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Economics

Division of Social Sciences
North Hall 2127
Telephone: (805) 893-7309

Undergraduate Office: (805) 893-2981
Graduate Office: (805) 893-2205
Undergraduate e-mail: ugrad@econ.ucsb.edu
Graduate e-mail:  grad@econ.ucsb.edu
Website: www.econ.ucsb.edu
Department Chair: Kelly Bedard


 
Faculty
Bob Anderson, BA, UC Santa Barbara, Continuing Lecturer (accounting)
Kelly Bedard, PhD, Queens University, Professor (labor economics, economics of education, health economics)
Cindy Benelli, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Continuing Lecturer
Youssef Benzarti, Associate Professor
Ted Bergstrom, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (microeconomic theory, public economics; evolutionary economics)
Javier Birchenall, PhD, University of Chicago, Associate Professor (growth and development, population economics, labor economics, economics history)
Gary Charness, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (experimental and behavioral economics, game theory, labor economics)
Olivier Deschenes, PhD, Princeton University, Professor (labor economics, applied econometrics, econometrics)
Lanny Ebenstein, Continuing Lecturer
Ignacio Esponda, PhD, Stanford University, Associate Professor (Microeconomic Theory, Experimental Economics, Political Economy, Industrial Organization)
Erik Eyster, Professor
Max Farrell, Associate Professor
Ted Frech, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Professor (industrial organization, antitrust, regulation, economics of uncertainty, applied microeconomics, health economics, law and economics)
Scott Fulkerson, Continuing Lecturer
Rod Garratt, PhD, Cornell University, Professor (game theory, public economics, banking, experimental economics)
Coby Harmon, BA, UC Santa Barbara, Continuing Lecturer (accounting)
John Hartman, Lecturer Potential SOE
Mitch Hoffman, Professor
Jen Hulme, Continuing Lecturer
Kelsey Jack, PhD, Harvard University, Associate Professor (Environmental and Development Economics) Joint Appointment: ESM
Peter Kuhn, PhD, McMaster University, Professor (labor economics, including trade unions, discrimination, immigration, displaced workers, unemployment, employment contracts, comparative labor markets,effects of information technology on labor markets)
Douglas Kulper, Continuing Lecturer
Finn Kydland, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, Professor (macroeconomics, international and monetary economics and game theory, economic growth)
Julia Lowell, Continuing Lecturer
Shelly Lundberg, PhD, Northwestern University, Professor (labor economics, economic demography)
Yueyuan Ma, Assistant Professor
Daniel Martin, Associate Professor
Kyle Meng, PhD, Columbia University, Associate Professor (economics, climate change) Joint Appointment: ESM
Antony Millner, Associate Professor
Ryan Oprea, PhD, George Mason University, Professor (experimental economics, behavioral economics, applied theory)
Cheng-Zhong Qin, PhD, University of Iowa, Professor (Game Theory, Microeconomics, Information Economics)
Heather Royer, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (labor, health economics)
Peter Rupert, PhD, University of Rochester, Professor (macroeconomics, labor economics, housing and household economics)
David Silver, Assistant Professor
Dick Startz, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (econometrics, macroeconomics)
Doug Steigerwald, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (econometrics, statistics, applied microeconomics)
Alisa Tazhitdinova, Assistant Professor
Gonzalo Vazquez-Bare, Assistant Professor
Sevgi Yuksel, PhD, New York University, Associate Professor

 
Emeriti Faculty
Henning Bohn, PhD, Stanford University
William Comanor, PhD, Harvard University
Robert Deacon, PhD, University of Washington
Stephen DeCanio, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles Kolstad, PhD, Stanford University (environmental economics) Joint Appointment: ESM
Clement Krouse, PhD, UC Los Angeles
Stephen Leroy, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Gary Libecap, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Joint Appointment: ESM
John Marshall, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rajnish Mehra, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon University
Lloyd Mercer, PhD, University of Washington
W Morgan, PhD, UC Berkeley
Mary Nisbet, PhD, Glasgow University
John Pippenger, PhD, UC Los Angeles
Jati Sengupta, PhD, Iowa State University
Jon Sonstelie, PhD, Northwestern University
Charles Stuart, PhD, Lund University
Harold Votey Jr, PhD, UC Berkeley

 
Affiliated Faculty
Kathy Baylis, PhD (Geography)
Tamma Carleton, PhD (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)
Christopher Costello, PhD (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)
Aashish Mehta, PhD (Global Studies)
Andrew Plantinga, PhD (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)