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Ufuk Akcigit

The Arnold C. Harberger Professor in Economics and the College

Office: SHFE 409

Phone: (773) 702-0433

uakcigit@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Firm Dynamics, Innovation, Entrepreneurship.

At Chicago since 2015. Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award, 2018. Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2021. Fellow of the Econometr...

Fernando Alvarez

The Charles F. Gray Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College

Office: SHFE 407

Phone: (773) 702-4412

falvare@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Dynamic general equilibrium models applied to asset pricing, search and insurance.

At Chicago since 1996 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018. Fellow of The Econometric Society, 2007. Ph.D., University of ...

Stéphane Bonhomme

The Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor in Economics and the College

Office: SHFE 325

Phone: (773) 834-6831

sbonhomme@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Microeconometrics and econometric theory, with a special interest in latent variable modeling and panel data; labor economics.

At Chicago since 2013 Fellow of the Econometric Society, 2017. Ph.D., University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2005.

Benjamin Brooks

Professor in Economics and the College; Director, Graduate Studies

Office: SHFE 317

Phone: (773) 702-2644

babrooks@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Games of incomplete information, auction theory and mechanism design, and repeated games.

Ph.D. Princeton University, 2014.

Christina Brown

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2021)

Office: Office: SHFE 436

Phone: (773) 702-8003

christinabrown@uchicago.edu

Leonardo Bursztyn

The Saieh Family Professor in Economics and the College

Office: SHFE 352

Phone: (773) 795-2971

bursztyn@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Behavioral Economics, Political Economy, Development Economics.

At Chicago since 2016 Co-Director of the BFI Political Economics Initiative. Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 2016. Ph.D., Harvard University, 2010

Manasi Deshpande

Associate Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2016); Co-Director, Graduate Placement

Office: Office: SHFE 347

Phone: (773) 795-2944

mdeshpande@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Empirical public finance and labor economics, effects of social insurance and public assistance programs, and labor markets

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015

David Galenson

Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1978)

Office: Office: SHFE 322

Phone: (773) 702-8258

galenson@uchicago.edu

Interests:

The life cycles of human creativity; art markets

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1979

Mikhail Golosov

The Homer J. Livingston Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2017)

Office: Office: SHFE 408

Phone: (773) 702-6405

golosov@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Macroeconomics; public finance; political economy

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2004

The Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, the College, and the Harris School; Director of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC); Director of Climate and Energy Institute (CEI)

Office: SHFE 434

Phone: (773) 702-8250

mgreenst@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Environmental and energy economics; public economics; development economics; labor economics; health economics.

At Chicago 2000-2003 and since 2014 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2014. Fellow of The Econometric Society, 2015. Member of...

Lars Peter Hansen

The David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics and the Booth School of Business; Director of Macro Finance Research Program (MFR)

Office: Office: SHFE 328

Phone: (773) 702-8170

Interests:

Time series econometrics; quantitative analysis of dynamic equilibrium models; asset pricing

Ph.D., University of MInnesota, 1978 WINTER 2024 LEAVE OF ABSENCE Hansen is a recipient of the 2013 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences...

Arnold C. Harberger

The Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1953)

harberger@econ.ucla.edu

Interests:

The inflation syndrome; distributional weights, basic needs and other systematic ways of incorporating non-economic considerations into economic analysis, taxation and international capital flows; international comparisons of rates of return to capital

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1950 Fellow, Econometric Society, 1967; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1972; Member, National Academy...