Faculty



Tenure Track Faculty

 
Caroline Betts
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of British Columbia
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: cbetts@usc.edu

Research Specialities: International prices and exchange rates, market segmentation, the impacts of trade liberalization, structural change in the open economy.
Isabelle Brocas
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: brocas@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Neuroeconomic Theory, Contract Theory, Experimental Economics
Juan Carrillo
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Toulouse
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: juandc@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Neuroeconomic Theory; Behavioral Economics; Theory of Organizations; Industrial Organization; Experimental Economics.
Harrison Cheng
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D. , University of California, Berkeley
Office: KAP324F
Phone: (213)740-2105
Email: hacheng@usc.edu
Giorgio Coricelli
Associate Professor of Economics and Psychology
Ph.D. Economics, University of Arizona
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: coricell@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Neuroeconomics, Experimental Economics, Game Theory
Joel David
Assistant Professor of Economics

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: joeldavi@usc.edu
Robert Dekle
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, Yale University
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: dekle@usc.edu
Michael Deprano
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D. , University of Illinois
Office: KAP306C
Phone: (213)740-3525
Email: deprano@usc.edu
Dick Easterlin
University Professor and Professor of Economics
Ph.D. , University of Pennsylvania
Office: KAP318B
Phone: (213)740-6993
Email: easterl@usc.edu
Cheng Hsiao
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. , Stanford University
Office: KAP324G
Phone: (213)740-2103
Email: chsiao@usc.edu
Yu-Wei Hsieh
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, New York University
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: yuwei.hsieh@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Econometrics, Labor, Empirical IO
Nake Kamrany
Senior Lecturer of Economics
Ph.D. ECONOMICS, University of Southern California
Office: KAP324D
Phone: (213)740-6997
Email: kamrany@usc.edu
Yilmaz Kocer
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, New York University
Office: KAP306b
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: kocer@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Bounded Rationality, Behavioral Economics, Microeconomic theory, Game Theory.
Michael Magill
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. , Brown University
Office: KAP316B
Phone: (213)740-2104
Email: magill@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Financial markets, economics of uncertainty, dynamic economics,general equilibrium with incomplete markets, monetary policy and the term structure of interest rates, deomography and the stock market
Hyungsik Roger Moon
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, Yale University
Office: KAP310B
Phone: (213)740-2109
Email: moonr@usc.edu
Jeff Nugent
Professor of Economics and Business
Ph.D. Economics, New School for Social Research
Office: KAP318C
Phone: (213)740-2107
Email: nugent@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Empirical research assessing the impacts of development programs and policies,political economy of policy reform. Special emphasis on labor market and trade reforms and on applications to the MENA region.
Anant Nyshadham
Assistant Professor of Economics

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: nyshadha@usc.edu
Hashem Pesaran
John Elliott Distinguished Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, Cambridge University Ph.D. Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters honoris causa, Salford University Ph.D. Honorary Doctorate, University of Goethe, Frankfurt,
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-3510
Email: pesaran@usc.edu

Research Specialities: · Real-time modelling in economics and finance · Modeling credit risk · Econometric analysis of dynamic panels · Unit root testing and cointegration in panel data models · Aggregation of dynamic heterogeneous models · Decision theoretic approaches to model evaluation · Empirical analysis of convergence and growth · Econometric analysis of energy demand in Asian economies . National and global macroeconometric Modelling - the pioneer of GVAR modelling · Exchange rate modelling · Monetary and foreign exchange policy in Iran
Geert Ridder
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. , University of Amsterdam
Office: KAP310A
Phone: (213)740-3511
Email: ridder@usc.edu
John Strauss
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University
Office: KAP318A
Phone: (213)740-7698
Email: jstrauss@usc.edu
Guofu Tan
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Industrial Organization, Chinese Economy, California Institute of Technology
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-3520
Email: guofutan@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Auction Theory, Industrial Organization, Competition Policy and Regulation, Microeconomics, Chinese Economy
Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Rochester
Office: KAP316A
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: vandenbr@usc.edu

Research Specialities: Macroeconomics
Simon Wilkie
Professor of Economics

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-4595
Email: swilkie@college.usc.edu
Donald Yett
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Human Resources, Labor Economics, Health Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Office: KAP302B
Phone: (213)740-3514
Email: dyett@usc.edu
 

ASSOCIATED FACULTY

 
Joshua Aizenman
Robert R. and Katheryn A. Dockson Chair in Economics and International Relations

Office: VKC330
Phone: (213)740-2136
Email: aizenman@usc.edu
Dominic Brewer
Professor of Education, Policy, Planning and Development and Economics

Phone: (213)821-1953
Email: dominicb@usc.edu
Gillian Hadfield
Professor
Ph.D. Economics, Stanford University
Phone: (213)821-6793
Email: ghadfield@law.usc.edu
Ayse Imrohoroglu
Professor of Finance and Business Economics and Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Minnesota
Office: HOH601F
Phone: (213)740-6650
Email: ayse@marshall.usc.edu
Selahattin Imrohoroglu
Professor of Finance and Business Economics and Economics
Ph.D. Economics, The University of Minnesota
Office: HOH601C
Phone: (213)740-6546
Email: selo@marshall.usc.edu
Edward McCaffery
Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Economics and Political Science

Office: LAW420
Phone: (213)740-6473
Email: emccaffery@law.usc.edu

Research Specialities: Economics and political science
Vincenzo Quadrini
Professor of Finance and Business Economics, and Economics

Phone: (213)740-6521
Email: quadrini@usc.edu
 

ADJUNCT FACULTY

 
Laurent Cellarier
Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: cellarie@usc.edu
Hyeok Jeong
Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago
Office: KAP306B
Phone: (213)740-3512

Research Specialities: Growth and Development, Inequality and Poverty Dynamics
Russell Mangum III
Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D. , University of Southern California
Office: KAP300
Phone: (949)955-9025
Email: rmangum@nathaninc.com
Daniel McFadden
Presidential Professor of Health Economics

Office: UGW101C
Phone: (213)821-7955
Email: dmcfadde@usc.edu
Takahiro Miyao
Adjunct Professor of Economics

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: miyao@usc.edu
Shelkh Shahnawaz
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Southern California
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: shahnawa@usc.edu
 

LECTURERS AND VISITING FACULTY

 
Ergin Bayrak
Lecturer
Ph.D. Economics, University of Southern California
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: ebayrak@usc.edu
Yunjong Eo
Visiting Scholar
Ladan Masoudie
Lecturer
Ph.D. Economics, University of Southern California
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8543
Email: masoudie@usc.edu
Mark Moore
Associate Professor (Teaching) of Economics

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-2102
Email: mpmoore@rcf.usc.edu
Ratika Narag
Lecturer

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: narag@usc.edu
Manochehr Rashidian
Lecturer

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: rashidia@usc.edu
Mohammad Safarzadeh
Lecturer
Ph.D. Advanced Quantitative Theory, International Economics, Claremont Graduate School
Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: safarzad@marshall.usc.edu
Michael Sproul
Lecturer

Office: KAP300
Phone: (213)740-8335
Email: msproul@usc.edu
 

Emeritus Faculty

 
Richard Day
Emeritus Professor of Economics

Office: KAP318A
Phone: (213)740-2432
  • University of Southern California,
  • Department of Economics,
  • (213) 740 - 8335,
  • (213) 740 - 8543 (f),
  • Department Chair: Simon Wilkie (213) 740 - 7432