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James J. Heckman

The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College; Director of Center for the Economics of Human Development (CEHD)

Office: SHFE 330

Phone: (773) 702-0300

jjh.assistant@gmail.com

At Chicago since 1973. Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development. Co-Director, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global W...

Ali Hortaçsu

William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2001)

Office: Office: SHFE 313

Phone: (773) 702-5841

hortacsu@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Industrial organization; auctions; search and matching models; production and financial networks; applications in finance, energy markets and the internet.

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2001

Greg Kaplan

Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2016)

Office: Office: SHFE 406

Phone: (773) 834-9405

Interests:

Macroeconomics, labor economics, inequality, consumption, risk-sharing, unemployment, monetary policy, fiscal policy, household formation, migration

Ph.D., New York University, 2009

Anne Karing

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

Office: Office: SHFE 437

Phone: (773) 702-3578

Interests:

Economics of healthcare delivery and health-seeking behaviors; development economics; field experiments; social signaling incentives in health; informal and formal markets of medicines

University Professor in Economics and the College and the Harris School of Public Policy; Director of the Development Innovation Lab; Faculty Director, Development Economics Center at the University of Chicago

Office: SHFE 440

kremermr@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Development economics; field experiments; education, health, water, and agriculture in developing countries.

Co-recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2019. Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003. MacArthur Fellowship, 1997.

At Chicago since 2020 2019 Nobel Laureate Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003. Fellow of The Econometric Society, 2008. Me...

Thibaut Lamadon

Associate Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2015)

Office: Office: SHFE 327

Phone: (773) 702-2544

Interests:

Macro-labor, equilibrium search, and dynamic contracting

Ph.D., University College London, 2014

Steve Levitt

William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

Interests:

Economic models of crime and corruption; the criminal justice system; abortion legalization; school choice; how businesses make decisions.

At Chicago since 1997 John Bates Clark Medal Winner, 2004. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002 Fellow of the Econometric Society,...

John List

The Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College

Office: SHFE 309

Phone: (773) 702-9811

Interests:

Experimental economics; field experiments; education; youth violence; economics of charity; environmental economics; experiments in firms; multi-unit auctions; neuro-economics.

At Chicago since 2005 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow of The Econometric Society (2015) Editor, Journal of Political E...

Magne Mogstad

The Gary S. Becker Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2014)

Office: Office: SHFE 346

Phone: (773) 702-8199

magne.mogstad@gmail.com

Interests:

Labor economics; public economics; analysis of social mobility and inequality

Ph.D., University of Oslo, 2008

Casey Mulligan

Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1993); Director of Initiative on Enabling Choice and Competition in Healthcare (ECCHC)

Office: Office: SHFE 343

Phone: (773) 702-9017

c-mulligan@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Non-pecuniary incentives to save and work; how economy affects policy

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1993

Kevin M. Murphy

The George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics Emeritus (at Chicago since 1984)

Office: Office: SHFE 431

Phone: (773) 702-7280

kevin.murphy@chicagobooth.edu

Interests:

Empirical analysis of inequality, unemployment, and relative wages; economics of growth and development; addiction; the economic value of improvements in health and longevity

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1986 Fellow, Econometric Society, 1993; John Bates Clark Medal Winner, 1997; Member, American Academy of Arts an...

Roger B. Myerson

The David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College

Office: Office: SHFE 439

Phone: (773) 834-9071

Interests:

Game theory; information economics; economic models of voting and politics

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1976 Fellow, Econometric Society, 1983; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993; Nobel Prize in Economi...