Economics
Economics addresses the problem of using scarce resources to satisfy society’s unlimited wants. The discipline is divided into two general areas—microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics explores questions about the way society allocates resources; it applies to public policy in such areas as urban, industrial organization, and labor economics. Macroeconomics considers such questions as the causes of inflation and unemployment; it applies to such areas as monetary policy, development and international economics.
Faculty
Laura Bakkensen, Mikesell Professor in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. BA, 2005, Whitman College; MSc, 2007, London School of Economics; MPhil, 2012, PhD, 2014, Yale (2024)
Bruce A. Blonigen, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science (international trade, industrial organization, applied econometrics); Edward Maletis Dean, Lundquist College of Business. BA, 1988, Gustavus Adolphus; MA, 1992, PhD, 1995, California, Davis. (1995)
Alfredo Burlando, professor (development, labor economics, industrial organization). BA, 2003, MA, 2003, California, Davis; PhD, 2010, Boston. (2010)
Jose Carreno-Garcia, assistant professor (macroeconomics). BA, 2012, Castilla-La Mancha; M.Phil, 2014, CEMFI; MA, 2016, PhD 2020, Northwestern. (2021)
Shankha Chakraborty, professor (growth and development, macroeconomics). BS, 1992, Presidency; MA, 1994, Delhi School of Economics; PhD, 1999, California, Los Angeles. (1999)
Mark Colas, associate professor (labor and public). BA, 2009, California, Davis; MS, 2013, PhD, 2017, Wisconsin, Madison. (2017)
Anca D. Cristea, associate professor (international economics, industrial organization, applied econometrics). BA, 2003, Babes-Bolyai; MA, 2005, Clemson; PhD, 2010, Purdue, West Lafayette. (2010)
Jonathan M. V. Davis, associate professor (applied microeconomics, labor economics). BA, 2009, PhD, 2016, Chicago. (2018)
David Evans, associate professor (macroeconomics, computational economics, public finance). BS, 2008, Stanford; PhD, 2015, New York. (2015)
George W. Evans, John B. Hamacher Professor of Economics (macroeconomics, econometrics). BA, 1972, Oxford; BA, 1974, MA, 1976, PhD, 1980, California, Berkeley. (1994)
Benjamin Hansen, W. E. Miner Professor in Economics (labor economics, public economics, econometrics); associate professor. BA, 2004, Brigham Young; MA, 2005, PhD, 2009, California, Santa Barbara. (2010)
Van Kolpin, professor (microeconomic theory, game theory, social choice theory). BA, 1982, Coe; MS, 1983, MA, 1984, PhD, 1986, Iowa. (1986)
Michael Kuhn, associate professor (behavioral economics, labor, public finance). BA, 2009, California, Los Angeles; PhD, 2014, California, San Diego. (2014)
Bruce McGough, professor (macroeconomics). BA, 1991, Reed; MS, 1993, PhD, 2000, Oregon. (2012)
Keaton Miller, associate professor (industrial organization, health economics, applied econometrics). BS, 2008, Wisconsin, Madison; PhD, 2015, Minnesota, Twin Cities. (2015)
Kathleen Mullen, professor and Petrone Chair in Economics (labor economics, public economics, economics of aging, disability, health & retirement). BA, 1999, Virginia; PhD, 2005, Chicago. (2022)
Jeremy M. Piger, professor (macroeconomics, econometrics). BA, 1996, Seattle Pacific; MA, 1998, PhD, 2000, Washington (Seattle). (2006)
Edward A. Rubin, associate professor (environmental and energy, development economics, econometrics and data science). BS, 2007, MS, 2013, Nebraska, Lincoln; MS, 2015, PhD, 2018, California, Berkeley. (2018)
Anne van den Nouweland, professor (game theory, microeconomic theory). BA, 1984, MA, 1989, Nijmegen; PhD, 1993, Tilburg. (1996)
Glen R. Waddell, professor (applied econometrics, industrial organization, labor economics). BS, 1995, Trent; MS, 1996, Miami; PhD, 2000, Purdue. (2001)
Woan Foong Wong, associate professor (international economics, international trade). BA, BM, 2009, Oberlin; MS, 2013, PhD, 2017, Wisconsin, Madison. (2017)
Jiabin Wu, associate professor (evolutionary game theory, cultural transmission, behavioral economics). BA, 2008, Hong Kong; MS, 2010, PhD, 2014, Wisconsin, Madison. (2014)
Emeriti
Trudy Ann Cameron, professor emerita. BA, 1977, British Columbia; PhD, 1982, Princeton. (2001)
Christopher J. Ellis, professor emeritus. BA, 1978, Essex; MA, 1979, PhD, 1983, Warwick. (1983)
Jo Anna Gray, professor emerita. BA, 1971, Rockford; AM, 1973, PhD, 1976, Chicago. (1989)
William T. Harbaugh, professor emeritus. BS, 1983, MS, 1986, Montana State; PhD, 1995, Wisconsin, Madison. (1995)
Stephen E. Haynes, professor emeritus. BA, 1968, PhD, 1976, California, Santa Barbara. (1978)
Peter J. Lambert, professor emeritus. PhD, 1971, Oxford. (2002)
Joe A. Stone, professor emeritus. BA, 1970, Texas, El Paso; MA, 1974, PhD, 1977, Michigan State. (1979)
Mark A. Thoma, professor emeritus. BA, 1980, California State, Chico; PhD, 1985, Washington State. (1987)
Wesley W. Wilson, professor emeritus. BS, BA, 1980, North Dakota; MA, 1984, PhD, 1986, Washington State. (1989)
The date in parentheses at the end of each entry is the first year on the University of Oregon faculty.