Department of Economics
2115 G St., NW, Monroe 340
Washington, DC 20052

Phone: (202) 994-6150
Fax: (202) 994-6147
econgrad@gwu.edu


Faculty

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Bryan Boulier
Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor of Economics, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Research Interest
Demography, applied microeconomics, forecasting

Email address: mortile@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 365
Phone: (202) 994-8088

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Michael D. Bradley
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Economics, Director of Ph.D. Unit II

Research Interest
Macroeconomics, implications of alternative stabilization rules

Email address: mdbrad@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 340
Phone: (202) 994-8089

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Paul Carrillo
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Urban and regional economics

Email address: pcarrill@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 364
Phone: (202) 994-7608

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Maggie X. Chen
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Associate Professor of Economics

Research Interest
International trade, multinational firms, and regional trade agreements

Email address: xchen@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 367
Phone: (202) 994-0192

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Barry R. Chiswick
Ph.D., Columbia University
Ph.D. (Honorary) Lund University, Sweden

Professor of Economics and International Affairs, and Department Chair

Research Interest
Human capital and labor markets, the labor market adjustment and economic impact of immigrants and immigration policy, the human capital and labor market behavior of racial, religious, and ethnic groups, economics of religion

Email address: brchis@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 311
Phone: (202) 994-8680

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Carmel Chiswick
Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Economics of religion, economic history, economic development, labor markets in LDCs (less developed countries)

Email address: cchis@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 363
Phone: (202) 994-3161

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Joseph Cordes
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Public economics and tax policy, public expenditure analysis

Email address: cordes@gwu.edu
Office: MPA 623
Phone: (202) 994-5826

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Neil Ericsson

Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Econometrics, forecasting economic time series

Email address: ericsson@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 307
Phone: (202) 994-6150

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Ram Fishman

Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Sustainable development, environmental and agricultural economics, development economics

Email address: rfishman@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 304
Phone: (202) 994-1261

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Vincy Fon
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Law and economics, applied microeconomic theory

Email address: vfon@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 366
Phone: (202) 994-7580

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Ana Fostel
Ph.D., Yale University
Associate Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Finance, international finance, economic theory

Email address: afostel@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 370
Phone: (202) 994-6581

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Irene Foster
Ph.D., Indiana University
Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Applied Microeconomics, Economic Education

Email address: fosterir@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 323
Phone: (202) 994-2318

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James Foster
Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Development economics, inequality and poverty, economic theory and policy

Email address: fosterje@gwu.edu
Office: 1957 E 502C
Phone: (202) 994-8195

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Robert S. Goldfarb
Ph.D., Yale University
Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Research Interest
Economic methodology, applied microeconomics

Email address: gldfrb@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 372
Phone: (202) 994-7581

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Elisa Hovander
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Microeconomic theory, applied game theory, law and economics, contract theory, behavioral economics

Email address: hovander@gwu.edu
Office: MVC ACAD 202
Phone: (202) 994-6689

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Remi Jedwab
Ph.D., Paris School of Economics-EHESS
Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Development Economics, Urban Economics, Public Economics

Email address: jedwab@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 310
Phone: (202) 994-9011

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Sumit Joshi
Ph.D., Indiana University
Professor of Economics, Deputy Chair

Research Interest
Microeconomic theory and mathematical economics, growth models and dynamic equilibrium

Email address: sumjos@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 371
Phone: (202) 994-6154

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Frederick L. Joutz
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Professor of Economics, Director of Ph.D. Unit I

Research Interest
Macroeconomics, econometrics, forecasting economic time series, energy economics

Email address: bmark@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 313
Phone: (202) 994-4899

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Graciela L. Kaminsky
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
International finance, open-economy macroeconomics

Email address: graciela@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 362
Phone: (202) 994-6686

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Pamela A. Labadie
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor of Economics, Director of M.A. Program

Research Interest
Monetary policy, banking and intermediation, asymmetric information and moral hazard

Email address: labadie@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 315
Phone: (202) 994-0356

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Arun S. Malik
Ph.D., John Hopkins University
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Environmental and natural resource economics, applied microeconomic theory

Email address: amalik@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 305
Phone: (202) 994-5471

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Michael O. Moore
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
International trade and finance, economic effects of trade barriers, neoclassical political economy

Email address: mom@gwu.edu
Office: 1957 E 501
Phone: (202) 994-1806

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Tim Moore
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Public economics, health economics, labor economics

Email address: tim_moore@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 302
Phone: (202) 994-6101

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Wally P. Mullin
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Industrial organization

Email address: wpmullin@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 369
Phone: (202) 994-8087

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Donald O. Parsons
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Labor economics, social insurance

Email address: dopars@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 368
Phone: (202) 994-3954

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Joseph Pelzman
Ph.D., Boston College
J.D., The George Washington University Law School
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
International trade and finance, law and economics, economics of international trade law

Email address: jpelz@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 319
Phone: (202) 994-7108

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Robert F. Phillips
Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Econometrics and statistics

Email address: rphil@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 303
Phone: (202) 994-8619

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Roberto Samaniego
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Macroeconomics, economic growth

Email address: roberto@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 318
Phone: (202) 994-6153

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Jay C. Shamburgh
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
MALD. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Associate Professor of Economics

Research Interest
International macroeconomics

Email address: jshamburgh@gwu.edu
Office: 1957 E 502D
Phone: (202) 994-9208

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Tara M. Sinclair
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Associate Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Macroeconomics and econometrics

Email address: tsinc@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 314
Phone: (202) 994-7988

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Stephen C. Smith
Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Development economics and poverty, economics of participation, economics of organization

Email address: ssmith@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 306
Phone: (202) 994-8086

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Herman O. Stekler
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Research Interest
Economic forecasting and macroeconomics

Email address: hstekler@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 372
Phone: (202) 994-7581

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Steven M. Suranovic
Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor of Economics

Research Interest
International trade theory and policy, fairness and trade, theory of addiction

Email address: smsuran@gwu.edu
Office: 1957 E 502B
Phone: (202) 994-7579

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Olga Timoshenko
Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs

Research Interest
International trade

Email address: timoshenko@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 301
Phone: (202) 994-3055

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Nicholas Vonortas
Ph.D., New York University
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Industrial organization, economics of technological change, science, technology and innovation policy

Email address: vonortas@gwu.edu
Office: 1957 E 403N
Phone: (202) 994-6458

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Chao Wei
Ph.D., Stanford University
Associate Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Macroeconomics, financial economics, energy economics

Email address: cdwei@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 317
Phone: (202) 994-2374

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Ben Williams
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Econometric theory

Email address: bdwilliams@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 309

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Anthony Yezer
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Economics

Research Interest
Regional and urban economics, effects of public policy on the location of economic activity

Email address: yezer@gwu.edu
Office: Monroe 320
Phone: (202) 994-6755

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