35 faculty and 40 courses in Economics at University of Pennsylvania.
- Francis X. Diebold, Paul F. and Warren S. Miller Professor of Economics; Professor of Finance; Professor of Statistics and Data Science h-index 99
Es on dynamic predictive modeling, with applications to financial markets, the macroeconomy, climate change, and the interface. Research\\ Papers∙Books
Notable: “Better to give than to receive: Predictive directional measurement of volatility spillovers” (2011) · 5,519 citations
- Jere R. Behrman, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics h-index 96
Empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of mu
Notable: “Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world” (2007) · 1,161 citations
- Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Howard Marks Presidential Professor of Economics h-index 57
Notable: “Fiscal Volatility Shocks and Economic Activity” (2015) · 928 citations
- Enrique G. Mendoza, William P. Carey Professor of Economics h-index 55
International Macroeconomics, Macroprudential Regulation, Financial Crises, Fiscal Policy
Notable: “Real Business Cycles in a Small Open Economy” (1991) · 1,084 citations
- Frank Schorfheide, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Economics h-index 53
Notable: “Bayesian Analysis of DSGE Models” (2007) · 1,302 citations
- Petra Todd, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Economics h-index 50
Notable: “Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator: Evidence from Evaluating a Job Training Programme” (1997) · 5,521 citations
- Jeremy Greenwood, Professor of Economics h-index 46
Notable: “Financial Development, Growth, and the Distribution of Income” (1989) · 2,484 citations
- Andrew Postlewaite, Harry P. Kamen Professor of Economics; Professor of Finance h-index 46
Notable: “Social Norms, Savings Behavior, and Growth” (1992) · 642 citations
- Harold L. Cole, James Joo-Jin Kim Professor of Economics h-index 42
Notable: “Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises” (2000) · 685 citations
- Dirk Krueger, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics; Professor of Finance h-index 42
Notable: “Does Income Inequality Lead to Consumption Inequality? Evidence and Theory1” (2006) · 804 citations
- Rakesh Vohra, George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor h-index 41
Notable: “Combinatorial Auctions: A Survey” (2003) · 997 citations
- Hanming Fang, Norman C. Grosman Professor of Economics h-index 39
Applied Microeconomic Theory, Empirical Microeconomics; Public Economics; Chinese Economy. - Current Research Interests Insurance Markets; Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action; Chinese Economy Print Friendly, PDF &
Notable: “Eat, Drink, Firms, Government: An Investigation of Corruption from the Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms” (2011) · 733 citations
- Holger Sieg, Baird Term Professor of Economics h-index 36
Notable: “Uptake and effects of orally ingested polystyrene microplastic particles in vitro and in vivo” (2019) · 593 citations
- George J. Mailath, Professor of Economics, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences h-index 35
Notable: “Learning, Mutation, and Long Run Equilibria in Games” (1993) · 2,100 citations
- Aviv Nevo, George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor h-index 31
Es on empirical Industrial Organization, Antitrust and Competition Economics, Marketing and Econometrics. His past work has focused on estimating the demand for consumer packaged goods and the implications for price competition, mergers, and marketing. He has
Notable: “Mergers with Differentiated Products: The Case of the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Industry” (2000) · 771 citations
- Iourii Manovskii, Professor of Economics h-index 21
Notable: “OCCUPATIONAL SPECIFICITY OF HUMAN CAPITAL*” (2009) · 673 citations
- Aislinn Bohren, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 18
Notable: “The Dynamics of Discrimination: Theory and Evidence” (2019) · 309 citations
- Juan Camilo Castillo, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 15
Notable: “Surge Pricing Solves the Wild Goose Chase” (2017) · 274 citations
- Alessandro Dovis, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 13
Macroeconomics and International EconomicsAddress:Department of EconomicsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Notable: “Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises: A Quantitative Analysis” (2019) · 151 citations
- David Dillenberger, Professor of Economics h-index 11
Notable: “Cautious Expected Utility and the Certainty Effect” (2015) · 148 citations
- Juan Pablo Atal, Assistant Professor h-index 10
In Industrial Organization and Public Economics, with a focus on the Economics of Healthcare. CV \ Research
Notable: “New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America” (2009) · 123 citations
- Joachim Hubmer, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 7
Es on macroeconomic questions related to technological change and inequality.
Notable: “Sources of US Wealth Inequality: Past, Present, and Future” (2021) · 114 citations
- Kevin He, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 6
Notable: “Evolutionarily Stable (Mis)specifications: Theory and Applications” (2021) · 19 citations
- Wayne Yuan Gao, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 5
Notable: “Informal Risk Sharing with Local Information” (2021) · 20 citations
- Karun Adusumilli, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 3
In Econometrics and Applied Econometrics. CV
- Margaux Luflade, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 3
The fields of Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, and Econometrics.
Notable: “On the Spatial Determinants of Educational Access” (2024) · 7 citations
- Lukas Nord, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Notable: “Shopping, Demand Composition, and Equilibrium Prices” (2022) · 20 citations
- Francesco Agostinelli, Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences
Lie in the areas of applied microeconomics, labor economics, applied econometrics, child development, public economics and education. Picture
- Guillermo Ordoñez, Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics; Professor of Finance
- Jin Liu, Assistant Professor of Economics
Es on International Trade and Industrial Organization, with an emphasis on firm decisions in trade and innovation and how they interact with policies. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economist at Penn, where I joined in July 2025. Prior to joi
- José-Víctor Ríos-Rull, Lawrence R. Klein Professor of Economics; Director of Penn Institute for Economic Research
- Michael Lipsitz, Associate Professor of Practice of Economics
Es on labor economics, industrial organization, and public policy.
- Shresth Garg, Assistant Professor of Economics
- Xiao Lin, Assistant Professor of Economics
Economic theory, information economics, and robust learning. Working Papers Robust Aggregation of Correlated Information,with Henrique de Oliveira
- Xu Cheng, Professor of Economics
Econometrics Ph.D in Economics, Yale University, 2010
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