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Faculty and Staff Profiles |
Joaquin Lopez |
Assoc Professor, Economics |
Email: jjlopez@memphis.edu |
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Office Hours: By appointment |
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Profile
Personal website
Areas of research: Economic growth, economic development, public finance, labor, law and economics.
Areas of teaching: Macroeconomics, economic growth, economic development, international economics.
Education
- Ph.D. Economics - University of Chicago - 2014
- M.A. Economics - University of Chicago - 2010
- M.Sc. Economics - University of Texas at El Paso - 2004
- Licenciatura Economics - Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León - 2002
Honors/Awards
- Outstanding Paper Award, 1st place theoretical/conceptual - Fogelman College of Business and Economics - 2020
- Theodore W. and Esther Schultz Dissertation Fellowship - University of Chicago - 2013
- Arnold Harberger Fellowship - University of Chicago - 2013
- National Science Foundation SBE Grant - National Science Foundation - 2012
- Graduate Fellowship - University of Chicago - 2008-2013
- American Economic Association Minority Scholarship - Duke University/American Economic Association - 2007
- James Foundation Scholarship - University of Texas at El Paso - 2003-2004
Teaching Experience
- Applied Macroeconomics (graduate/undergraduate) - University of Memphis
- Advanced Macroeconomics I - University of Memphis
- Advanced Macroeconomics II - University of Memphis
- Introduction to Microeconomics - University of Memphis
- Economic Growth and Inequality - University of Memphis
- Elements of Economic Analysis IV (adv. macro for undergrads) - University of Chicago
Service
-   - Chair of Faculty Chair Committee - 2022-2023
- University of Memphis - Faculty Senate - 2018-Present
- University of Memphis - Economics Graduate Program Committee - 2014-present
- University of Memphis - International Studies Faculty Affiliate - 2016-present
- University of Memphis - Faculty Search Committee, Assistant Professor - 2016-2017
- University of Memphis - Faculty Search Committee, Lecturer - 2016
Journal Articles
“Surgeons’ Response to Reimbursement Changes for Alternative Procedures: Evidence from Spine Fusion in the U.S.,” with Nicholas Benson. Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. 42, issue 1, 41–55, January 2024. - “Civil Rights Enforcement and the Racial Wage Gap,” with Jamein Cunningham, AEA Papers & Proceedings,
vol. 111, 196–200, May 2021.
- “Size-Dependent Policies, Talent Misallocation, and the Return to Skill,” with Jesica Torres, Review of
Economic Dynamics, vol. 38, 59–93, October 2020.
- “Advertising for Consideration,” with Carmen Astorne-Figari and Aleksander Yankelevich, Journal of
Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 157, 653–669, January 2019.
- “Financial Frictions and Aggregate Productivity: Evidence from Mexico,” Quarterly Review of Economics
and Finance, vol. 66, 294–301, November 2017.
- “A Quantitative Theory of Tax Evasion,” Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 53, 107–126, September 2017.
- "An evaluation of real-time forecasting performance across 10 western U.S. States," with Keith R. Phillips, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 34, No. 2-3, 2009.
- "Error Correction Exchange Rate Modeling for Mexico: 1980-2001," with
Thomas M. Fullerton, International Journal of Applied Econometrics and
Quantitative Studies, Vol.2-3, 2005.
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