 | Robert AinsworthPrimary Research Areas: Public Economics, Political Economy, Economics of EducationRobert Ainsworth received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2020 and joined the University of Florida as an Assistant Professor of Economics in the same year. His research examines pressing issues in public economics, political economy, and the economics of education. His current research examines how students make schooling decisions, the conditions under which school competition enhances performance, the measurement and effects of gerrymandering, and the effects of local taxes on neighborhood quality and residential location decisions. Professor Ainsworth teaches courses in public economics and econometrics. |
| Germán BetPrimary Research Area: Industrial OrganizationGermán Bet received his Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University in 2017. He joined Florida's faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2017. Professor Bet's research focuses on issues related to industrial productivity and competition in the airline industry. |
 | Roger BlairPrimary Research Area: AntitrustRoger Blair received his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University in 1968. He is now the Huber Hurst Professor of Business and Legal Studies. Professor Blair joined Florida's faculty in 1970 following two years of military service. He has been a Visiting Scholar-in-Residence at Washington University, and a Visiting Professor at the University of California - Berkeley and at the University of Hawaii. Professor Blair's research focuses on antitrust economics. He has more than 170 professional publications, including books entitled Law and Economics of Vertical Integration and Control, Antitrust Economics; Monopsony: Antitrust Law and Economics; The Economics of Franchising; and Intellectual Property: Legal and Economic Dimensions of Rights and Rewards. Professor Blair currently serves as the Economics Editor of The Antitrust Bulletin. |
 | Elias DinopoulosPrimary Research Area: International TradeElias Dinopoulos received his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 1985. Before joining the Florida faculty in 1988, Professor Dinopoulos served on the faculties of Michigan State University and Brown University. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the International Monetary fund, and the Greek government. His recent research examines the causes and effects of trade policies, and the effects of new products and processes on national and global growth. Professor Dinopoulos has published widely in the international economics literature, and is one of two recipients of the 1994 bi-annual Schumpeter prize. Professor Dinopoulos also serves as a co-editor in the Review of Development Economics and in the Journal of Evolutionary Economics. |
 | Min FangPrimary Research Areas: Macroeconomics, Macro-Finance, Monetary Economics, Urban EconomicsMin Fang received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester in 2021. He joined the Economics Department at the University of Florida in 2023. Previously, he served as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva and the University of Lausanne. Much of his research examines the macroeconomic effects of monetary policy and household- and firm-level frictions, including financial frictions and spatial frictions. His research also examines the design of policies to promote industry innovation. |
 | Gunnar HeinsPrimary Research Areas: Industrial Organization, International Trade and DevelopmentGunnar Heins received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2016 and joined the Economics Department of the University of Florida in the same year. His research focuses on international economics, trade policy, and industrial organization. Dr. Heins' current work studies the impact of globalization on inequality and the cost of living, how import competition affected recent U.S. elections, and the evolution of new markets. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on international economics, data analysis, and empirical analysis. |
| Thomas KnightPrimary Research Areas: Economics of Education, Experimental EconomicsThomas Knight is Department Chair and Instructional Professor in the Department of Economics. He conducts research in the fields of economics of education and experimental economics. More specifically, his current research agenda examines how students and workers respond to evaluative feedback. He has previously conducted research in the areas of industrial organization, game theory, and antitrust policy. Dr. Knight earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Florida in 2014. He has held visiting positions at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, New College of Florida, and Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia). |
 | Ignacia MercadalPrimary Research Areas: Industrial Organization, Regulation PolicyIgnacia Mercadal joined the University of Florida in 2021 as an Assistant Professor. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2016. Professor Mercadal's research studies questions regarding competition and regulation in energy markets, with a focus on electricity markets. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on data analysis and econometrics. |
 | Cecilia PeluffoPrimary Research Areas: International Trade and Development, Labor EconomicsCecilia Peluffo received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2017, and joined the Florida faculty as an Assistant Professor of Economics that same year. Professor Peluffo's research focuses on issues in labor economics and economic development, including migration, social safety nets, intra-household resource allocation, and economic growth. |
 | Michelle PhillipsPrimary Research Areas: Education Policy, RegulationMichelle Phillips received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2012 and is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics. She has previously worked as an Economist at the Public Utility Research Center and served as a consultant to the World Bank. Her research focuses on public policy issues in the infrastructure and education sectors. Dr. Phillips' research includes studies of benchmarking in the water sector, energy efficiency in the electricity sector, state government policies regarding textbook adoption in schools, and voting behavior in teachers' unions. Dr. Phillips has helped to develop the Body of Knowledge on Infrastructure Regulation, focusing on the provision of infrastructure services in fragile and conflict-affected countries. |
 | Eugenio RojasPrimary Research Areas: International Macroeconomics, Financial Crises, Macroprudential RegulationEugenio Rojas received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019. He joined the Economics Department of the University of Florida that same year. His research investigates a variety of issues in international macroeconomics, including financial crises and macroprudential regulation. His current work focuses on understanding the causes and effects of financial crises, and on the associated design of macroprudential regulation. Specifically, he studies how imperfections in financial markets interact with the decisions of households, firms, and governments, how these interactions shape the frequency and severity of financial crises, and the financial regulations that can best reduce the prevalence and severity of these crises. Professor Rojas has also studied topics in labor economics and the economics of education. |
 | Richard RomanoPrimary Research Area: Education PolicyRichard Romano received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1982, and joined the Florida faculty that year. He was appointed Gerald L. Gunter Professor of Economics in 1997 and currently holds a University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship. He has also served as a Visiting Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University and at the University of British Columbia. Professor Romano has published numerous articles on a variety of public policy issues, including government policy toward research and development, and antitrust policy. His current research is focused on education policy, including exploration of voucher and school-choice policies and alternative approaches to school finance. This research has been supported by the National Science Foundation. |
 | Hector SandovalPrimary Research Areas: Education Policy, Labor EconomicsHector H. Sandoval received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. Professor Sandoval joined the University of Florida that year as the Director of Economic Analysis in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Professor Sandoval worked for the Poverty Analysis Division of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) in Mexico. He has also served as a consultant for the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Office, Mexico. Professor Sandoval conducts applied microeconomic research which focuses on social interactions, peer effects, and social networks. |
 | David SappingtonPrimary Research Areas: Industrial Organization, RegulationDavid Sappington received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1980. He presently serves as an Eminent Scholar in the Department of Economics. Before joining the Department in 1990, Professor Sappington served on the technical staff of Bell Communications Research and on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan. He has also served as the Chief Economist at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Professor Sappington's research focuses on the design of public policy in regulated industries, including the energy and communications sectors. He currently serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Rand Journal of Economics, the Journal of Regulatory Economics, and the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. |