 4
Es on econometric theory, in particular, the nonparametric and semiparametric estimation and inference in the presence of measurement errors. He is also interested in the applications of these tools to empirical problems in policy eval
- Wookun Kim, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Lie broadly in the fields of regional and urban economics, international trade, and demography. His research focuses on estimating the causal effects of public policies (e.g. fiscal, environmental, trade, and labor policies) on the spatial d
Notable: “Optimal Lockdown in a Commuting Network” (2020) · 48 citations
- Alipio Ferreira, Assistant Professor
- Beth Wheaton-Paramo, Research Assistant Professor / Teaching Professor
- Carol Dickson-Carr, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Cullum Clark, Director of Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative / Adjunct Professor
Macroeconomic policy, economic geography and urban economics, and modern economic history. Dr. Clark worked for 24 years in the investment industry, serving since 2002 as President of Prothro Clark Company, a Dallas investment firm. In
- Fernando Leibovici, Affiliated Research Professor
- Helen Reynolds, Teaching Professor / Maguire Teaching Fellow
- Jon Haghayeghi, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Luis Perez, Assistant Professor
- Mea Ahlberg, Associate Teaching Professor
- Prasanthi Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor
Es on gender, marriage, labor markets, and retirement and has been supported by Boston College Center for Retirement Research and the Social Security Administration (SSA) . Research Labor Economics, Health Economics, Applied Econometrics Te
- Ryan McGregor, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Stepan Aleksenko, Assistant Professor
Economic Theory, Information Economics, and Game Theory. He studies information and learning aspects within dynamic games. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2024. Res
- Zhan Gao, Assistant Professor
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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.