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
- Tong Li, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair and Professor of Economics h-index 77
Microeconometrics, Empirical Microeconomics
- Christopher Carpenter, E. Bronson Ingram University Distinguished Professor of Economics h-index 41
Health Economics, Economic Demography, Public Policy
- Myrna Wooders, Professor of Economics h-index 33
Public Economics, Game Theory and Microeconomic Theory
- Eric Bond, Joe L. Roby Chair and Professor of Economics h-index 32
International Trade Theory, Applied Microeconomic Theory
- Matthew O'Keefe, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 27
Industrial Organization Applied Econometrics Energy and Environmental Economics
- Dong Wei, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 25
- 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
- Yuya Sasaki, Brian and Charlotte Grove Chair and Professor of Economics h-index 19
Econometrics
- Andrea Moro, Associate Professor of Economics, Director of Graduate Program in Economic Development h-index 19
Labor Economics, Political Economy
- Brian Beach, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 18
Public economics, economic history, and labor economics
- John Conley, Professor of Economics h-index 18
Public Finance, Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory
- Ana Regina Andrade, Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics h-index 17
- Marcus Dillender, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 14
Health economics, labor economics, and public economics
- 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
- 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
- Ariell Zimran, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 9
- Christopher Li, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 8
Microeconomics and political economy
- Michelle Marcus, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 8
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
- Peter Bils, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Economics h-index 5
Political Economy; American Political Institutions; Formal Theory
- Sarah Quincy, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 4
Macroeconomics, economic history, finance
- Federica Izzo, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 3
Formal Theory; Political Economy; Elections; Political Parties; Ideology Representative Publications "Ideology for The Future" 2023, American Political Science Review "Ideological Competition" with Gregory Ma
- 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
- 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
- Karim Nchare, Senior Lecturer in Economics h-index 3
Theoretical and applied econometrics, development economics, behavioral economics
- Adam Blandin, Assistant Professor of Economics
Macroeconomics, labor economics, and public economics
- Adugna Olani, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Open Economy Macroeconomics, Development Economics and Applied Econometrics
- 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
- 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
- Gregory Huffman, Professor of Economics
Business Cycle Theory, Finance, Growth Theory
- 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
- Kamal Saggi, Chair; Frances and John Downing Family Chair and Professor of Economics
International Trade, Economic Development
- Kathleen McKiernan, Assistant Professor of Economics
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
- Kent Dolezal, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Monetary policy and theory, economic development, economics of education
- Kevin Huang, Andrew and Jennifer Hoine Chair in Economics, Professor of Economics
Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Financial Economics
- Mitchell VanVuren, Assistant Professor of Economics
- Nicolas Bonneton, Assistant Professor of Economics
- Panka Bencsik, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society; Assistant Professor of Economics
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
- Peter Rousseau, Hubbard Family Chair and Professor of Economics
Macroeconomics, Money, Finance
- 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
- Zaruhi Sahakyan, Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics
Microeconomics, the economics of risk, political economy
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 2026-07-01.