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Alessandria, George
- Professor of Economics
- george.alessandria@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3096
- 204 Harkness Hall
Interests: Macroeconomics; International Finance; International Trade
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Ashby, Elizabeth
- Associate Professor of Instruction
- eashby@ur.rochester.edu
- 216 Harkness Hall
Interests: Public Economics; Labor Economics
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Awaya, Yu
- Associate Professor of Economics
- yawaya@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5781
- 228 Harkness Hall
Interests: Economic Theory
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Bai, Yan
- Professor of Economics
- Chair, Department of Economics
- yan.bai@rochester.edu
- 203 Harkness Hall
Interests: International Economics; Macroeconomics
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Barelli, Paulo
- Professor of Economics
- Associate Chair, Department of Economics
- paulo.barelli@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8075
- 214 Harkness Hall
Interests: Economic Theory; Game Theory
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Baseler, Travis A.
- Assistant Professor of Economics
- travis.baseler@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5252
- 232 Harkness Hall
Interests: Development Economics
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Bils, Mark
- Hazel Fyfe Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
- mark.bils@rochester.edu
- 217 Harkness Hall
Interests: Macroeconomics
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Chaumont, Gaston
- Assistant Professor of Economics
- gaston.chaumont@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3968
- 229 Harkness Hall
Interests: Macroeconomics, International Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, and Monetary Economics
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Chen, Bin
- Associate Professor of Economics
- binchen@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5781
- 224 Harkness Hall
Interests: Econometric Theory; Financial Econometrics
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Duggan, John
- Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science
Professor of Economics
- john.duggan@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4999
- 111A Harkness Hall
Interests: Economic Theory; Political Economy; Social Choice Theory
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Figlio, David
- Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education
Professor of Economics - Provost, University of Rochester
- david.figlio@rochester.edu
- 213 Wallis Hall
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Firooz, Hamid
- Assistant Professor of Instruction
- hfirooz@ur.rochester.edu
- 227 Harkness Hall
Interests: International Trade; Macroeconomics; Firm Dynamics
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![Srihari Govindan](govindan_srihari/assets/images/2011-08-10_2011-08-10 Srihari_Govindan_3792.jpg)
Govindan, Srihari
- Professor of Economics
- s.govindan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7214
- 223 Harkness Hall
Interests: Game Theory; Mathematical Economics
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Guntin, Rafael
- Assistant Professor of Economics
- lguntinw@ur.rochester.edu
- 231 Harkness Hall
Interests: Macroeconomics; International Macroeconomics; Macro-Finance
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Hill, Elaine
- Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences and Economics
Interests: Health Economics and Environmental Economics
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![Headshot of Lisa Kahn.](kahn_lisa/assets/images/lisa_kahn.jpg)
Kahn, Lisa
- Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Social Sciences
Professor of Economics
- lisa.kahn@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1871
- 206 Harkness Hall
Interests: Labor Economics; Personnel/Organizational Economics; Education
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Kalandrakis, Tasos
- Professor of Political Science
- kalandrakis@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4902
- 109C Harkness Hall
Interests: Political Economics
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Kim, Jiseob
- Visiting Associate Professor
- jkim133@ur.rochester.edu
- 219 Harkness Hall
Interests: Macroeconomics with an emphasis on topics in household finance
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Kocherlakota, Narayana
- Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
- nkocherl@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4991
- 238B Harkness Hall
Interests: Monetary policy
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Kochov, Asen
- Associate Professor of Economics
- asen.kochov@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4236
- 238C Harkness Hall
Interests: Microeconomic Theory; Decision Theory
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Moretti, Matias
- Assistant Professor
- mmorett2@UR.Rochester.edu
- 234 Harkness Hall
Interests: International Macroeconomics; Macro-Finance
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Pavan, Ronni
- Professor of Economics
- ronni.pavan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-6279
- 221 Harkness Hall
Interests: Labor Economics; Applied Econometrics; Urban Economics
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Rizzo, Michael
- Professor of Instruction
- michael.rizzo@rochester.edu | (585) 478-2677
- 236 Harkness Hall
Interests: Environmental and Resource Economics; Economics of Higher Education; Sports Economics; Popular Economics
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Singleton, John
- Associate Professor of Economics
- Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Economics
- john.singleton@rochester.edu
- 230 Harkness Hall
Interests: Public Economics; Economics of Education; Applied Microeconomics; History of Economics
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Sleet, Christopher
- Professor of Economics
- csleet@ur.rochester.edu
- 202 Harkness Hall
Interests: Macroeconomics, Public Economics
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Tan, Kegon
- Assistant Professor of Economics
- ttan8@ur.rochester.edu
- 226 Harkness Hall
Interests: intergenerational mobility and inequality
![William Thomson](thomson_william/assets/images/thomson.jpg)
Thomson, William
- Elmer B. Milliman Distinguished Professor in Economics
Professor of Economics
- william.thomson@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2236
- 211 Harkness Hall
Interests: Game Theory; Theory of Equity; Mechanism Design
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Yeltekin, Sevin
- Professor of Business Administration
- syelteki@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3316
- 2-202H Carol Simon Hall
Interests: Fiscal Policy Design, Social Insurance Design, Computational Economics, Asset Pricing Implications of Macro Policy
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Yildiz, Nese
- Associate Professor of Economics
- nese.yildiz@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5782
- 222 Harkness Hall
Interests: Econometric Theory
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Zhu, Lianming
- Research Associate
- lzhu24@ur.rochester.edu
- 213 Harkness Hall
Interests: International trade