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Economics Faculty

Mahsa Akbari

Senior Lecturer in Economics

makbari@brandeis.edu S-011B

Office Hours: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesday; 2-3 p.m. Friday

Expertise: Applied econometrics and labor economics

Elizabeth Brainerd

Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in Economics, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Department of Economics

781-736-4816 ebrainer@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 202

Office Hours: On Leave Spring 2023

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

Linda Bui

Associate Professor of Economics

Associate Dean of Academic Programs, International Business School

781-736-4848 ltbui@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 125

Office Hours: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday; 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday

Expertise: Environmental economics, industrial organization, public economics

Geoffrey Clarke

Senior Lecturer of Economics

geoffclarke@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, 012

Office Hours: 1:30-4 p.m. Monday, Lemberg (IBS) 161; 1:30-4 p.m. Wednesday, Farber library near Starbucks

Expertise: Economic history, applied microeconomics, experimental economics

Maya Eden

Associate Professor of Economics

781-736-8544 Sachar Building Room 130D

Office Hours: 3-4 p.m. Tuesday

Expertise: Macroeconomics

Kathryn Graddy

Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Professor of Economics

Dean, International Business School

781-736-8616 kgraddy@brandeis.edu Lemberg 262

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

Nader Habibi

Henry J. Leir Professor of Economics of the Middle East, Crown Center

Associate Professor of Economics

781-736-5325 nhabibi@brandeis.edu Lemberg Hall (Crown Center) 226

Office Hours: 11-11:50 a.m. Tuesday; 4:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday

Expertise: Economics of the Middle East

George Hall

Fred C. Hecht Professor of Economics

781-736-2242 ghall@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 126

Office Hours: 2:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday or by appointment

Expertise: Macroeconomics, monetary economics, industrial organization

Amelia Hawkins

Assistant Professor of Economics

aaehawkins@brandeis.edu L-257

Office Hours: 2-5 p.m. Tuesday

Jingyi Huang

Assistant Professor of Economics

jingyih@brandeis.edu Sachar 012

Office Hours: 1:20-2:20 p.m. Tuesday

Expertise: Industrial organization and economic history

Gary H. Jefferson

Carl Marks Professor of International Trade and Finance

781-736-2253 jefferso@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 128B

Office Hours: 10-11 a.m. Wednesday; 4-5 p.m. Thursday

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

Jean-Paul L’Huillier

Associate Professor of Economics

Sachar Building, Room 14

Office Hours: On Leave Spring 2023

Expertise: Macroeconomics, monetary policy, experimental economics

Ashley Miller

Senior Lecturer of Economics

ashleymiller@brandeis.edu

Office Hours: 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday

Expertise: Education, labor, public and health

Nidhiya Menon

Professor of Economics

Chair, Department of Economics

781-736-2230 nmenon@brandeis.edu Lemberg Building, L-164

Office Hours: 12-2 p.m. Monday

Expertise: Development economics, labor, demography

Scott A. Redenius

Associate Professor of Economics

Undergraduate Program Director

781-736-2237 redenius@brandeis.edu Lemberg Building, Room 160

Office Hours: 2:45-4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday or by appointment.

Expertise: Economic history, the economics of financial institutions

Raphael Schoenle

Associate Professor of Economics

781-736-2268 schoenle@brandeis.edu Sachar S-123

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Benjamin Shiller

Associate Professor of Economics

781-736-5205 shiller@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 209B

Office Hours: On Leave Spring 2023

Expertise: Applied microeconomics, industrial organization, information economics

Tymon Sloczynski

Assistant Professor of Economics

781-736-8550 tslocz@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 124

Office Hours: 10-11 a.m. Tuesday; 4-5 p.m. Wednesday

Expertise: Microeconometrics, applied microeconomics, economic history

Yinchu Zhu

Assistant Professor of Economics

yinchuzhu@brandeis.edu S-15

Office Hours: 2:30-3 p.m. Monday and Wednesday

Expertise: Econometrics and machine learning

Affiliated Faculty

John Ballantine Jr.

Senior Lecturer in the Brandeis International Business School

7817364841 johnbal@brandeis.edu Sachar 13

Office Hours: 2-3 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday or by appointment

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

Daniel Bergstresser

Associate Professor of Finance, International Business School

781-736-5007 dberg@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 128C

Expertise: Municipal finance, corporate governance, household financial behavior

Stephen G. Cecchetti

Rosen Family Chair in International Finance, International Business School

781-736-4856 cecchett@brandeis.edu Lemberg Building, Room 255

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

Judy Dean

Professor of International Economics, International Business School

781-736-8547 judydean@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 130-E

Expertise: International economics, economic development, econometrics

Alice Hsiaw

Assistant Professor of Economics, International Business School

781-736-2251 ahsiaw@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room S-214 A

Expertise: Behavioral economics, applied microeconomic theory

Lisa Lynch

Provost

Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy

781-736-2101 lisalynch@brandeis.edu Irving Presidential Enclave 102

Expertise: Labor economics, organizational innovation, applied microeconometrics

Blake LeBaron

Abram L. and Thelma Sachar Professor of International Economics, International Business School

781-736-2258 blebaron@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 204

Expertise: Macroeconomics, international finance, microeconomics

Aldo Musacchio

Professor of Business, International Business School

781-736-2249 aldom@brandeis.edu Lemberg Building, Room 252

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

Debarshi K. Nandy

Professor of Finance, International Business School

781-736-8364 dnandy@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 209A

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

Carol Osler

Martin and Ahuva Gross Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions, International Business School

781-736-4826 cosler@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 205

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

Peter Petri

Carl Shapiro Professor of International Finance, International Business School

781-736-2256 ppetri@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 203

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

Davide Pettenuzzo

Associate Professor of Financial Econometrics, International Business School

781-736-2834 dpettenu@brandeis.edu Sachar International Center, S-122

Office Hours: 10–11 a.m. Wednesday

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

Anna Scherbina

Associate Professor of Finance, International Business School

781-736-4709 ascherbina@brandeis.edu Sachar International Center, 215

Expertise: Asset pricing, behavioral finance, real estate

Yang Sun

Assistant Professor of Finance, Internatonal Business School

781-736-4708 yangs@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 014

Expertise: Financial institutions, household finance, corporate finance

David Weil

Dean and Professor of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management

781-736-3883 davweil@brandeis.edu 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

Galit Eizman

Adjunct Professor, Econometrics

eizmang@brandeis.edu Sachar 001F

Office Hours: 2:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday or by appointment

Bjorn Markeson

Lecturer in Economics

bmarkeson@brandeis.edu S-001G

Office Hours: 12-1 p.m. Monday

Oriana Montti

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics

omontti@brandeis.edu Sachar 1G

Office Hours: 2-3 p.m. Tuesday or by appointment.

Karen Smith

Adjunct Professor in the Economics Department

klsmith@brandeis.edu Sachar 1C

Office Hours: 12-1 p.m. Monday and Thursday

Mohammed AlMehdar

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics

mmehdar@brandeis.edu

Kim Chase

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics

kchase@brandeis.edu

Office Hours: By appointment only

Emeritus Faculty

Anne P. Carter

Professor Emerita of Economics

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

Michael Coiner

Professor Emeritus of Economics

Expertise: Economics of higher education, international economics

F. Trenery Dolbear

Professor Emeritus of Economics

781-736-2244 dolbear@brandeis.edu Sachar Building, Room 201

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

Robert Evans Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Economics

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 K. Schwalberg

Professor Emeritus of Economics