55 faculty and 0 courses in Economics at University of California, Berkeley.
- Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee & Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Political Science h-index 114
Notable: “Regional Evolutions” (1992) · 1,420 citations
- Emmanuel Saez, Chancellor's Professorship of Tax Policy and Public Finance, Director, The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality h-index 88
Notable: “Income Inequality in the United States” (2003) · 3,795 citations
- Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Quantedge Presidential Professor of Economics h-index 72
Notable: “Measuring the Output Responses to Fiscal Policy” (2012) · 1,745 citations
- Enrico Moretti, Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Professor of Economics; Professor of Business Administration h-index 60
Notable: “Peers at Work” (2009) · 1,299 citations
- Ulrike Malmendier, Edward and Mollie Arnold Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics h-index 53
Corporate finance, behavioral economics/behavioral finance, economics of organizations, contract theory, law and economics, law and finance.
Notable: “CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Investment” (2005) · 3,745 citations
- Hilary Hoynes, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities h-index 49
Notable: “Long-Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net” (2016) · 801 citations
- Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Professor of Economics; S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management, Haas School of Business; Director, Clausen Center for International Business and Policy h-index 47
Notable: “An Equilibrium Model of “Global Imbalances” and Low Interest Rates” (2008) · 1,055 citations
- Joseph Shapiro, Associate Professor h-index 46
Notable: “Why Is Pollution from US Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Environmental Regulation, Productivity, and Trade” (2018) · 922 citations
- Stefano DellaVigna, Daniel E. Koshland, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Business Administration; Department Chair h-index 43
Notable: “Psychology and Economics: Evidence from the Field” (2009) · 2,396 citations
- Gabriel Zucman, Summer Research Professor and Summer School Director of the Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality h-index 43
Notable: “Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913: Evidence from Capitalized Income Tax Data *” (2016) · 1,567 citations
- Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Professor of Economics h-index 43
Notable: “New Trade Models, Same Old Gains?” (2012) · 1,665 citations
- Jesse Rothstein, Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics; Director, California Policy Lab h-index 41
Notable: “Teacher Quality in Educational Production: Tracking, Decay, and Student Achievement*” (2010) · 732 citations
- Benjamin E. Hermalin, Thomas & Alison Schneider Distinguished Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics; Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC Berkeley h-index 39
Notable: “The Effects of Board Composition and Direct Incentives on Firm Performance” (1991) · 2,381 citations
- Emi Nakamura, E. Morris Cox Professor of Economics h-index 38
Es on monetary and fiscal policy, business cycles and macroeconomic measurement. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, co-director of the Monetary Economics program at the National Bureau of Economic Research and serves on the Congressi
Notable: “Five Facts about Prices: A Reevaluation of Menu Cost Models*” (2008) · 1,530 citations
- Patrick Kline, Pertti J.C. and Doris E. Lindfors Professor of Economics h-index 35
Es on the determinants of wage inequality and the effectiveness of public policies designed to combat inequality. Dr. Kline is a fellow of the Econometric Society and serves as foreign editor of the Review of Economic Studies and an associate editor at Econome
Notable: “Where is the land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States *” (2014) · 2,900 citations
- Jón Steinsson, Marek Professor of Public Policy and Economics h-index 31
Notable: “Five Facts about Prices: A Reevaluation of Menu Cost Models*” (2008) · 1,530 citations
- Frederico Finan, George Break and Helen Schnacke Break Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Business Administration h-index 29
Notable: “Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes*” (2008) · 1,308 citations
- David Sraer, James J. and Marianne B. Lowrey Professor of Business & Professor of Economics h-index 28
Notable: “The Collateral Channel: How Real Estate Shocks Affect Corporate Investment” (2012) · 971 citations
- Bryan S. Graham, Professor h-index 28
Notable: “Longevity and Life‐cycle Savings*” (2003) · 368 citations
- Federico Echenique, Professor h-index 28
Es on understanding economic models of agents and markets. He is interested in determining the testable implications of economic models, and the relationship between different theoretical models and the data possibly used to test them. He is also studying fair
Notable: “A Measure of Segregation Based on Social Interactions” (2007) · 300 citations
- Shachar Kariv, Benjamin N. Ward Professor of Economics h-index 27
Notable: “Bayesian learning in social networks” (2003) · 462 citations
- Michael Jansson, Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Family Professor of Economics h-index 26
- Lisa Goldberg, Professor of the Practice of Economics h-index 25
Notable: “The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect” (2019) · 1,718 citations
- Aaron Edlin, Richard Jennings Endowed Chair, Professor of Economics, Professor of Law h-index 25
Notable: “Strict Monotonicity in Comparative Statics” (1998) · 254 citations
- Dmitry Taubinsky, Associate Professor h-index 24
Notable: “Evaluating Behaviorally Motivated Policy: Experimental Evidence from the Lightbulb Market” (2015) · 429 citations
- J. Bradford DeLong, Professor h-index 22
Notable: “Fiscal Policy in a Depressed Economy” (2012) · 821 citations
- Reed Walker, Transamerica Associate Professor of Business Strategy & Professor of Economics h-index 21
Notable: “Why Is Pollution from US Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Environmental Regulation, Productivity, and Trade” (2018) · 922 citations
- Danny Yagan, Robert D. Burch Associate Professor of Economics h-index 20
Notable: “How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star” (2011) · 1,493 citations
- Gautam Rao, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business & Dept. of Economics h-index 19
Notable: “Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms” (2020) · 1,184 citations
- Demian Pouzo, Professor h-index 18
Theoretical econometrics and macroeconomics.
Notable: “Estimation of Nonparametric Conditional Moment Models With Possibly Nonsmooth Generalized Residuals” (2012) · 240 citations
- Benjamin Schoefer, Associate Professor h-index 17
Notable: “Payroll Taxes, Firm Behavior, and Rent Sharing: Evidence from a Young Workers' Tax Cut in Sweden” (2019) · 264 citations
- Benjamin Faber, Professor h-index 16
Notable: “Trade Integration, Market Size, and Industrialization: Evidence from China's National Trunk Highway System” (2014) · 1,015 citations
- Chen Lian, Assistant Professor h-index 16
Notable: “Anatomy of Corporate Borrowing Constraints*” (2020) · 360 citations
- Chris Shannon, Richard and Lisa Steiny Professor of Economics, Professor of Mathematics h-index 15
Notable: “Monotone Comparative Statics” (1994) · 1,626 citations
- Kirill Borusyak, Edwin C. Voorhees Endowed Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics h-index 14
Notable: “Revisiting Event-Study Designs: Robust and Efficient Estimation” (2024) · 1,782 citations
- Cecile Gaubert, Associate Professor h-index 14
Notable: “Tourism and Economic Development: Evidence from Mexico’s Coastline” (2019) · 258 citations
- Haluk Ergin, Associate Professor h-index 13
Notable: “What's the Matter with Tie-Breaking? Improving Efficiency in School Choice” (2008) · 340 citations
- Matthew Backus, Associate Professor h-index 12
Notable: “Common Ownership in America: 1980–2017” (2021) · 190 citations
- Edward Miguel, Distinguished Professor of Economics, and Oxfam Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics h-index 12
African economic development, including work on the economic causes and consequences of violence; the impact of ethnic divisions on local collective action; interactions between health, education, environment, and productivity for the poor; and methods for
Notable: “The Impact of Child Health and Nutrition on Education in Less Developed Countries” (2008) · 210 citations
- Wilbur Townsend, Assistant Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility” (2022) · 602 citations
- Supreet Kaur, Associate Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Nominal Wage Rigidity in Village Labor Markets” (2019) · 199 citations
- Chenzi Xu, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 9
Notable: “Using AI chatbots to provide self-help depression interventions for university students: A randomized trial of effectiveness” (2022) · 269 citations
- Andreas Schaab, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Notable: “Central Bank Balance Sheets: Expansion and Reduction Since 1900” (2015) · 35 citations
- Giacomo Lanzani, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Notable: “Limit Points of Endogenous Misspecified Learning” (2021) · 37 citations
- Shifrah Aron-Dine, Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics h-index 8
Notable: “High-frequency Spending Responses to the Earned Income Tax Credit” (2018) · 32 citations
- Mathilde Munoz, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Notable: “Taxation and Migration: Evidence and Policy Implications” (2020) · 219 citations
- Carolyn Stein, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Notable: “Scooped! Estimating Rewards for Priority in Science” (2024) · 36 citations
- Ben Handel, Professor h-index 5
Es on the microeconomics of consumer choice and market structure in the health care sector, with an emphasis on health insurance markets. His most recent research has emphasized the important role that consumer choice frictions, such as inertia and limited inf
Notable: “Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection versus Reclassification Risk” (2015) · 209 citations
- Sydnee Caldwell, Assistant Professor h-index 5
Notable: “Uber vs. Taxi: A Driver’s Eye View” (2017) · 79 citations
- Nano Barahona, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Equilibrium Effects of Food Labeling Policies” (2023) · 94 citations
- Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Notable: “Reverse Bayesianism: A Generalization” (2020) · 11 citations
- Nicolas Longuet Marx, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 1
Es on questions in political economy, environmental economics, empirical industrial organization, and economic history. He studies how political factors interact with market structures to shape environmental and socioeconomic outcomes, both in recent and histo
Notable: ““Compensate the Losers?” Economic Policy and the Origins of U.S. Partisan Realignment” (2023) · 27 citations
- Christopher Walters, Professor
Es on the topics in labor economics and the economics of education, including early childhood programs, school effectiveness, and labor market discrimination.
- Jon Kolstad, Professor
- Vira Semenova, Assistant Professor
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