Faculty

Faculty at the Stigler Center are studying such topics as how much of a drug to buy at a higher price, how a market mechanism would increase organ transplants, the effect of suicide bombings on the willingness of individuals to ride mass transit. and how much to spend on educating children. You can also view past research faculty.

Currently, the following individuals from various divisions of the University of Chicago are involved in research activities at the center:

Gary Becker
University Professor of Economics and of Sociology
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Kerwin Charles
Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

Robert H. Gertner
Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance; Deputy Dean
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Erik Hurst
V. Duane Rath Professor of Economics and the John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Emir Kamenica
Assistant Professor of Economics
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Randall Kroszner
Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Tomas Philipson
Professor of Economics
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Raghuram Rajan
Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

James Sallee
Assistant Professor
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

Robert Topel
Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Director of the Stigler Center, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business