40 faculty and 40 courses in Economics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Ghysels, Eric, Bernstein Distinguished Professor h-index 66
Notable: “Stock Market Volatility and Macroeconomic Fundamentals” (2012) · 1,108 citations
- Duarte, Marco, Assistant Professor h-index 64
Antitrust Economics , Industrial Organization Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Evaluation of Radiopacity, pH, Release of Calcium Ions, and Flow of a Bioceramic Root Canal Sealer” (2012) · 385 citations
- Hansen, Peter R., Latane Distinguished Professor of Economics h-index 38
Economics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “A forecast comparison of volatility models: does anything beat a GARCH(1,1)?” (2005) · 1,751 citations
- Chao, Ying, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 36
Labor economics , Macroeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Highly Stretchable, Adhesive, Biocompatible, and Antibacterial Hydrogel Dressings for Wound Healing” (2021) · 597 citations
- Chari, Anusha, Professor h-index 31
International Finance Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Aggregate and Firm-Level Stock Returns During Pandemics, in Real Time” (2020) · 422 citations
- Gilleskie, Donna, Poston Distinguished Professor h-index 23
Es on the health behaviors (both medical care and non-medical care inputs) and health insurance decisions of individuals and how these impact employment decisions and subsequent health (health production). She was awarded the international
Notable: “A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Medical Care Use and Work Absence” (1998) · 217 citations
- Biglaiser, Gary, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies h-index 21
Applied microeconomic theory with a concentration on industrial organization and regulation; his most recent research is focused on durable goods monopoly (with James Anton), Moonlighting (with Albert Ma) and dynamic oligopoly (with Niko
Notable: “Middlemen as Experts” (1993) · 532 citations
- Flabbi, Luca, Professor h-index 21
Empirical Microeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance” (2019) · 239 citations
- Rosefielde, Steven, Professor h-index 21
Comparative Economic Systems Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Premature Deaths: Russia's Radical Economic Transition in Soviet Perspective” (2001) · 66 citations
- McManus, Brian, Professor, Department Chair h-index 20
Products associated with charitable causes or other public goods, empirical models of firms’ entry and exit decisions, and health care markets. Research Areas: Empirical Microeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 Un
Notable: ““Hookups”: Characteristics and correlates of college students' spontaneous and anonymous sexual experiences” (2000) · 647 citations
- Li, Fei, Professor, PhD Admissions Director h-index 19
Applied Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, and Search Theory. His recent publications include papers in Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Journal of Economic Theory
Notable: “Effects of land use change on ecosystem services value in West Jilin since the reform and opening of China” (2018) · 163 citations
- Norman, Peter, Professor h-index 16
Microeconomic Theory Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “A general equilibrium model of statistical\ndiscrimination” (2004) · 149 citations
- Francis, Neville, Professor h-index 15
Macroeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Is the technology-driven real business cycle hypothesis dead? Shocks and aggregate fluctuations revisited” (2005) · 599 citations
- Hendricks, Lutz, Professor h-index 15
Es on human capital and economic growth. Research Areas: Macroeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Human Capital and Development Accounting: New Evidence from Wage Gains at Migration*” (2017) · 123 citations
- Babii, Andrii, Associate Professor h-index 8
Es on mathematical and statistical foundations as well as applications. He also has experience teaching econometrics and statistics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His recent work appears in the Journal of Econometrics, Journal of
Notable: “Machine learning panel data regressions with heavy-tailed dependent data: Theory and application” (2022) · 35 citations
- Parreiras, Sergio, Associate Professor h-index 6
Economics of information and game theory. His most recent research has concentrated on auctions and mechanism design. His recent publications include papers in the Journal of Economic Theory and Games and Economic Behavior. Research Area
Notable: “Contests with three or more heterogeneous agents” (2009) · 68 citations
- Verdier, Valentin, Associate Professor h-index 6
Econometrics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Estimation and Inference for Linear Models with Two-Way Fixed Effects and Sparsely Matched Data” (2018) · 31 citations
- Kedagni, Desire, Associate Professor h-index 5
Notable: “Generalized instrumental inequalities: testing the instrumental variable independence assumption” (2020) · 45 citations
- Koike, Yasutaka, Assistant Professor h-index 3
In firm heterogeneity in macroeconomics and international economics, with a particular focus on firm-to-firm transaction networks, misallocation, and growth. He is also interested in welfare and inflation measurement under income- and w
Notable: “Measuring Welfare by Matching Households across Time” (2023) · 6 citations
- Gong, Qing, Assistant Professor h-index 2
In empirical microeconomics, including public, health, and labor. Her current work uses a combination of structural and reduced-form approaches and centers around two topics: how learning shapes physician treatment choices, and the evalu
Notable: “Telehealth payment parity and outpatient service utilization: evidence from privately insured workers” (2025) · 5 citations
- Kohlhepp, Jacob, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Es on topics in labor economics and microeconomic theory. His current work studies how human resource decisions within organizations shape and are shaped by markets. Research Areas: Labor economics , Microeconomic Theory Department of Econo
Notable: “Delegated Recruitment and Hiring Distortions” (2021) · 4 citations
- Vaidyanathan, Geetha, Teaching Professor h-index 1
International Economics , Macroeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Notable: “Undergraduate Ancillaries in the Economics Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill” (2024) · 1 citations
- Azinovic-Yang, Marlon, Assistant Professor
Es on macroeconomics and financial economics, with a particular interest in heterogeneous agent models and deep learning-based computational methods for computing equilibria. Research Areas: Computational Economics , Financial Economics , M
Notable: “Deep Learning in the Sequence Space” (2025)
- Bell, Bernard, Executive Director, Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship
- Chen, Yang (Jaden), Assistant Professor
Microeconomic theory with a particular interest in learning and uncertainty. His current research focuses on learning under ambiguous information. Research Areas: Microeconomic Theory Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 Universi
- Fruehwirth, Jane, Professor
Notable: “Within-Person Trends in Anxiety, Depression, and Social Isolation Among First-Year College Students Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic” (2026)
- Handy, Chris, Teaching Associate Professor
- Higbee, Samuel, Assistant Professor
Econometrics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Hill, Jonathan, Professor
Econometrics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Hincapie, Andres, Assistant Professor
- Jungerman, William, Assistant Professor
Es on topics in macroeconomics and labor economics. His current work studies imperfect competition in the labor market and human capital. Research Areas: Labor economics , Macroeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 Universi
- McDonough, Robert, Assistant Teaching Professor
Es on the economics of crime, the economics of education, and labor economics. His current research studies the measurement of student performance in college education, and the social determinants of crime in the U.S. Research Areas: Applie
- Peter, Klara, Associate Professor
Es on behavioral responses of individuals and firms to public policies in a weak institutional environment. In the context of several transitional economies, she examined the effect of market reforms on the quality of life, worker flows, re
- Rabinovich, Stan, Associate Professor
In macroeconomics, with a focus on search and matching theory and labor markets. Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Roark, Chris, Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Macroeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Sheran-Andrews, Michelle, Teaching Professor
Ed on public programs for needy families and on women’s joint career and family decisions. In recent years, she has been particularly interested in the role assessment in the learning process and as a means of integrating core content acros
- Somuncu, Tugba, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Staub, Kalina, Associate Teaching Professor
Economics Education Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Tian, Can, Associate Professor
Theoretical and quantitative exploration of how firm and industry dynamics interact with business cycles. Research Areas: Macroeconomics Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Urgun, Can, Assistant Professor
Microeconomic Theory Department of Economics Gardner Hall CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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.