What is the Advisory Panel?
The purpose of the Advisory Panel is to serve as resource of economists with expertise in frontier research whose names are publicly available for Church leaders, institutions, and members of the media needing advice or information on matters related to economic research or economic policy. All members of the the Advisory Panel have Ph.D.’s in economics or related fields (e.g., finance, business economics). Panel membership is through a nomination and vetting process, as explained here.
Using the Advisory Panel as a Resource
Although the Panel hopes to be unbiased in the sense of not representing any particular partisan or ideological viewpoint, the economists on the panel hold a wide range of expertise and opinions. Economists tend to be highly specialized. Moreover, there are topics within the field of economics where there is wide agreement, and others where there is little agreement. In order to be best informed, we recommend canvassing the viewpoints of several Panel members on any important economic question, especially those whose expertise is most relevant to the question. Most, though not all, of the Advisors are practicing Catholics, but not all are well-versed in Catholic social thought. The names, contact information, and fields of expertise are listed below.
| Name | Affiliation | Expertise |
| Acosta, Camilo | Universidad EAFIT (Bogota) | Urban economics |
| Albuquerque, Ana | Boston University | Accounting, executive compensation |
| Albuquerque, Rui | Boston College | Finance |
| Annett, Anthony | Fordham University | Macroeconomics, Catholic social teaching |
| Arcidiacono, Peter | Duke University | Labor economics, applied econometrics |
| Aradillas-Lopez, Andres | Pennsylvania State University | Econometrics, applied game theory |
| Balagtas, Joseph | Purdue University | Economics of agricultural markets (agricultural and food policy, the industrial organization of agricultural markets, poverty and food security) |
| Barattieri, Alessandro | ESG-UQAM (Montreal) | International economics and macroeconomics |
| Barrett, Christopher B. | Cornell University | Development economics, agricultural economics |
| Baumeister, Christiane | University of Notre Dame | Empirical macroeconomics, monetary economics, energy economics |
| Beauchamp, Andrew | Wright State University | Applied microeconomics, labor, economics of the family |
| Bils, Mark | University of Rochester | Macroeconomics, business cycles, employment, unemployment |
| Binder, Carola | Haverford College | Monetary policy, central bank communication, expectations, economic history |
| Boland, Michael | University of Minnesota | Agricultural Economics, Cooperatives |
| Borjas, George | Harvard University | Labor, immigration |
| Brennan, Michael | UCLA – Andersen School of Business | Finance |
| Buera, Francisco J. | Washington University in St. Louis | Macroeconomics, growth and development, financial frictions and structural change |
| Burkhauser, Richard V. | Cornell University | Labor, social security, income inequality, disability policy, retirement policy, minimum wage |
| Cabral, Luis | New York University | Industrial organization, antitrust |
| Carneiro, Pedro | University College of London | Labor Economics, public sector economics, economics of education |
| Chemmanur, Thomas | Boston College | Finance |
| Clementi, Gianluca | New York University | Macroeconomics, financial economics |
| Corbin, Brian | Catholic Charities USA | Catholic Social Doctrine, corporate governance and management, community development finance, business ethics, social welfare policy |
| Cremers, Martijn | University of Notre Dame | Finance, investments, corporate finance, corporate governance |
| Crowley, Meredith A. | University of Cambridge | International Trade |
| Cuberes, David | Clark University | Economic growth and development, urban economics |
| Cunha, Flávio | Rice University | Human capital formation, early childhood development |
| Do, Quy-Toan | World Bank | Poverty and inequality |
| Doran, Kirk B. | University of Notre Dame | Labor economics, scientific workforce, STEM policy, migration |
| Dwyer, Jerry (Gerald P.) | Clemson University | Monetary and financial economics, economics of financial crises |
| Evans, William J. | University of Notre Dame | Labor economics, health economics |
| Faberman, Jason | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Labor, macroeconomics, urban economics |
| Fernandez-Villaverde, Jesus | University of Pennsylvania | Macroeconomics, econometrics, economic History |
| Ferreyra, Maria Marta | World Bank | Economics of education |
| Fieler, A. Cecilia | Yale University | International trade and development |
| French, Eric | University of Cambridge | Labor economics |
| Gallego, Francisco A. | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Development economics |
| Gerardi, Dino | Collegio Carlo Alberto | Game theory |
| Gete, Pedro | IE Business School and IE University | Macroeconomics, international economics, finance |
| Giolito, Eugenio Pedro | Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile | Labor, demography, family economics |
| Gundersen, Craig | Baylor University | Food insecurity, food assistance programs |
| Hale, Galina | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | International, banking |
| Harker, Patrick | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Computational economics, spatial economics, business economics |
| Heim, Bradley | Indiana University | Public finance, labor, and health |
| Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Public, regional |
| Hirschfeld, Mary | Villanova University | Catholic social teaching, theology/philosophy, Thomistic economics |
| Holmes, Thomas J. | University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Industrial organization, urban and regional economics, location choice of firms |
| Hotz, V. Joseph | Duke University | Labor Economics, population economics, applied econometrics, evaluation of impact of social programs |
| Huang, Roger | University of Notre Dame | Finance, international financial management and financial market microstructure |
| Hubbard, William | University of Chicago, Law School | Law and economics, human capital |
| James, Harold | Princeton University | Economic and financial history, Germany |
| Kaboski, Joseph P. | University of Notre Dame | Growth, development, international, Catholic social teaching |
| Kondo, Illenin | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | International macroeconomics and trade |
| Korinek, Anton | University of Virginia | International finance and macroeconomics, financial crises, inequality |
| Kruger, Samuel | University of Texas at Austin | Corporate finance, household finance, asset pricing, real estate |
| Lafortune, Jeanne | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Labor economics, family economics |
| Larrain, Borja | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Finance |
| Larrain, Mauricio | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Finance, macroeconomics, development |
| Lipinska, Anna | Federal Reserve Board of Governors | International Macro, Monetary Policy |
| Lothian, James | Fordham University | Money, international finance, development |
| Lucarelli, Claudio | University of Pennsylvania | Industrial organization of health care markets (international healthcare systems, providers’ incentives, provision of health in rural areas) |
| Malmendier, Ulrike | University of California, Berkeley | IFinance, Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Finance, Applied Micro |
| Mark, Nelson | University of Notre Dame | International economics, Chinese economy |
| Masolo, Riccardo M. | Bank of England | Macroeconomics | Mazur, Karol | Trinity College, Oxford | Labor, Development |
| McMahon, Michael | University of Oxford | Monetary policy, fiscal policy, inventories, applied econometrics |
| McNelis, Paul, S.J. | Fordham University | Development, macroeconomics, econometrics |
| Mulligan, Casey | University of Chicago | Macroeconomics, labor |
| Murphy, Daniel | University of Virginia, Darden | International economics |
| Nechyba, Thomas J. | Duke University | Public finance, economics of education, fiscal federalism |
| Nicolini, Juan Pablo | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Universidad Torcuato di Tella | Monetary and fiscal policy, macroeconomics, evaluation of social programs |
| O’Hara, Maureen | Cornell University | Finance |
| Pennacchi, George G. | University of Illinois | Financial institutions and markets |
| Perez-Gonzalez, Francisco | ITAM | Corporate finance, organizational economics, public economics |
| Petit, Borja | CUNEF Universidad | Family Economics, Fiscal Policy |
| Pflum, Kevin | Bates White Economic Consulting | Industrial organization |
| Pham, Van H. | Baylor University | Development, international trade, applied theory, applied microeconomics |
| Phelan, Christopher | University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Macroeconomic theory |
| Pries, Michael J. | University of Notre Dame | Labor market reform (unemployment, minimum wages, etc.), pension and social security reform |
| Ramey, Valerie | University of California – San Diego | Macroeconomics (effects of government spending, empirical tests of business cycle models); time use (home production, time spent on children, time spent on education); wage inequality; economic history (20th century macroeconomic history) |
| Reis, Ricardo | London School of Economics and Political Science | Macroeconomics, monetary policy, business cycles, the Euro crisis |
| Rodrigue, Joel | Vanderbilt University | International trade, industrial organization |
| Rousseau, Peter | Vanderbilt University | Macro, Economic and Financial History |
| Rubens, Michael | UCLA | Industrial Organization |
| Sanches, Daniel | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Monetary economics, financial economics |
| Sánchez, José Miguel | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Applied microeconomics |
| Siemer, Michael | Federal Reserve Board | Macroeconomics, international economics, asset pricing, monetary economics |
| Sims, Eric | University of Notre Dame | Macroeconomics |
| de Soyres, François | Federal Reserve Board | International trade, macroeconomics, development economics |
| Sullivan, James | University of Notre Dame | Labor economics, poverty measurement, program evaluation |
| Syverson, Chad | University of Chicago | Industrial organization (firm structure, market structure, and productivity) |
| Tamura, Robert | Clemson University | Economic growth, fertility, human capital |
| Teles, Pedro | Banco de Portugal, Catolica-Lisbon SBE and CEPR | Monetary policy, currency unions |
| Tessada, José | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Finance (development finance and household finance), labor economics (migration), international finance |
| Tillmann, Peter | University of Giessen | Monetary Policy, Macroeconomics |
| Townsend, Robert M. | MIT | Development economics, banking and finance, economic theory |
| Triyana, Margaret | World Bank | Development economics, health economics |
| Tsukahara, Ted | Saint Mary’s College of California | Higher education strategy and policy (especially the role of athletics), altruism and non-profit organizations, Catholic social teaching (especially related to work and the worker), moral and political philosophy influences on public policy |
| Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn | Columbia Business School | Housing, finance, macroeconomics |
| Vellekoop, Nathanael | University of Toronto | Macro, Household Finance |
| Veracierto, Marcelo | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Macroeconomics, labor |
| Verbrugge, Randal | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Macroeconomics, time series, housing |
| Vicente, Pedro | Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Development economics |
| Villas-Boas, Sofia | University of California, Berkeley | Consumer behavior, industrial organization |
| Wantchekon, Leonard | Princeton University | Political Economy, Development |
| Whaples, Robert | Wake Forest University | American economic history, economics and religion, consensus among economists |
| Weber, Bruce | Oregon State University | Rural development, poverty and inequality |
| Wodon, Quentin | World Bank | Poverty, education, health, social protection, nonprofits, development economics |
| Yuengert, Andrew | Pepperdine University | Catholic social teaching, immigration |
| Zawadowski, Adam | Central European University | Finance |