Assistant Professor Sanghoon Kim joined the Department of Economics in Fall 2019. He is an applied microeconomist focusing on industrial organization, environmental economics, and law and economics.
Professor Alex Anas is an applied microeconomist and urban economist and is the Chair of the Department of Economics. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and focuses on building microeconomic models that can be used to analyze the impacts of changes on urban structures.
Assistant Professor Sean Fahle is a health and labor economist in the Department of Economics. He received his PhD from the University of California Los Angeles and focuses on risk and insurance behavior.
Associate Professor Joanne Song McLaughlin is the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Economics. She received her PhD from the University of California Irvine and focuses primarily on labor economics.
Afew years ago, University at Buffalo President Satish Tripathi used his annual address to trumpet the UB 2020 strategic plan as laying the groundwork for propelling Buffalo Niagara in everything from health care and the arts to business and industry.