faculty Vellore Arthy (Ph.D., Oxford) development economics, economic history Daniel Bogart (Ph.D., UCLA) economic history, infrastructure, economic development William Branch (Ph.D., University of Oregon) macroeconomics David Brownstone (Ph.D., UC Berkeley) econometrics, transportation economics Jan Brueckner (Ph.D., Stanford University) urban economics, public economics, industrial organization
Matthew Harding (Ph.D., Mass. Institute of Technology) big data, econometrics, machine learning, energy and environmental economics, health economics, public policy Ivan Jeliazkov (Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis) econometrics, simulation-based inference, computation Brian Jenkins (Ph.D., University of North Carolina) macroeconomics Igor Kopylov (Ph.D., University of Rochester) microeconomic theory, decision theory, game theory Ying-Ying Lee (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) econometrics, emperical microeconomics
Jean-Paul Carvalho (Ph.D., University of Oxford) game theory, culture, norms, institutions
Michael McBride (Ph.D., Yale University) microeconomics, game theory, political economy
Jiawei Chen (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University) industrial organization, econometrics, finance
Fabio Milani (Ph.D., Princeton University) macro and monetary economics, econometrics, international money, finance
Michael Choi (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) macroeconomics, microeconomics, monetary economics, search and matching theory
David Neumark (Ph.D., Harvard University) labor economics
Damon Clark (Ph.D., University of Oxford) education, labor and public economics
Dale J. Poirier (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) econometrics, theoretical and empirical, bayesian economics
Linda Cohen (Ph.D., Caltech) political economy, industrial organization, government policy
Priya Ranjan (Ph.D., Columbia University) international trade
Yingying Dong (Ph.D., Boston College) applied econometrics & microeconomics, labor, education, health John Duffy (Ph.D., UCLA) behavioral and experimental economics, game theory, macroeconomics Matthew Freedman (Ph.D., University of MarylandCollege Park) labor economics, public finance, urban economics Michelle Garfinkel (Ph.D., Brown University) macroeconomics, political economy, conflict Amihai Glazer (Ph.D., Yale University) political economy
Gary Richardson (Ph.D., UC Berkeley) economic history, immigration, economic development Guillaume Rocheteau (Ph.D., Univ. of Pantheon Assas, Paris II) macroeconomics, game theory Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez (Ph.D., UC Berkeley) international macroeconomics Stergios Skaperdas (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University) economic theory, political economy Eric Swanson (Ph.D., Stanford) macroeconomics, macro-finance, monetary economics, econometrics
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And if that wasn’t enough, the UCI campus is located less than 10 miles from Newport Beach, is the #1 university doing the most for the American dream (New York Times College Access Index), and the #7 ranked public university in the U.S. (U.S. News & World Report).
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The department has 30 permanent faculty members with research and teaching interests that span a broad range of fields. In addition to strengths in micro theory, macroeconomics and econometrics (Bayesian and classical), the department has expertise in many applied fields, including:
A top 25-ranked program with strengths in all major areas of economic research
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onsidering a graduate degree in economics? Consider UCI.
UCI Distinguished Professor Jan Brueckner, economics, studies airline pricing and fee structures.
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Ranked #24 among all public economics programs in the country (U.S. News & World Report), the UCI graduate program in economics offers students five years of guaranteed funding. Scholars in the department have a proven track record of earning competitive research funding from national agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Army Office of Research, and U.S. Department of Agriculture; from private foundations including the Russell Sage Foundation and Arnold Foundation; and from campus-level fellowships, such as the Public Impact, Fletcher Jones and Chancellor’s Club fellowships.
The department has achieved national stature by attracting well-known senior scholars to its faculty and through the advancement of a host of young economists who have achieved national prominence. According to Academic Analytics data, UCI economics ranks 7th among all economics departments in articles published per faculty. The department ranks 8th in total number of articles published, and UCI economists produce 1.8% of all articles in the discipline, ranking 11th among institutions, with only 1% of the discipline’s faculty. And graduate students have incredible opportunities to publish alongside these world-renowned faculty.
• Economic history • Industrial organization • International economics • Labor economics • Public choice • Public finance • Transportation economics • Urban economics UCI economists pursue research with realworld policy impacts in areas including: • Minimum wage debate • California policy toward enterprise zones • Regulation of airline alliances • California high-speed rail demand forecasts • Public health
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Students have an opportunity to earn a master’s degree while in pursuit of their Ph.D. Graduate students from UCI’s economics program have gone on to work in high-tech startups, research consultancy companies, government offices, and in professorial posts around the world. A quick sampling of recent placements: • Amazon • Baylor University • California Edison • Columbia University • Federal Communications Commissions • IBM • JD Power • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Purdue University • University of Intl. Business and Economics Beijing If full funding, opportunities to publish, and a proven track record of excellence in the field are what you’re looking for in a graduate program, contact us today to learn more about UCI economics. William Branch, Department Chair wbranch@uci.edu | 949.824.4221 Dan Bogart, Graduate Director dbogart@uci.edu | 949.824.3191 John Sommerhauser, Graduate Advisor jdsommer@uci.edu | 949.824.4074