UChicago Scholars include faculty specializing in economics and related disciplines from across the University. Learn more.
This list reflects Visiting Scholars from the 2024-2025 and 2023-2024 academic year.
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Ufuk Akcigit
Arnold C. Harberger Professor in Economics and the College, The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Milena Almagro
Assistant Professor of Economics, Liew Family Junior Faculty Fellow, George G. Rinder Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth
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Fernando Alvarez
Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Bryon Aragam
Associate Professor of Econometrics and Statistics and Robert H. Topel Faculty Scholar, Booth School of Business
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Katherine Baicker
Provost of the University of Chicago and Emmett Dedmon Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy
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Neele Balke
Research Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Ray Ball
Sidney Davidson Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting Emeritus, Booth School of Business
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Francesca Bastianello
Assistant Professor of Finance and Liew Family Junior Faculty Fellow, Fama Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
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Omri Ben-Shahar
Leo and Eileen Herzel Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Kearney Director of the Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics, Law School
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Marianne Bertrand
Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Willard Graham Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth
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Chris Blattman
Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris School of Public Policy; Deputy Director of BFI Development Economics Center
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Stéphane Bonhomme
Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Big Data Initiative
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Benjamin Brooks
Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Eric Budish
Paul G. McDermott Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship and Centel Foundation/Robert P. Reuss Faculty Scholar, Booth School of Business
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Leonardo Bursztyn
Saieh Family Professor, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Political Economics Initiative
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Ozan Candogan
Chicago Board of Trade Professor of Operations Management, Booth School of Business
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Anthony J. Casey
Donald M. Ephraim Professor of Law and Economics, Faculty Director, The Center on Law and Finance, University of Chicago Law School
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Juanma Castro-Vincenzi
Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Adam Chilton
Assistant Professor of Law, Walter Mander Research Scholar, The Law School
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Pradeep K. Chintagunta
Joseph T. and Bernice S. Lewis Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing, Booth School of Business
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Hans Christensen
Chookaszian Family Professor of Accounting, Booth School of Business
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Emanuele Colonnelli
Joseph L. Gidwitz Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth
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George M. Constantinides
Leo Melamed Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
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Steven J. Davis
On Leave as William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics, Booth School of Business
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Joshua Dean
Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Booth School of Business
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Manasi Deshpande
Assistant Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and Co-Director, Ronzetti Initiative for the Study of Labor Markets
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Douglas W. Diamond
Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
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Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Associate Professor of Economics and Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar, Booth School of Business
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Oeindrila Dube
Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris Public Policy; Director of BFI Initiative for the Study of Gender in the Economy
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Jean-Pierre Dubé
James M. Kilts Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing and Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar, Booth School of Business
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Steven Durlauf
Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor and the Director of the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, Harris Public Policy
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Wioletta Dziuda
Associate Professor and Deputy Dean for Faculty and Research, Harris Public Policy
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Nicholas Epley
John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
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Richard A. Epstein
James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law, Senior Lecturer, Law School
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Eugene Fama
Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
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Daniel R. Fischel
Lee and Brena Freeman Professor Emeritus of Law and Business, Senior Lecturer, Law School
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Alexander P. Frankel
Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
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David Galenson
Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Scott Gehlbach
Elise and Jack Lipsey Professor, Department of Political Science, Harris School of Public Policy and the College
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Robert H. Gertner
Frank P. and Marianne R. Diassi Distinguished Service Professor of Strategy and Finance; John Edwardson Faculty Director Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation, Booth School of Business
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Michael Gibbs
Konstantin Sokolov Clinical Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
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Tom Ginsburg
Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law, The Law School
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Rachel Glennerster
Associate Professor, Division of the Social Sciences and the College
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Mikhail Golosov
The Homer J. Livingston Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Joshua Gottlieb
Professor, Harris Public Policy; Co-Director of BFI Health Economics Initiative
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John P. Gould
Steven G. Rothmeier Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
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João Granja
Associate Professor of Accounting and Jane and Basil Vasiliou Faculty Scholar, Booth School of Business
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Michael Greenstone
The Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and Harris Public Policy; Director of the UChicago Climate and Energy Institute
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Veronica Guerrieri
Ronald E. Tarrson Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Willard Graham Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth; Co-Director of BFI Macroeconomic Research Initiative
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Lars Peter Hansen
The David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and Statistics, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the Booth School of Business; Director of BFI's Macro Finance Research Program
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Christian B. Hansen
Wallace W. Booth Professor of Econometrics and Statistcs, Booth School of Business
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Arnold Harberger
The Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Milton Harris
Chicago Board of Trade Professor of Finance and Economics Emeritus, Chicago Booth
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John C. Heaton
Myron S. Scholes Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
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James Heckman
The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the Harris Public Policy
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Gunter J. Hitsch
Kilts Family Professor of Marketing, Chicago Booth, Co-Director of BFI Industrial Organization Initiative
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Ali Hortaçsu
Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor of Economics, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Industrial Organization Initiative
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Chang-Tai Hsieh
Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Deputy Director of BFI Development Economics Center
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Anders Humlum
Assistant Professor of Economics and Fujimori/Mou Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth
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Erik Hurst
Roman Family Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth; Senior Advisor, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
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Alex Imas
Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Booth School of Business
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Juanna Schrøter Joensen
Research Associate Professor in Economics, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Tetsuya Kaji
Associate Professor of Econometrics and Statistics and Richard Rosett Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth
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Ariel Kalil
Daniel Levin Professor, Director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy (CHPPP), Harris Public Policy
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Emir Kamenica
Richard O. Ryan Professor of Economics and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
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Greg Kaplan
The Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Macroeconomic Research Initiative
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Steven Neil Kaplan
Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Chicago Booth
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Anne Karing
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Economics, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Anil Kashyap
Stevens Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Finance, Booth School of Business
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Ralph Koijen
AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth
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Andreas Kraft
Assistant Professor of Marketing and Asness Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
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Michael Kremer
University Professor in Economics and the College and the Harris School of Public Policy, Director of the Development Innovation Lab
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Randall S. Kroszner
Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
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Thibaut Lamadon
Associate Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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William M. Landes
Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics, Senior Lecturer, Law School
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Christian Leuz
Inaugural Charles F. Pohl Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting and Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, Booth School of Business
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Steve Levitt
William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus; , the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Director of the Price Theory Initiative
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Tengyuan Liang
JP Gan Professor of Econometrics and Statistics in the Wallman Society of Fellows, Chicago Booth
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John List
Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, Director, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics; Director, BFI Chicago Experiments Initiative
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Guido Lorenzoni
Robert W. Fogel Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Chicago Booth
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Jens Ludwig
Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy; Director, University of Chicago Crime Lab; Co-Director of the Education Lab
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Yueran Ma
Carhart Family Professor of Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth
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David Meltzer
Professor of Medicine, and affiliated faculty, Harris Public Policy and the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Ethan Bueno de Mesquita
Dean and Sydney Stein Professor, Harris School of Public Policy
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Robert T. Michael
Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus; Senior Fellow, NORC, Harris Public Policy
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Thomas J. Miles
Dean and Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics, Law School
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Sanjog Misra
Charles H. Kellstadt Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing and Applied AI, Chicago Booth
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Magne Mogstad
The Gary S. Becker Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Director of BFI Ronzetti Initiative for the Study of Labor Markets
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Jack Mountjoy
Associate Professor of Economics and Robert H. Topel Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth
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Casey Mulligan
Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Evan Munro
Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, Chicago Booth School of Business
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Kevin Murphy
George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics Emeritus, Chicago Booth; Co-Director, BFI Price Theory Initiative
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Roger Myerson
David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris Public Policy
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Stefan Nagel
Fama Family Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
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Derek Neal
William C. Norby Professor in Economics, the Committee on Education and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Susanne Neckermann
Research Associate Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Brent Neiman
On Leave as Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics and William Ladany Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth, and as Co-Director of BFI's International Economics and Economic Geography Initiative
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Scott Nelson
Assistant Professor of Finance and Cohen and Keenoy Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth
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Valeri Nikolaev
James H. Lorie Professor of Accounting and FMC Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth
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Matthew J. Notowidigdo
David McDaniel Keller Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business; Co-Director of BFI Health Economics Initiative
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Lubos Pastor
Charles P. McQuaid Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
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Christina Patterson
Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics, Booth School of Business
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Randal C. Picker
James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Senior Fellow at the Computation Institute of the University of Chicago Argonne National Laboratory, Law School
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Harold Pollack
Helen Ross Distinguished Service Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, the Department of Public Health Sciences, and the College, School of Social Service Administration
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Nicholas Polson
Robert Law, Jr. Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, Booth School of Business
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Devin Pope
Steven G. Rothmeier Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Booth School of Business
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Eric Posner
Kirkland & Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Arthur and Esther Kane Research Chair, The Law School
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Canice Prendergast
W. Allen Wallis Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
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Raghuram Rajan
The Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
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Thomas Rauter
Assistant Professor of Accounting and IBM Corporation Faculty Scholar, Booth School of Business
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Doron Ravid
Associate Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Phil Reny
The Hugo F. Sonnenschein Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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James Robinson
Professor, Harris School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science
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Veronika Rockova
Bruce Lindsay Professor of Econometrics and Statistics in the Wallman Society of Fellows, Booth School of Business
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Evan K. Rose
Neubauer Family Associate Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Robert Rosner
William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Department of Physics
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Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI's International Economics and Economic Geography Initiative
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Elisa Rubbo
Assistant Professor of Economics and Liew Family Junior Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth
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Jeffrey R. Russell
Alper Family Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, Booth School of Business
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Azeem Shaikh
Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor in Economics and the College and Thornber Research Fellow, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Big Data Initiative
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Robert Shimer
The George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Douglas J. Skinner
Deputy Dean for Faculty and Sidney Davidson Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, Booth School of Business
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Ekaterina (Katja) Smetanina
Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Statistics and Asness Junior Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
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Konstantin Sonin
John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris Public Policy; Co-Director of BFI Political Economics Initiative
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Nancy Stokey
The Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Lars Stole
David W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Academic Director of the Executive MBA Program, Booth School of Business
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Amir Sufi
Bruce Lindsay Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Booth School of Business
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Dana Suskind
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Program; Founder and Director, Thirty Million Words Initiative; Affiliated Professor, Harris Public Policy
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Chad Syverson
George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor, Booth School of Business, Deputy Director, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
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Max Tabord-Meehan
Assistant Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Richard Thaler
Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Booth School of Business
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Rimmy Tomy
Associate Professor of Accounting and Kathryn and Grant Swick Faculty Scholar, Booth School of Business
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Robert H. Topel
Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Economics Emeritus, Booth School of Business
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Alexander Torgovitsky
Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Panos Toulis
Associate Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, and John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
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Harald Uhlig
Bruce Allen and Barbara Ritzenthaler Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
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Pietro Veronesi
Sherman and Vivian Chao Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
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Robert W. Vishny
Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
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Michael Weber
Associate Professor of Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth
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David A. Weisbach
Walter J. Blum Professor of Law, Senior Fellow, the Computation Institute of the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, Law School
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George Wu
John P. and Lillian A. Gould Professor of Behavioral Science, Chicago Booth Schoof of Business
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Dacheng Xiu
Joseph Sondheimer Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, Booth School of Business
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Anastasia A. Zakolyukina
Associate Professor of Accounting and William Ladany Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth
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Luigi Zingales
Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, and Charles M. Harper Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
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Eric Zwick
Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Economics and Finance, Booth School of Business