Global Economics & Management
In response to a rapidly changing and often misunderstood global economic playing field, research at the Center on Global Transformation is designed to address central questions of economic growth, equality and market change in the Pacific. Joshua Graff Zivin, a professor who has a broad research profile that includes the environment, health, development and innovation economics, leads the center. Together with an expanded group of resident fellows, established and emerging faculty leaders and applications-oriented researchers, the center is a resource for policymakers and business leaders alike.
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Affirmative Action Incentivizes High Schoolers to Perform Better, New Research Shows
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New research shows legal protections for immigrants improve lives and livelihoods of citizen workers
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May 28, 2020 | Virginia Watson | GPS News
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Faculty and Research
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John Ahlquist
Associate Professor
Research Fields: political economy, comparative politics, labor market institutions, income inequality, international trade
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Eli Berman
Professor, UC San Diego Department of Economics
Research Fields: environmental and resource, economics, labor economics, religion, Middle East, terrorism and insurgency, fertility, immigration, language
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Roger Bohn
Professor
Research Fields: high-tech and international manufacturing, electronics and data storage industry, product development, organizational management
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Renee Bowen
Associate Professor
Research fields: political economy, microeconomic theory, international trade
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Maria Carreri
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: comparative political economy, political selection, executive competence, local politics
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Richard Feinberg
Professor
Research Fields: Cuba, Latin America, U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions, trade and investment, globalization, democratization, non-governmental organizations
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Rafael Fernández de Castro
Professor; Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
Research fields: U.S.-Mexico relations, foreign policy, immigration and security in Latin America
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Francisco Garfias
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: comparative political economy, state capacity, taxation, social conflict, Latin American politics, Mexican politics, econometrics
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Joshua Graff Zivin
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Research Fields: environmental, public health, development, innovation economics
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Stephan Haggard
Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies; Director, Korea-Pacific Program
Research Fields: international relations, political economy, globalization, East Asia, North and South Korea
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Ruixue Jia
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: China, development economics, economic history, political economy
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Uma R. Karmarkar
Assistant Professor
Research fields: decision neuroscience, neuroeconomics, psychology, consumer behavior
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Gaurav Khanna
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: development economics, labor economics, applied econometrics
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Munseob Lee
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: macroeconomics, growth and development, firm dynamics, Korea
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Elizabeth Lyons
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: technology and innovation strategy, international management, organizational economics
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Gordon McCord
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research Fields: development economics, public health, environment
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Craig McIntosh
Professor; Co-director, Policy Design and Evaluation Lab
Research Fields: development economics, agricultural and resource economics, program evaluation, microeconomics, anti-poverty policies
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Barry Naughton
Sokwanlok Chair of Chinese International Affairs
Research Fields: Chinese economy, foreign trade and investment, economic reform
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Agustina Paglayan
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: political economy, comparative politics, education systems, labor market institutions, state capacity, applied econometrics, historical research methods, politics of policymaking in Latin America and the U.S.
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Krislert Samphantharak
Associate Professor and Associate Dean
Research Fields: corporate finance, economic development, family businesses, business groups in East and Southeast Asia, financial institutions in village economies, Thailand
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Ulrike Schaede
Professor of Japanese Business; Executive Director, Center on Global Transformation
Research Fields: Japan, Japanese business organization, strategy, and management, financial markets
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Victor Shih
Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, Associate Professor
Research Fields: China, political economy, Chinese banking policies, Chinese politics
Related Research Centers and Programs
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21st Century China Center
Aiming to deepen public knowledge and understanding of contemporary China and strengthen U.S.-China relations, this center promotes active discourse on China’s domestic evolution and its international engagement. -
Center on Global Transformation
Examining central questions about economic growth, equality and market change in the Pacific, this center brings together the worlds of academic inquiry and policy analysis. -
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
Supporting academic research on Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations, this center explores the creation,implementation and evaluation of public policy in these countries. -
Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology
Aiming to foster new collaboration and innovation between San Diego and Japan, this center acts as a hub for cross-disciplinary research on contemporary business, science and technology in Japan and its associated policies and strategies.
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