Economics

Degrees Offered: M.A.
http://ase.tufts.edu/econ/graduate/
617-627-3560

The Master of Arts program in economics is an eight-course program that provides an understanding of the theoretical and empirical foundations of economics and the quantitative tools for doctoral studies or a career as an economist.

There are three required, two-term courses: microeconomics, macro-economics, and statistics-econometerics; and two elective courses. Students may cross-register for courses at Tufts' Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston College, or Boston or Brandeis universities. A joint program with Tufts' urban and environmental policy and planning also is an option.

Most graduates either find research jobs in business or government or go on for an advanced degree in economics or a related discipline, such as finance, accounting, or management. Applicants do not have to have an undergraduate economics major, but should be grounded in economics or mathematics, particularly calculus and statistics.

FACULTY/SPECIALTY

Lawrence S. Bacow
President of Tufts University, J.D., Ph.D., Harvard University
Environmental economics

Marcelo Bianconi
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Macroeconomics, international economics

Drusilla Brown
Ph.D., University of Michigan
International trade theory and policy

David Dapice
Ph.D., Harvard University
Economic development, macroeconomics, public finance

Rajeev Dehejia
Ph.D., Harvard University
Applied microeconomics, econometrics, labor, development

Thomas Downes
Ph.D., Stanford University
Public finance

Joshua Fischman
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Law and economics

David Garman
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Applied econometrics

Yannis Ioannides
Ph.D., Stanford University
Macroeconomics, economic geography, social interactions

Matthew Kahn
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Environmental and urban economics

Henry Sunghyun Kim
Ph.D., Yale University
Open economy macroeconomics

Edward Kutsoati
Ph.D., Queen's University
Money and financial markets, applied microeconomics

Linda Datcher Loury
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Labor, income distribution

Margaret McMillan
Ph.D., Columbia University
Development

Gilbert E. Metcalf
Ph.D., Harvard University
Public finance, applied microeconomics

Sharun Mukand
Ph.D., Boston University
Political economy, international

George Norman
Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Industrial organization, spatial economics, microeconomics

Lynne Pepall
Ph.D., Cambridge University
Industrial organization, microeconomics

John Straub
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public finance, applied econometrics

Daniel Richards
Ph.D., Yale University
Macroeconomics

Jay Shimshack
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Environmental and resource economics

Enrico Spolaore
Ph.D., Harvard University
Political economy, economic growth and development, international economics

John Straub
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public finance, applied econometrics

Chih Ming Tan
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Macroeconomics, development, economic growth

Jeffrey Zabel
Ph.D., University of California-San Diego
Econometrics, labor economics