Faculty
Rice University’s Department of Economics
With its faculty of nearly two dozen, Rice’s Department of Economics in the School of Social Sciences is well prepared to provide its undergraduate and graduate students with the skills necessary to maneuver through the constantly changing globalized economic environment. By coupling new faculty members and the launch of RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics) with their already effective cutting-edge research and exceptional teaching, the department is equipped to expand its curriculum and address all areas of economics.
KERRY BACK
J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Finance
RICHARD BOYLAN
Professor of Economics
DAGOBERT BRITO
George A. Peterkin Professor of Political Economy
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Asset pricing, market microstructure, derivative securities and auction theory
JAMES BROWN
Professor of Economics RESEARCH INTERESTS
Measurement error in spline estimating equations, multiparty bargaining strikes and wages in the printing industry, and substance abuse among adolescents
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Law and economics, political economy, game theory and experimental economics
JOHN BRYANT
BRYAN BROWN
Reginald Henry Hargrove Professor of Economics and Statistics
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Optimal tax theory, economics of defense, energy economics, and law and economics
FLÁVIO CUNHA
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Specification, estimation and prediction in nonlinear models; estimation and inference in random optimization models; and modeling and testing efficiency of forward exchange rates
MARC DUDEY
Henry S. Fox Sr. Professor of Economics and Professor of Management
Associate Professor of Economics
Associate Professor of Economics
RESEARCH INTERESTS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Labor economics, economics of education, health economics, economic development and growth and policy evaluation
Industrial organization
Banking and monetary theory, economics, epistemological and ontological foundations, coordination, asymmetric information, strategic uncertainty and special projects