Murphy-Economics Seminar: Dietrich Vollrath
Professor of Economics at the University of Houston
The Murphy Institute Seminar Series in Economics
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Each semester The Murphy Institute sponsors a series of seminars organized by the Tulane Department of Economics that provides an opportunity for faculty, researchers, and practitioners to present their latest research and pressing issues related to topics in political economy. Research presented covers all aspects of contemporary economics, including the economics of education, health economics, and public economics, as well as in economic history, international economics, and core areas in political economy.
Dietrich Vollrath is professor of economics, and serves as Chair of that department beginning in Fall 2019. His research focuses on economic growth, and has appeared in the Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, and the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, among others. He is a past recipient of the Ross Lence Teaching Award, and is the co-author of a popular textbook on economic growth.
