Economics

The department of Economics at the University of Houston is made up of an innovative group of scholars who are dedicated to producing top-flight research while training our students in the latest techniques in economic analysis.

News from Economics

• The Economics Department is excited to host several renowned visitors from around the world during the 2024-2025 academic year. Visitors’ stays will vary from one week to an entire semester. Five visitors will come in Fall 2024: Claus Portner (Seattle), Tin Cheuk Leung (Wake Forest), Yichen Su (SMU), Douglas Gollin (Tufts), Krisztina Kis-Katos (Gottingen). And seven will visit in Spring 2025: Hanna Schwank (Bonn), Arvind Magesan (Calgary), Yun Xiao (Gothenburg), Carol Caetano (Georgia), Gregorio Caetano (Georgia), Giovanni Mastrobuoni (Turin and Essex), and Jean Guillaume Forand (Waterloo). More …