46 faculty and 0 courses in Economics at Vanderbilt University.
- W. Kip Viscusi, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management h-index 87
Regulation of health, safety, and environmental risks; law and economics; tort liability; risk and uncertainty Representative Publications Pricing Lives: Guideposts for a Safer Society (Princeton University Press, 2018). Winner of the Kulp
Notable: “The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates Throughout the World” (2003) · 1,802 citations
- Kamal Saggi, Chair; Frances and John Downing Family Chair and Professor of Economics h-index 43
International Trade, Economic Development
Notable: “Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and International Technology Transfer: A Survey” (2002) · 737 citations
- Christopher Carpenter, E. Bronson Ingram University Distinguished Professor of Economics h-index 41
Health Economics, Economic Demography, Public Policy
Notable: “Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity” (2008) · 482 citations
- Peter Rousseau, Hubbard Family Chair and Professor of Economics h-index 35
Macroeconomics, Money, Finance
Notable: “Equity markets and growth: Cross-country evidence on timing and outcomes, 1980–1995” (2000) · 797 citations
- Myrna Wooders, Professor of Economics h-index 33
Public Economics, Game Theory and Microeconomic Theory
Notable: “Networks and Farsighted Stability” · 179 citations
- Eric Bond, Joe L. Roby Chair and Professor of Economics h-index 32
International Trade Theory, Applied Microeconomic Theory
Notable: “A General Two-Sector Model of Endogenous Growth with Human and Physical Capital: Balanced Growth and Transitional Dynamics” (1996) · 263 citations
- Mattias Polborn, Vice Chair, E. Bronson Ingram Chair and Professor of Economics h-index 24
Lie in political economy, specifically in the formal and empirical analysis of American Politics. He is particularly interested in understanding candidate competition in elections and political polarization. His research has been published
Notable: “Political polarization and the electoral effects of media bias” (2008) · 323 citations
- Andrea Moro, Associate Professor of Economics, Director of Graduate Program in Economic Development h-index 23
Labor Economics, Political Economy
Notable: “The role of bitcoin in well diversified portfolios: A comparative global study” (2018) · 261 citations
- Kevin Huang, Andrew and Jennifer Hoine Chair in Economics, Professor of Economics h-index 18
Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Financial Economics
Notable: “Staggered price-setting, staggered wage-setting, and business cycle persistence” (2002) · 179 citations
- Brian Beach, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 18
Public economics, economic history, and labor economics
Notable: “Typhoid Fever, Water Quality, and Human Capital Formation” (2016) · 134 citations
- John Conley, Professor of Economics h-index 18
Public Finance, Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory
Notable: “An Extension of the Nash Bargaining Solution to Nonconvex Problems” (1996) · 95 citations
- Marcus Dillender, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 14
Health economics, labor economics, and public economics
Notable: “Climate Change and Occupational Health” (2019) · 62 citations
- Gregory Huffman, Professor of Economics h-index 13
Business Cycle Theory, Finance, Growth Theory
Notable: “Equilibrium and Macroeconomics” (1986) · 156 citations
- Analisa Packham, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 13
Es primarily on the effects of contraception and family planning program access on teen childbearing and the effects of nutritional assistance receipt on crime and academic achievement. Specializations Health and education policy Cont
Notable: “COVID-19 and Crime” (2021) · 142 citations
- Tong Li, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair and Professor of Economics h-index 12
Microeconometrics, Empirical Microeconomics
Notable: “Timber Sale Auctions with Random Reserve Prices” (2003) · 96 citations
- Adam Blandin, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 11
Macroeconomics, labor economics, and public economics
Notable: “Work from Home After the COVID-19 Outbreak” (2020) · 242 citations
- Joel Rodrigue, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 11
Es on the intersection of international trade and firm dynamics. His recent work has studied the impact of importing on firm organization and efficiency, firm-level entry and growth in international markets, and the impact of trade ba
Notable: “Does the use of imported intermediates increase productivity? Plant-level evidence” (2008) · 702 citations
- Ariell Zimran, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 9
Notable: “Migrant self-selection: Anthropometric evidence from the mass migration of Italians to the United States, 1907–1925” (2018) · 94 citations
- Panka Bencsik, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society; Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 7
Opioid crisis Mental health US criminal justice system Gun violence Representative Publications Desmond Ang, Panka Bencsik , Jesse Bruhn, and Ellora Derenoncourt. (2025.) Community Engagement with Law Enforcement after High-pro
Notable: “Comparative well-being of the self-employed and paid employees in the USA” (2019) · 64 citations
- Peter Bils, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Economics h-index 5
Political Economy; American Political Institutions; Formal Theory
Notable: “Policy bargaining and militarized conflict” (2017) · 21 citations
- Sarah Quincy, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 4
Macroeconomics, economic history, finance
Notable: “Changes in the College Mobility Pipeline Since 1900” (2025) · 11 citations
- Maria Titova, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 3
Es on strategic settings in which agents have imperfect information. She analyzes how informed agents influence uninformed decision-makers (how politicians persuade voters) and investigates how agents learn (how lawmakers identify the best
Notable: “Shopping malls, platforms and consumer search” (2018) · 9 citations
- Reem Zaiour, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 3
Labor Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Migration, Applied Microeconomics Representative Publications “ Changes in International Immigration and Internal Native Mobility after COVID-19 in the USA. " Journal of Population
Notable: “Does (All) Police Violence Cause De-policing? Evidence from George Floyd and Police Shootings in Minneapolis” (2022) · 7 citations
- Karim Nchare, Senior Lecturer in Economics h-index 3
Theoretical and applied econometrics, development economics, behavioral economics
Notable: “Sustainable land management in Mali” (2024) · 6 citations
- Mitchell VanVuren, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 2
Notable: “How Should Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Differ in the Developing World?” (2020) · 152 citations
- Adugna Olani, Senior Lecturer in Economics h-index 2
Open Economy Macroeconomics, Development Economics and Applied Econometrics
Notable: “Energy price, energy efficiency, and capital productivity: Empirical investigations and policy implications” (2018) · 60 citations
- Kathleen McKiernan, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 2
Es on three areas: the impact of reforms to existing Social Security systems with particular focus on cases in South America, issues associated with aging and late-life consumption, and the interaction between government policy and human ca
Notable: “Social Security reform in the presence of informality” (2020) · 36 citations
- Federica Izzo, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 2
Formal Theory; Political Economy; Elections; Political Parties; Ideology Representative Publications "Ideology for The Future" 2023, American Political Science Review "Ideological Competition" with Gregory Ma
Notable: “Cumulative Knowledge in the Social Sciences: The Case of Improving Voters’ Information” (2018) · 6 citations
- Christopher Li, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 1
Microeconomics and political economy
Notable: “Managing Government Hierarchy: Electoral Turnover and Intra-Governmental Cooperation” (2023) · 4 citations
- Nicolas Bonneton, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 1
Notable: “Non‐Stationary Search and Assortative Matching” (2025) · 3 citations
- Zaruhi Sahakyan, Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics h-index 1
Microeconomics, the economics of risk, political economy
Notable: “Dynamic Lobbying Conflicts” (2006) · 2 citations
- Amy Crockett, Senior Lecturer in Economics
My research interests include the application of the principles of political economy to various education and peace issues as well as the overlap of education, peace, and economics. I have teaching experience in a wide variety of courses in
- Ana Regina Andrade, Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics
- Atsushi Inoue, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair and Professor of Economics
Time series econometrics
- Cesar Urquizo Ubillus, Assistant Professor of Economics
Es on the drivers of the joint decision of how many hours to work and which occupation to pick, and its effect on earnings inequality, as well as understanding the joint distribution of wealth, wages and employment. Representative Publicati
- Christina Rennhoff, Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics
Microeconomics, health, labor and public economics
- Dong Wei, Assistant Professor of Economics
- Heather Luea, Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics
Econometrics, public finance, regional economics
- Hojat Ghandi, Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics
- John Stromme, Senior Lecturer in Economics
- Kent Dolezal, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Monetary policy and theory, economic development, economics of education
- Matthew O'Keefe, Assistant Professor of Economics
Industrial Organization Applied Econometrics Energy and Environmental Economics
- Michelle Marcus, Associate Professor of Economics
Es on determinants of child health and well-being, with a particular focus on environmental exposures and the effectiveness of regulation. Some of her recent research seeks to quantify the direct health impacts of important sources of pollu
- Rupinder Saggi, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics
International Finance, Econometrics
- William J. Collins, Terence E. Adderley Jr. Chair and Professor of Economics
Es on US labor markets and cities. He has recently studied immigration and inter-regional migration, income inequality, racial disparities, and unions. Professor Collins is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (N
- Yuya Sasaki, Brian and Charlotte Grove Chair and Professor of Economics
Econometrics
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