Jose Lopez
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics at Fogelman College of Business & Economics, University of Memphis
Schools
- Fogelman College of Business & Economics, University of Memphis
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Biography
Fogelman College of Business & Economics, University of Memphis
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
Areas of research:
- Economic growth, development, public finance, labor, law and economics
Areas of teaching:
- Macroeconomics, economic growth, economic development, international economics.
Publications:
- “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.
Working papers:
- "A Jury of One’s Peers: The Effect of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 on Jury Trials”
- “Surgeons’ Response to Reimbursement Changes for Alternative Procedures: Evidence from Spine Fusion in
- the U.S.,” with Nicholas Benson
- “Modeling Progressive Taxation”
- “Entrepreneurship and Rent Seeking under Credit Constraints”
Work in progress:
- “Civil Rights Enforcement and Intergenerational Mobility among Minorities," with Jamein Cunningham.
- “Racial Divisions and Police Violence," with Jamein Cunningham.
- “Lynchings and the Enforcement of Civil Rights", with Carl Magnus Bjuggren, Jamein Cunningham, and
- Jhacova Williams.
- “Court Partisanship and Civil Rights Case Outcomes,” with Jamein Cunningham
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