30 faculty and 34 courses in Economics at Tulane University.
- James Alm, Professor Emeritus h-index 63
Lie in the area of public economics. Much of his research has focused on the behavioral, distributional, allocative, and revenue effects of taxes, with a particular focus on tax compliance, the income tax treatment of the family, and fiscal
Notable: “Why do people pay taxes?” (1992) · 925 citations
- Nora Lustig, Professor Emerita h-index 45
Es on income distribution in Latin America and on the redistributive impact of fiscal policy in low- and middle-income countries. I am the author of approximately 80 academic articles and 20 books, and my work has achieved broad internation
Notable: “World development report 2000/2001 : attacking poverty” (2001) · 2,782 citations
- Douglas Nelson, Professor h-index 31
Lie in the areas of political economy of trade policy, the empirical link between globalization and wages, and trade and trade policy under increasing returns to scale. Interests Political economy of trade Contributions Publications “ How D
Notable: “Seismic Images of Crust and Upper Mantle Beneath Tibet: Evidence for Eurasian Plate Subduction” (2002) · 664 citations
- Steven M. Sheffrin, Professor Emeritus h-index 30
Notable: “Present value tests of an intertemporal model of the current account” (1990) · 246 citations
- Douglas N. Harris, Professor and Department Chair h-index 28
Notable: “Teacher training, teacher quality and student achievement” (2010) · 1,349 citations
- Felix Rioja, Professor and Cowen Chair in Latin American Social Sciences h-index 19
Notable: “Does one size fit all?: a reexamination of the finance and growth relationship” (2004) · 761 citations
- Patrick Button, Associate Professor h-index 17
Notable: “Is It Harder for Older Workers to Find Jobs? New and Improved Evidence from a Field Experiment” (2018) · 280 citations
- Gary Hoover, Professor h-index 15
Es on the intersection of economics, race, and public policy. I am currently the Executive Director of the Murphy Institute and a professor in the Department of Economics at Tulane University. Since 2012, I have been co-chair of the America
Notable: “The Changing Nonlinear Relationship between Income and Terrorism” (2014) · 175 citations
- Kevin Callison, Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management h-index 14
Notable: “DO HIGHER TOBACCO TAXES REDUCE ADULT SMOKING? NEW EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECT OF RECENT CIGARETTE TAX INCREASES ON ADULT SMOKING” (2013) · 119 citations
- Jonathan Pritchett, Professor Emeritus h-index 13
Notable: “Preserving Slave Families for Profit: Traders' Incentives and Pricing in the New Orleans Slave Market” (2009) · 48 citations
- Stefano Barbieri, Professor h-index 12
Notable: “The best-shot all-pay (group) auction with complete information” (2014) · 51 citations
- William Dodds, Assistant Professor h-index 10
Public economics, microeconomic theory, development economics, and applied microeconomics, with a focus on bridging the gap between theoretical and empirical work. Specifically, his current research focuses on optimal income taxation, t
Notable: “Effects of Price, Brand, and Store Information on Buyers' Product Evaluations” (1991) · 4,697 citations
- John Edwards, Associate Professor h-index 9
Notable: “Congestion function specification and the “publicness” of local public goods” (1990) · 114 citations
- Wei Long, Associate Professor h-index 9
In applied economics with a concentration on the economics of crime, and econometrics with a concentration on financial econometrics. His works have been published in journals including Journal of Econometrics, Econometric Theory, Journ
Notable: “Improving police services: Evidence from the French Quarter Task Force” (2018) · 59 citations
- Antonio Bojanic, Senior Professor of Practice h-index 8
Notable: “The Impact of Financial Development and Trade on the Economic Growth of Bolivia” (2012) · 120 citations
- Patrick Testa, Assistant Professor h-index 8
Es on the political economy of development and uses a combination of empirical economic history and microeconomic theory. His most recent work seeks to understand the urban and regional effects of forced migration, as well as how institutio
Notable: “The Economic Legacy of Expulsion: Lessons from Post-War Czechoslovakia” (2020) · 37 citations
- Katy Bergstrom, Assistant Professor h-index 8
Lie at the intersection of development and public economics. Specifically, she is interested in optimal taxation and redistribution in developing countries, the determinants of income inequality, and investment differentials across children
Notable: “The Role of Income Inequality for Poverty Reduction” (2021) · 33 citations
- Yutaka Horiba, Professor Emeritus h-index 6
Notable: “International Duopoly, Tariff Policy and the Superiority of Free Trade” (2000) · 27 citations
- Elliott Isaac, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Public and labor economics, with a focus on the treatment of the family in tax and transfer systems, marriage and divorce decisions, and labor supply. His recent projects cover topics such as the effects of joint taxation on the labor s
Notable: “Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes” (2018) · 35 citations
- Alberto Rivera-Padilla, Assistant Professor h-index 3
Macroeconomics, development, and spatial economics. The main goal of his work is understanding income and productivity differences across countries using a combination of macro models and micro evidence. Interests Structural Transfo
Notable: “Crop choice, trade costs, and agricultural productivity” (2020) · 40 citations
- Felipe Gómez Trejos, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Energy and Environmental Economics Public Economics Economics of Regulation Market Design
Notable: “Dynamic welfare implications of market-based climate policy under demand uncertainty” (2025) · 2 citations
- Armine Shahoyan, Visiting Associate Professor
- C. Justin Cook, Associate Professor
Es on understanding long-running, persistent patterns in economic growth and development. In doing so, he has examined historical, cultural differences that are observed in the genes of contemporary populations—a prime example being lactose
- Hussain Hadah, Postdoctoral Fellow
Notable: “The Impact of Hispanic Last Names and Identity on Labor Market Outcomes” (2023)
- Jonathan Holmes, Assistant Professor
- Lyndrison Lincoln, Visiting Assistant Professor
- Marcus A. Coleman, Professor of Practice
- Mary K. Olson, Associate Professor
Health economics, pharmaceutical regulation, and innovation policy. She is an expert on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation. She has published articles that examine new-drug approval policies, the effects of prescrip
- Ricardo B. Ang III, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Toni Weiss, Lawrence M.v.D. Schloss Senior Professor of Practice
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.