Department of Economics

Faculty

Economics Faculty

Mahsa Akbari
Mahsa Akbari
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Office Hours: Mon & Wed, 12:30-2pm at Sachar 01A

Expertise: Applied econometrics, labor economics

Elizabeth Brainerd
Elizabeth Brainerd
Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in Economics, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Department of Economics
781-736-4816 Sachar Room 202
Office Hours: Wed, 9:30am-11:30am at Sachar 202

Expertise: Labor economics, economic demography, health economics, health and fertility in post-socialist countries

Linda Bui
Linda Bui
Professor of Economics
Associate Dean of Academic Programs, International Business School
781-736-4848 Sachar Building, Room 201

Expertise: Environmental economics, industrial organization, public economics

Jiwon Choi
Jiwon Choi
Assistant Professor of Economics
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 2-3pm

Expertise: Labor economics, urban economics, economic history.

Professor Geoffrey Clarke
Geoffrey Clarke
Senior Lecturer of Economics
Office Hours: Mon in Office, Wed at Farber Library, 2:30-4:30pm

Expertise: Economic history, applied microeconomics, experimental economics

Maya Eden
Maya Eden
Associate Professor of Economics
781-736-8544 Sachar Building, Room 130D
Office Hours: Tues & Fri, 3:15pm-4:15pm on Zoom link https://brandeis.zoom.us/j/93440808761

Expertise: Macroeconomics

Kathryn Graddy
Kathryn Graddy
Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Professor of Economics
Dean, International Business School
781-736-8616 Lemberg 262

Expertise: Art auctions, investment returns to violins, price discrimination and anti-competitive behavior

Nader Habibi
Nader Habibi
Henry J. Leir Professor of  Economics of the Middle East, Crown Center
Associate Professor of Economics
781-736-5325 Lemberg Hall (Crown Center) 226
Office Hours: Mondays 11 to 11:50 am , Thursdays: 4 to 4:50 pm

Expertise: Economics of the Middle East

George Hall
George Hall
Fred C. Hecht Professor of Economics
781-736-2242 Sachar Building, Room 126
Office Hours: Mon 11:00am - 1:00pm

Expertise: Macroeconomics, monetary economics, industrial organization

Amelia Hawkins headshot
Amelia Hawkins
Assistant Professor of Economics
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs, 1:15-2:15pm at Lemberg 257

ExpertisePublic finance, labor economics 

Jingyi Huang
Jingyi Huang
Assistant Professor of Economics
Office Hours: By appointment only

Expertise : Industrial organization, economic history

Gary H. Jefferson
Gary H. Jefferson
Carl Marks Professor of International Trade and Finance
781-736-2253 S-128B

Expertise: Chinese economy, economic development, industrial organization, technical change, transition economics

Jean-Paul L'Huillier
Jean-Paul L’Huillier
Associate Professor of Economics
Sachar Building, Room 14
Office Hours: On Leave Until Spring 2024

Expertise: Macroeconomics, monetary policy, experimental economics

Ashley miller
Ashley Miller
Senior Lecturer of Economics
Office Hours: Mon 1-2pm, Tues 9-11am, Wed 11:30-12:30pm at Farber Library, Mezzanine Level, Group Study Room #2

Expertise: Education, labor, public and health

Nidhiya Menon
Nidhiya Menon
Professor of Economics
Chair, Department of Economics
781-736-2230 Lemberg Building, L-164
Office Hours: Mon 10:30am-12:30pm

Expertise: Development economics, labor, demography

Scott A. Redenius
Scott A. Redenius
Associate Professor of Economics
Undergraduate Program Director
781-736-2237 Lemberg Building, Room 160
Office Hours: M/W/Th 2:45pm-4:00pm at IBS 160

Expertise: Economic history, the economics of financial institutions

Raphael Schoenle
Raphael Schoenle
Associate Professor of Economics
781-736-2268 Sachar S-123
Office Hours: Mon & Wed, 8:30am - 9.30am on Zoom and in person by appointment

Expertise: International macroeconomics, macro- and monetary economics, international trade

Benjamin Shiller
Benjamin Shiller
Associate Professor of Economics
781-736-5205 Sachar Building, Room 125

Expertise: Applied microeconomics, industrial organization, information economics

Tymon Sloczynski
Tymon Sloczynski
Assistant Professor of Economics
781-736-8550 Sachar Building, Room 124
Office Hours: Mon, 9-10am on Zoom & Wed, 2-3pm in person

Expertise: Microeconometrics, applied microeconomics, economic history

Ryan Westphal
Ryan Westphal
Assistant Professor of Economics
Office Hours: Mon and Weds 4-5pm

Expertise: Industrial organization, behavioral economics, household finance

A headshot of Yinchu Zhu. He is smiling.
Yinchu Zhu
Assistant Professor of Economics
Office Hours: Mon & Wed 1:20pm-2:20pm at Sachar 015

Expertise: Econometrics, machine learning

Affiliated Faculty

Daniel Bergstresser
Daniel Bergstresser
Associate Professor of Finance, International Business School
781-736-5007 Sachar Building, Room 128C

Expertise: Municipal finance, corporate governance, household financial behavior

Stephen G. Cecchetti
Stephen G. Cecchetti
Rosen Family Chair in International Finance, International Business School
781-736-4856 Lemberg Building, Room 255

Expertise: Macroeconomics, monetary policy, banking, central banking and financial regulation

Judy Dean
Judy Dean
Professor of International Economics, International Business School
781-736-8547 Sachar Building, Room 130-E

Expertise: International economics, economic development, econometrics

Alice Hsiaw
Alice Hsiaw
Associate Professor of Economics, International Business School
781-736-2251 Sachar Building, Room S-259

Expertise: Behavioral economics, applied microeconomic theory

Lisa Lynch
Lisa Lynch
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy
781-736-2101 Irving Presidential Enclave 102

Expertise: Labor economics, organizational innovation, applied microeconometrics

Blake LeBaron
Blake LeBaron
Abram L. and Thelma Sachar Professor of International Economics, International Business School
781-736-2258 Sachar Building, Room 204

Expertise: Macroeconomics, international finance, microeconomics

Aldo Musacchio
Aldo Musacchio
Professor of Business, International Business School
781-736-2249 Lemberg Building, Room 252

Expertise: Institutions and economic development, industrial innovation policy, corporate governance

Debarshi K. Nandy
Debarshi K. Nandy
Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance, International Business School
781-736-8364 Sachar Building, Room 210

Expertise: Entrepreneurship and innovation, financial economics, corporate finance, banking and financial intermediation

Carol Osler
Carol Osler
Martin and Ahuva Gross Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions, International Business School
781-736-4826 Sachar Building, Room 205

Expertise: International finance, financial markets, open economy, macroeconomics

Peter Petri
Peter Petri
Carl Shapiro Professor of International Finance, International Business School
781-736-2256 Lemberg Building, Room 203

Expertise: International trade, development, Japan, Korea, China

Davide Pettenuzzo
Davide Pettenuzzo
Professor of Financial Econometrics, International Business School
781-736-2834 Sachar International Center, S-122

Expertise: Time-series econometrics, Bayesian econometrics, forecasting, financial markets

Anna Scherbina
Anna Scherbina
Professor of Finance, International Business School
781-736-4709 Sachar International Center, 215

Expertise: Asset pricing, behavioral finance, real estate

Yang Sun
Yang Sun
Assistant Professor of Finance, Internatonal Business School
781-736-4708 Sachar Building, Room 216

Expertise: Financial institutions, household finance, corporate finance

David Weil
David Weil
Professor of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management
781-736-3883 Irving Schneider and Family Building (Heller School) 116

Expertise: Employment and labor market policy; regulation; transparency policy and digital empowerment; and the impacts of industry restructuring on employment and work outcomes and business performance

Adjunct Faculty

Mohammed Al Mehdar
Mohammed Al Mehdar
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics
Kim Chase
Kim Chase
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics
By appointment via Zoom
Office Hours: By appointment only, over Zoom
Chen Chen
Chen Chen
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics
Office Hours: Wed, 2pm-4pm at IBS PhD room
Cansu Isler
Cansu Isler
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics
Office Hours: Tues: 9:45-10:45am, Wed: 9:45-10:45am at Academic Court

Expertise: Time series analysis, forecasting, and finance 

Youyang Li
Youyang Li
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics
Office Hours: Tues: 2-4pm at IBS Cluster

Expertise: International finance and macroeconomics

Bjorn Markeson
Bjorn Markeson
Lecturer in Economics
Adjunct Professor Oriana Montti
Oriana Montti
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics
Sachar 001F
Office Hours: Tues, 11am-1pm on Zoom

Emeritus Faculty

John Ballantine Jr.
John Ballantine Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Economics

Expertise: Corporate finance, financial institutions,and energy finance/sustainability, labor economics, global political economy

Anne P. Carter
Anne P. Carter
Professor Emerita of Economics

Expertise: Changing specialization of businesses and workers, economics of information, technical change, technology transfer

Michael Coiner
Michael Coiner
Professor Emeritus of Economics

Expertise: Economics of higher education, international economics

F. Trenery Dolbear
F. Trenery Dolbear
Professor Emeritus of Economics

Expertise: Macroeconomics, public sector, budget issues, tax issues

Evans
Robert Evans Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Adam Jaffe
Adam B. Jaffe
Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Economics

Expertise: Industrial organization; technological change and innovation; law and economics; environmental economics. Interested in the process of technological change and innovation.

Barney Schwalberg
Barney K. Schwalberg
Professor Emeritus of Economics