Robert Day School Faculty

Robert Day School Faculty

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty and Boswell Professor of Economics

B.A., M.A., Queens University; Ph.D., McMaster University

Teaching:

Statistics, Labor Economics

Research:

Labor Economics

Phone: (909) 607-8067
Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics

B.A., University of Michigan; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Teaching:

Public policy of economic development, natural resources, and the environment

Research:

Economic development and resource policy in developing countries; environmental policy process; policymaking in international organizations; political psychology

Phone: (909) 607-3071
Associate Professor of Economics

A.B., University of California, Berkeley; D.B.A. Harvard University

Teaching:

Financial Accounting,Financial Statement Analysis, Data Analytics

Research:

Financial Analysis,Credit Markets, Structural Estimation, Accounting Conservatism

Phone: (909) 607-7260
Russell S. Bock Professor of Public Economics and Taxation and Department Chair

B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Teaching:

Microeconomic Theory, Poverty and Public Policy, Economics of Crime and Criminal Justice.

Research:

Crime and the Criminal Justice System, Race and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market,Public Policy

Phone: (909) 607-4471
Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics

B.A., University of Warwick, England; M.Sc., University of Bristol, England; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston

Teaching:

Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Money and Finance

Research:

Chinese economic reforms, Financial markets, Central bank policymaking, Inflation and deflation, Sports economics

Phone: 909-607-2884
Charles M. Stone Professor of Finance & Director of the Financial Economics Institute (FEI)
Associate Professor of Economics

B.A.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Teaching:

Macroeconomics, Finance, International Economics

Research:

International Finance, Macroeconomics, Game Theory

Phone: (909) 607-3795
Director of the Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Academic Director of the Silicon Valley Program, James G. Boswell Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow

Ph.D., University of Rochester

Teaching:

Industrial Organization, Innovation, Strategy, Finance

Research:

Industrial Organization, Innovation, Strategy, Finance

Phone: (909) 607-6796
Associate Professor of Economics-Accounting

University of Arizona, Eller College of Management Ph.D. in Management- Accounting Concentration with minor in Finance University of California, Los Angeles Bachelors of Arts- Economics and Political Science

Teaching:

tax planning; financial accounting; accounting for income taxes

Research:

Impact of tax policies, enforcement, and financial reporting on firm choices; influence of auditor networks

Phone: 909-607-3760
Assistant Professor of Economics

B.A., UC San Diego; M.A., Ph.D., UC Irvine.

Teaching:

Intermediate Microeconomics, Economics of Education

Research:

Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Political Economy, Public Finance

Associate Professor of Economics

Jeffrey Flory received his B.A. from Reed College, his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, and he did his post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago.

Research:

Experimental Economics, Gender and Ethnicity, Development Economics, Rural Finance and Risk in Developing Countries

Phone: (909) 607-2800
Morcos Massoud Associate Professor of Accounting and George R. Roberts Fellow
B.Comm (Honors in Accounting) - St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta; Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting & Economic Decision Making) - University of Pittsburgh
Teaching: Financial Accounting & Reporting,Managerial Accounting & Reporting,Strategic Cost Management & Decision Making
Research: Behavioral Decision Making & Cognitive Psychology,Individual Decisions vs. Aggregate Outcomes in accounting & auditing,Financial Analysis,Laboratory experiments in accounting & economics
Phone: (909) 607-0720
Peter K. Barker ’70 P’01 Associate Professor of Economics, George R. Roberts Fellow

Ph.D., Economics, University of Notre Dame, M.A., Economics, University of Notre Dame, B.Sc., Economics, Universidad ORT Uruguay

 
Research:

Macroeconomics

 
Phone: (909) 607-8497
Associate Professor of Economics

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Michigan

Teaching:

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Research:

Macroeconomics, Household Finance, Big Data

Phone: (909) 607-8226
Associate Professor of Economics
Associate Professor of Economics

Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara

Teaching:

Intermediate Microeconomics, Public Economics, Environmental Economics

Phone: (909) 607-9841
William F. Podlich Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow

B.A., University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University

Teaching:

Law and Economics

Research:

Law and Economics

Phone: (909) 607-7275
Don and Lorraine Freeberg Professor of Economics and Finance

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University.

Teaching:

Investments, Financial Econometrics

Research:

Financial Econometrics, Market Microstructure

Phone: (909) 607-3664
Associate Professor of Economics

Zwischenpruefung, Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt, Germany; M.S., London School of Economics; M.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., London School of Economics

Teaching:

Macroeconomics, Econometrics

Research:

Comparative economic performance of countries and regions

Phone: (909) 607-3899
Associate Professor of Economics

S.B., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Teaching:

Intermediate Microeconomics, Econometrics

Research:

International Economics, Industrial Organization

Assistant Professor of Economics

Postdoc, UCI and FRB St. Louis; Ph.D., University of Basel

Teaching:

Statistics, Intermediate Macroeconomics

Research:

Markets with Frictions, Search and Matching, Money, Asset Pricing, Liquidity, Asymmetric Information

Phone: (909) 607 9895
Fritz B. Burns Professor of Financial Economics
A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching: Financial Economics
Research: Executive compensation, risk management, pensions, corporate finance
Phone: (909) 607-7363
Associate Professor of Economics

B.A., Marmara University, Turkey; M.A., University of Guelph, Canada; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Teaching:

Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Microeconomics, Econometrics

Research:

Public Economics, Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics

Phone: (909) 607-0721
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., Hebrew University, Ph.D., Princeton University
Teaching: Statistics, Game Theory
Research: Applied Microeconomics: Auctions, Labor Economics, Public Finance
Phone: (909) 607-7305
Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., M.A., University of California Santa Barbara. B.A., Claremont McKenna College.

Teaching:

Public Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics

Research:

Health Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Associate Professor of Economics
Phone: (909) 607-3754
McMahon Family Professor of Political Economy
Phone: (909) 607-1692
Rothacker Family Associate Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2015

Teaching:

Econometrics; Intermediate Macroeconomics; Data Science; Advanced Projects in Data Science.

Research:

Econometrics; Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Simulation-based inference; Financial economics; Financial crises; Economic history.

Gordon C. Bjork Professor of Financial Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow

Ph.D., Cornell University; B.Sc., McMaster University

Teaching:

Derivatives,Corporate Finance,Fixed income securities,Investments

Research:

Credit risk modeling, fixed income and derivative securities, and financial risk management.

Phone: (909) 607-3345

Visiting and Adjunct Professors

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., MBA in Finance, The University of Texas at Austin

Teaching:

Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance & Ethics, Investments, Financial Management

Research:

Empirical Corporate Finance, Institutional Investors, Initial Public Offerings, Payout Policy, Performance Evaluation, Corporate Governance, Venture Capital

Phone: (909) 607-2257
Senior Lecturer of Economics (Accounting)
Teaching:

Accounting and Auditing

 
Phone: (909) 607-3381
Visiting Lecturer of Economics (Accounting)
Henry Crown Visiting Associate Professor

Ph.D. London School of Economics; B.A./M.A. Trinity College, University of Cambridge

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D. Economics, Claremont Graduate University, 2008

Teaching:

Microeconomics, Environmental Economics, Public Finance

Phone: (909) 607-2535
Visiting Professor of Economics
Phone: (909) 607-3368

Emeritus Faculty

Robert A. Day Distinguished Professor of Accounting

B. Comm., M. Comm., Alexandria University, Egypt; M.B.A., Ph.D., New York University, CMA

 
Phone: (909)607-3203
Von Tobel Professor of Economics

B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Teaching:

Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital, Sports Economics, Economics of Strategy, Industrial Organization

Research:

Financial economics, Entrepreneurial finance, Sports economics, Contracts

Phone: (909) 607-3276
Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Georgetown University, BSBA, 1969; University of Michigan, MBA, 1971; Wayne State University, JD, 1973; CPA, (formerly) California, Michigan

Teaching:

Business Law,Financial Accounting,Tax Planning

Research:

Tax

Phone: (909) 607-3455
Horton Professor of Economics

A.B., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Teaching:

International economics,Monetary economics,Financial economics,Political economy

Research:

International financial crises,Public choice analysis of the IMF,Exchange rate policies in emerging market economies,European monetary integration,International capital flows,Effects of inflation,Institutional mechanisms to control inflation,International political economy

Emeritus Norwood and Frances Berger Professor of Business & Society
B.S., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Teaching: Microeconomics,Political Economy/Public Policy
Research: Economics with political and moral philosophy
Phone: (909) 607-3003