Economics Research
Faculty Research at the Department of Economics
The Department of Economics has long been known for our research in experimental economics and in economic history, and we continue to be a world leader in both fields. We’ve recently built one of the world’s best young faculty groups in industrial organization. And we have a smaller but superb group in labor economics. Cutting across these research areas are the department’s strengths in microeconometrics, microeconomics theory, behavioral economics and game theory. The department’s relatively small faculty has published hundreds of research papers, including several dozen articles in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, and the Journal of Political Economy. More than half the department’s faculty members currently hold or have recently held research grants from such organizations as the National Science Foundation, the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Russell Sage Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Economics Research Areas of Expertise
Behavioral EconomicsAndreas Blume | Econometrics |
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Economic History | Environmental and Energy Economics |
Experimental EconomicsAndreas Blume | Health Economics |
Industrial OrganizationChristian Cox | Labor Economics |
Game TheoryAndreas Blume
| Political Economics |
Labs and Institutes
Economic Science Laboratory
Home to leading experimental research and teaching in social science, ESL creates synthetic economic settings where scholars can build their understanding of important issues in economics as well as disciplines like accounting, management and marketing.
Institute for Behavioral Economics
At the IBE, psychological insights come together with economic analysis, blending the disciplines' strengths with sophisticated analytical tools. Behavioral economics has become one of the fastest-growing fields in economics, and the IBE pushes the edge of the field even further.
Consortium for Environmentally Resilient Business
CERB brings together the academic, business, and policy communities to advance knowledge and develop the next generation of leaders in the field, and improve regulation and policy-making.