44 faculty and 18 courses in Economics at University of California, Los Angeles.
- Andrew Atkeson, Stanley M. Zimmerman Professor of Economics and Finance h-index 41
Finance, International Economics, Macroeconomics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “What Will Be the Economic Impact of COVID-19 in the US? Rough Estimates of Disease Scenarios” (2020) · 941 citations
- Jinyong Hahn, Distinguished Professor of Economics h-index 40
Econometrics Share this entry Share on
- Aaron Tornell, Professor h-index 39
International Economics, Political Economy Share this entry Share on
Notable: “The Voracity Effect” (1999) · 1,343 citations
- Adriana Lleras-Muney, Professor h-index 37
Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Development, Health Economics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Understanding differences in health behaviors by education” (2009) · 1,917 citations
- Ariel Burstein, Professor h-index 37
Es on trade and international macroeconomics. Recent projects study the impact of trade on the college wage premium and on firms incentives to innovate, and the impact of immigration on labor market outcomes. His work has been published in
Notable: “Pricing-to-Market, Trade Costs, and International Relative Prices” (2008) · 919 citations
- Till Von Wachter, Professor h-index 36
Aging, Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Macroeconomics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession” (2012) · 1,261 citations
- Dora Costa, Kenneth L. Sokoloff Chair in Economic History h-index 36
Es primarily on issues in labor economics, demography, and health, as interpreted over the long span of American economic history. Her work has covered a wide range of topics including: retirement, elderly living arrangements, determinants
Notable: “ENERGY CONSERVATION “NUDGES” AND ENVIRONMENTALIST IDEOLOGY: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY FIELD EXPERIMENT” (2013) · 666 citations
- Kathleen McGarry, Professor h-index 35
Es on the well-being of the elderly with particular attention paid to public and private transfers, including the Medicare and SSI programs, and the transfer of resources within families. Her research combines work on the financial aspects
Notable: “Multiple Dimensions of Private Information: Evidence from the Long-Term Care Insurance Market” (2006) · 705 citations
- Hugo Hopenhayn, Professor h-index 34
Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomic Theory Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Entry, Exit, and firm Dynamics in Long Run Equilibrium” (1992) · 2,911 citations
- Lee E. Ohanian, Distinguished Professor of Economics h-index 34
International Economics, Macroeconomics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Capital-skill Complementarity and Inequality: A Macroeconomic Analysis” (2000) · 2,034 citations
- Martha Bailey, Professor h-index 33
Es on issues in labor economics, demography and health in the United States, within the long-run perspective of economic history. My work has examined the implications of the diffusion of modern contraception for women’s childbearing, caree
Notable: “Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion” (2011) · 387 citations
- Rosa Matzkin, Charles E. Davidson Distinguished Professor of Economics h-index 31
Econometrics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Nonparametric Estimation of Nonadditive Random Functions” (2003) · 398 citations
- Zhipeng Liao, Professor h-index 30
Applied Econometrics, Econometrics Share this entry Share on
- Pierre-Olivier Weill, Professor h-index 26
Finance, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “A Search‐Based Theory of the On‐the‐Run Phenomenon” (2008) · 376 citations
- Gary D. Hansen, Professor h-index 23
Understanding business cycles. His recent research has also focused on fiscal policy in Japan and studying publicly provided health insurance from a macroeconomics perspective. Education Ph.D. University of Minnesota Research Areas Macro
Notable: “Indivisible labor and the business cycle” (1985) · 2,035 citations
- Jonathan Vogel, Professor h-index 22
International Economics, Macroeconomics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “International Trade, Technology, and the Skill Premium” (2017) · 322 citations
- Pablo Fajgelbaum, Dubchansky Chair in Economics h-index 21
International Trade Share this entry Share on
Notable: “The Return to Protectionism*” (2019) · 836 citations
- John Asker, Armen Alchian Professor of Economics h-index 21
Industrial Organization Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle?” (2014) · 820 citations
- David Baqaee, Professor h-index 20
Es on aggregation and heterogeneity in macroeconomics. Recent projects have focused on how resource misallocation, due to market power, nominal rigidities, or increasing returns to scale, affect aggregate productivity. His work has been pub
Notable: “The Macroeconomic Impact of Microeconomic Shocks: Beyond Hulten's Theorem” (2019) · 484 citations
- Natalie Bau, Professor h-index 15
Development, Industrial Organization Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Misallocation and Capital Market Integration: Evidence From India” (2023) · 139 citations
- Simon Board, Benjamin Graham Centennial Chair in Value Investing h-index 14
Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Revenue Management with Forward-Looking Buyers” (2016) · 148 citations
- Saki Bigio, Associate Professor h-index 14
Finance, Macroeconomics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Distortions in Production Networks*” (2020) · 217 citations
- Maurizio Mazzocco, Professor h-index 13
Es on three areas of economics: family intertemporal decisions; heterogeneity in risk preferences and decisions under uncertainty; political economy and development economics. For instance, in a recent research project, Mazzocco attempts to
Notable: “Household Intertemporal Behaviour: A Collective Characterization and a Test of Commitment” (2007) · 371 citations
- Michela Giorcelli, Associate Professor h-index 11
Applied Microeconomics, Economic History, Labor Economics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “The Long-Term Effects of Management and Technology Transfers” (2019) · 230 citations
- Martin B. Hackmann, Associate Professor h-index 11
Health Economics, Industrial Organization Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Adverse Selection and an Individual Mandate: When Theory Meets Practice” (2015) · 211 citations
- Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn, Professor h-index 10
Both pure and applied economic theory. His research agenda in pure theory focuses on robust mechanism design. On the applied side, he studies dynamic games with incomplete information and has written papers on learning in networks, labor
Notable: “The Limits of ex post Implementation” (2006) · 187 citations
- Yotam Shem-Tov, Assistant Professor h-index 10
Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, Public Economics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “How Does Incarceration Affect Reoffending? Estimating the Dose-Response Function” (2021) · 73 citations
- Juliana Londono-Velez, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Development, Labor Economics, Public Economics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Enforcing Wealth Taxes in the Developing World: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Colombia” (2021) · 124 citations
- Ichiro Obara, Professor h-index 8
Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Belief-Based Equilibria in the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma with Private Monitoring” (2002) · 103 citations
- Jay Lu, Associate Professor h-index 7
Decision theory, behavioral economics and information economics. He has published in the American Economic Review , Econometrica and the Journal of Political Economy . Education Ph.D. Princeton University Research Areas Applied Economic
Notable: “Competitive Information Disclosure in Search Markets” (2018) · 98 citations
- Bernardo S. Silveira, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Notable: “Do Judges’ Characteristics Matter? Ethnicity, Gender, and Partisanship in Texas State Trial Courts” (2016) · 58 citations
- Daniel Haanwinckel, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Applied Microeconomics, Development, Labor Economics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Workforce Composition, Productivity, and Labour Regulations in a Compensating Differentials Theory of Informality” (2021) · 40 citations
- Tomasz Sadzik, Associate Professor h-index 6
Finance, Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Dynamic CEO Compensation” (2012) · 26 citations
- Michael Rubens, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Es on topics related to vertical contracting, monopsony/oligopsony power, and firm productivity and has been published in the American Economic Review and the Journal of Political Economy, among other journals. He is also a Faculty Research
Notable: “Market Structure, Oligopsony Power, and Productivity” (2023) · 46 citations
- Will Rafey, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Droughts, Deluges, and (River) Diversions: Valuing Market-Based Water Reallocation” (2023) · 35 citations
- Alexander Bloedel, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Persuasion with Rational Inattention” (2018) · 29 citations
- Joao Guerreiro, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Macroeconomics Share this entry Share on
Notable: “Ricardian Non-Equivalence” (2026) · 2 citations
- Andres Santos, Professor
Econometrics Share this entry Share on
- Daniel Clark, Assistant Professor
Game Theory, Mechanism Design, Microeconomic Theory Share this entry Share on
- Denis Chetverikov, Charles E. Davidson Chair in Economics
Econometrics Share this entry Share on
- Felipe Goncalves, Assistant Professor
Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics Share this entry Share on
- Filip Obradovic, Assistant Professor
- Levi Crews, Assistant Professor
International Economics, Macroeconomics Share this entry Share on
- Patrick Kennedy, Assistant Professor
Es on understanding the effects of public policies on firms, workers, and places. Patrick has worked at the Federal Reserve Board, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. He received a Ph.D. in Econo
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.