36 faculty and 32 courses in Economics at University of Washington.
- Stephen Turnovsky, Ford and Louisa Van Voorhis Professor of Economics h-index 59
Economic Growth International Macroeconomics Macroeconomics Public Economics Biography
Notable: “Models of Monetary Economies.” (1981) · 397 citations
- Charles Nelson, Professor Emeritus h-index 49
Notable: “Trends and random walks in macroeconmic time series” (1982) · 4,679 citations
- Yanqin Fan, Castor Professor of Economics h-index 33
Econometrics Nonparametric Statistics Optimal Transport Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1990
- Theo S. Eicher, Castor Professor of Economics h-index 32
Development Economics Economic Growth International Finance International Trade Macroeconomics Biography Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, 1994
Notable: “Default priors and predictive performance in Bayesian model averaging, with application to growth determinants” (2009) · 326 citations
- Richard Startz, Professor Emeritus h-index 30
Notable: “Less than 2 °C warming by 2100 unlikely” (2017) · 696 citations
- Eric Zivot, Robert R. Richards Professor of Economics, Chair h-index 28
Econometrics Financial Econometrics Financial Economics Time Series Biography Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 1992 A.B. Economics (with honors) and A.B. Statistics, The University of California, Berkeley, May 1986
Notable: “Further Evidence on the Great Crash, the Oil-Price Shock, and the Unit-Root Hypothesis” (2002) · 5,753 citations
- Fabio Ghironi, Paul F. Glaser Professor h-index 27
International Macroeconomics Macroeconomics Monetary Economics Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1999 M.A., Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, 1994 Laurea cum Laude, Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi Uni
Notable: “International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics with Heterogeneous Firms” (2005) · 605 citations
- Quan Wen, Robert R. Richards Professor of Economics h-index 22
Game Theory Microeconomic Theory Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1991 M.A., Economics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1988 B.Sc. (Honors), Mathematics, Jilin Unive
Notable: “Crowdsourced employer reviews and stock returns” (2019) · 337 citations
- Judith Thornton, Professor Emerita h-index 21
Development Economics Political Economy Biography
Notable: “Guidelines 2.0: systematic development of a comprehensive checklist for a successful guideline enterprise” (2013) · 703 citations
- Yu-chin Chen, Associate Professor h-index 20
Applied Econometrics Applied Econometrics Exchange Rates International Finance Machine Learning Macroeconomics Open Economy Macroeconomics Perception and Cognition Trade and Development Biography
Notable: “Can Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices?*” (2010) · 587 citations
- Robert Halvorsen, Professor Emeritus h-index 19
Applied Microeconomics Environmental Economics Resource Economics Biography Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1973 M.P.A., Harvard University, 1968 M.B.A., Harvard University, 1965
Notable: “The Interpretation of Dummy Variables in Semilogarithmic Equations” (1980) · 2,083 citations
- Jacques Lawarree, Castor Professor of Economics h-index 19
Contract Theory Electicity Markets Deregulation Game Theory Industrial Organization Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1990 B.A., Economics, University of Liege, Belgium, 1984
Notable: “Collusion in Hierarchical Agency” (1993) · 410 citations
- Elaina Rose, Associate Professor Emerita h-index 17
Applied Microeconomics Development Economics Labor Economics Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1993 B.A., Economics, Temple University, 1983
Notable: “Parenthood and the earnings of married men and women” (2000) · 535 citations
- Richard W. Parks, Professor Emeritus h-index 16
Notable: “Efficient Estimation of a System of Regression Equations when Disturbances are Both Serially and Contemporaneously Correlated” (1967) · 1,132 citations
- Rachel Heath, Alberta C. Corkery Professor h-index 16
Development Economics Labor Economics Biography Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 2011 M. Phil, Economics, Yale University, 2008 M. A., Economics, Yale University, 2007 B. S., Economics (magna cum laude), Duke University, 2005 Curriculum V
Notable: “Manufacturing growth and the lives of Bangladeshi women” (2015) · 337 citations
- Kar-yiu Wong, Professor h-index 16
Notable: “Are international trade and factor mobility substitutes?” (1986) · 108 citations
- Eugene Silberberg, Professor Emeritus h-index 15
Notable: “Is the act of voting rational?” (1973) · 174 citations
- Levis Kochin, Associate Professor - Retired h-index 14
Economic History Financial Economics Macroeconomics Resource Economics Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 1975 B.S., Economics, Temple University, 1965
Notable: “Searching for an Explanation of Unemployment in Interwar Britain” (1979) · 205 citations
- Philip Brock, Associate Professor h-index 14
Notable: “Monetarism and Liberalization: The Chilean Experiment” (1988) · 169 citations
- Fahad Khalil, Castor Professor of Economics h-index 14
Contract Theory Game Theory Industrial Organization Biography Ph.D., Economics, Virginia Tech, 1991
Notable: “Gathering Information before Signing a Contract” (1991) · 119 citations
- Richard Hartman, Professor Emeritus h-index 12
Notable: “The effects of price and cost uncertainty on investment” (1972) · 843 citations
- Jason Kerwin, Associate Professor h-index 11
Development Economics Economics of Education Health Economics Labor Economics Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 2015 M.A., Economics, University of Michigan, 2011 M.A., International Policy Studies, Stanford University, 20
Notable: “Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures” (2020) · 86 citations
- Melissa Knox, Teaching Professor h-index 10
Applied Microeconomics Demography Development Economics Health Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2008 B.A., Economics (cum laude), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2003
Notable: “Impact of a sweetened beverage tax on beverage prices in Seattle, WA” (2020) · 37 citations
- Michelle Turnovsky, Teaching Professor Emerita h-index 5
Notable: “International Economics, 7th Edition” (2009) · 93 citations
- Alan Griffith, Associate Professor h-index 5
Development Economics Econometrics Social Networks Biography
Notable: “Name Your Friends, but Only Five? The Importance of Censoring in Peer Effects Estimates Using Social Network Data” (2021) · 30 citations
- Brian Greaney, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Environmental Economics Macroeconomics Spatial Economics Urban Economics Biography Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 2020 B.A. Economics, University of Notre Dame, 2012
Notable: “Can Self-Help Groups Really Be “Self-Help”?” (2016) · 49 citations
- Dennis O'Dea, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 3
Applied Microeconomics Macroeconomics Public Economics Social Networks Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 B.A., Economics and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2002
Notable: “Informal work networks” (2011) · 21 citations
- Haideh Salehi-Esfahani, Teaching Professor Emerita h-index 3
Notable: “Tourism and export-led growth: the case of Cyprus, .” (1992) · 11 citations
- Jackson Bunting, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Econometrics Biography Ph.D., Economics, Duke University, 2021
Notable: “On the Iterated Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Games” (2020) · 7 citations
- Ali Karimirad, Assistant Teaching Professor
Computational Economics Financial Economics Firm Dynamics Macroeconomics Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of British Columbia, 2024 M.Sc., Economics, Sharif University of Technology, 2015
- Chang-Jin Kim, Bryan C. Cressey Professor
Applied Time Series Analysis Time Series Biography Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington, 1989 B.A., Economics, Korea University, Seoul, 1983
- Jing Tao, Associate Professor
Applied Econometrics Econometrics Biography Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015
- Shelly Lundberg, Professor Emerita
- Xu Tan, Corkery Professor of Economics
Development Economics Information Social Networks Biography Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 2013 B.S. Mathematics, Peking University, 2007 B.S. Economics, Peking University, 2007
- Yael Midnight, Assistant Teaching Professor
Industrial Organization Labor Economics Microeconomics Biography Ph.D., Economics, Duke University, 2020 M.A., Economics, Duke University, 2016 A.B., Economics and Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis, 2014
- Yuya Takahashi, Assistant Professor
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.