Faculty and Staff Profiles

Joaquin Lopez
Assoc Professor, Economics
Email: jjlopez@memphis.edu
Office Location:
Office Hours: By appointment
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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.