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Economics

Kaprielian Hall 300
(213) 740-8335
FAX: (213) 740-8543
Email: econ@usc.edu

Chair: Robert Dekle, Ph.D.

Faculty

Robert R. and Katheryn A. Dockson Chair in Economics and International Relations: Todd Sandler, Ph.D.

John Elliot Chair in Economics: M. Hashem Pesaran, Ph.D.

King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture: Timur Kuran, Ph.D.

University Professor: Richard A. Easterlin, Ph.D.*

Professors: Robert Dekle, Ph.D.; Thomas Gilligan, Ph.D. (Business); Peter Gordon, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Development); John C. Ham, Ph.D.; Cheng Hsiao, Ph.D.; Ayse Imrohoroglu, Ph.D. (Business); Selahattin Imrohoroglu, Ph.D. (Business); W. Bentley MacLeod, Ph.D.; Michael J. P. Magill, Ph.D.; John Matsusaka, Ph.D. (Business); Kevin Murphy, Ph.D. (Business); Jeffrey B. Nugent, Ph.D.*; M. Hashem Pesaran, Ph.D.; Harry W. Richardson, M.A. (Policy, Planning, and Development); Geert Ridder, Ph.D.; John Strauss, Ph.D.; Guofu Tan, Ph.D.; Donald E. Yett, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Caroline Betts, Ph.D.; Juan Carrillo, Ph.D.; Harrison Hsueh-Cheng Cheng, Ph.D.; Michael E. DePrano, Ph.D.; Hyungsik Roger Moon, Ph.D.; B. Peter Rosendorff, Ph.D. (International Relations); Fernando Zapatero, Ph.D. (Business)

Assistant Professors: Isabelle Brocas, Ph.D.; Hyeok Jeong, Ph.D.; Yong Jin Kim, Ph.D.; Guillaume Vandenbroucke, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer: Nake Kamrany, Ph.D.*

Emeritus Professors: Richard H. Day, Ph.D.; Aurelius Morgner, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Undergraduate Programs

The economics curriculum is oriented toward a general, liberal education. The study of economics requires adequate preparation in mathematics and statistics. The department offers a B.A. degree in economics, a B.A. degree in social sciences, a B.S. in Economics/Mathematics and a minor in economics. Both B.A. degrees require a total of 32 upper division units for the major. Economics majors with an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher can apply to the department’s B.A./M.A. progressive degree program.

Graduate Programs

The department offers a Master of Arts in Economics, a Master of Arts in Economic Developmental Programming, a Master of Science in Mathematical Finance, dual degrees with the USC Gould School of Law and the School of Policy, Planning, and Development, a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, a Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Economy and Public Policy.