Economics

401 Engineering 2
(831) 459-2743
http://economics.ucsc.edu

Faculty and Professional Interests

Professor

Robert F. Adams, Emeritus

Joshua Aizenman
International economics, economic development

Yin-Wong Cheung
Applied econometrics and internation finance

Michael P. Dooley
International finance, monetary theory and policy

Robert W. Fairlie
Labor economics, public policy, entrepreneurship, applied econometrics

Daniel Friedman
Microeconomic theory, experimental economics, evolution and learning, behavioral economics, financial markets

K.C. Fung
International trade, WTO, multinational corporations, and Asia/Pacific economies

Ronald E. Grieson, Emeritus

Michael M. Hutchison
International finance, macroeconomics, Japanese financial system

John W. Isbister, Emeritus

David E. Kaun
Economics of art and culture; political economy of capitalism (including the quality of public discourse and its impact on public policy)

Kenneth Kletzer
International economics, macroeconomics, economic development

Lori G. Kletzer
Employment and wage determination, impact of globalization on the domestic labor market, industrial relations, government labor market policies, higher education and the labor market

Jacob B. Michaelsen, Emeritus

Peggy B. Musgrave, Emerita

Nirvikar Singh
Industrial organization, political economy, economic development, technology and innovation, South Asian immigrants in the U.S., Indian economy

Carl E. Walsh
Monetary theory and policy, macroeconomics

Donald A. Wittman
Economic theory, politics, law

Adjunct Professor

Sharath Sury
Investment management and research, porfolio theory, strategic asset allocation, active risk budgeting, hedge funds, alpha/beta risk separation

Associate Professor

Bernard L. Elbaum
Economic history

Phillip McCalman
International trade, intellectual property rights, industrial organization

Federico Ravenna
Open economy macroeconomics, international finance, monetary economics

Assistant Professor

Ai-Ru Cheng
Finance (asset pricing) and econometrics

Carlos E. Dobkin
Public health, public policy, and econometrics

Ricard Gil
Industrial organization, organizational economics, and applied microeconomics

Aspen Gorry
Macroeconomics, search theory, employment and labor market policies

Justin G. Marion
Public economics, empirical industrial organization

Ryan Oprea
Experimental economics, industrial organization, applied game theory, and financial markets

Jennifer Poole
International trade; Latin American economics; applied microeconomics

Jonathan Robinson
Economic development, with an emphasis on field experiments and primary data collection

Alan Spearot
International trade; industrial organization

Thomas Wu
International finance, macroeconomics, Brazilian macroeconomic policy

Huibin Yan
Economic theory, game theory, microeconomic theory, applied microeconomic theory, industrial organization, experimental economics

Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment

Robert J. Shepherd
Financial, managerial, cost accounting; intermediate accounting; and certified public accountant examination

Lecturer

David Goodman, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies

Paul M. Lubeck, Professor of Sociology
Political sociology; political economy of development, globalization, labor and work; logics of methodology; religion and social movements; Islamic society and identities; information and networks

John T. Musacchio, Assistant Professor of Information Systems Management
Control, analysis, and pricing of communications networks; applications of game theory in networking; wireless ad-hoc networks; and management of technology

Manuel Pastor Jr., Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies
Urban poverty and regional development, Latinos in the urban U.S., environmental justice, macroeconomic stabilization in Latin America; distribution and growth in the developing world; Cuban economic reform; Mexican economic reform

Kevin G. Ross, Assistant Professor of Information Systems Management
Service engineering and management; resource allocation; operations research, pricing, scheduling; queueing theory; networks

Helen Shapiro, Associate Professor of Sociology
Political economy, Latin American economic history and development (with an emphasis on Brazil), industrial policy, the auto industry, the state and transnational corporations