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Economics Research

The School of Economics faculty have strengths in a variety of fields, including international economics, macroeconomics, industrial organization, behavioral economics, international money and finance, banking, public finance, health economics, and labor economics. Their research has appeared in many of the profession’s top journals.

The faculty also regularly organizes conferences, such as the Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Conference and the Drexel PFED Conference on Credit Markets and the Macroeconomy.

Drexel University is a member of Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC), allowing its faculty and selected students access to a wide range of data from the Bureau of the Census and other federal statistical agencies.

Highlighted Research

Latest Research

  • Gandhi, Amit, Samek, Anya, and Serrano-Padial, Ricardo, Attitudes Toward Uncertain Risks: Evidence from a Representative Survey. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization forthcoming (Forthcoming).

  • Serrano-Padial, Ricardo, Equilibrium Selection in Aggregative Games with Strategic Complementarities. Journal of Mathematical Economics forthcoming (Forthcoming).

  • Bradley, Sebastien, Carril-Caccia, Federico, and Yotov, Yoto, Reassessing the Effects of Corporate Income Taxes on Mergers and Acquisitions Using Empirical Advances in the Gravity Literature. National Tax Journal (Forthcoming).

  • Kwon, Ohyun, Syropoulos, Constantinos, and Yotov, V. Yoto, Identifying and Quantifying the Effects of Extraterritorial Sanctions. European Economic Review (Forthcoming).

  • Hammoudeh, Shawkat, Jyoti, A, Selmi, R., and Pathak, J., The informational content of Central Bank communication for the energy market: The role of news versus surprises and published on December 17, 2023. Applied Economics 159 (Forthcoming):1&#-775232;17.

  • Yotov, Yoto, Stefanova, Stefani, and Bandarkar, Sophie, A Reassessment of the Impact of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on International Trade. Applied Economics (Oct 2025).

  • Kurmann, Andre, Lale, Etienne, and Ta, Lien, Measuring Small Business Dynamics and Employment with Private-Sector Real-Time Data. Journal of Public Economics 250 (Oct 2025).

  • Milliou, Chrysovalantou, and Serfes, Konstantinos, Complementary Inputs, Mutual Outsourcing, and Supplier Encroachment. Journal of Industrial Economics 73 (Sep 2025):458-479.

  • Yotov, Yoto, Herman, Peter, Gurevich, Tamara, and Toubal, Farid, Linguistic fractionalization, trade, and welfare. Economic Inquiry (Jul 2025).

  • Yotov, Yoto, Larch, Mario, and Shikher, Serge, Estimating Gravity Equations: Theory Implications, Econometric Developments, and Practical Recommendations. Review of International Economics (Jun 2025).

  • Yotov, Yoto, Freeman, Rebecca, Theodorakopoulos, Angelos, and Larch, Mario, Unlocking New Methods to Estimate Country-specific Trade Costs and Trade Elasticities. Journal of Applied Econometrics (May 2025).

  • Hammoudeh, Shawkat, Hanif, Waqas, El Khoury, Rim, and Arfaoui, Nadia, Are interconnectedness and spillover alike across green sectors during the Covid-19 and the Russia&#-775232;Ukraine conflict?. Energy Economics 144 (Feb 2025).

  • Yotov, Yoto, and Anderson, James E., Gravity in Transition. Review of International Economics (Mar 2025).

  • Felbermayr, Gabriel, Syropoulos, Constantinos A., Yalcin, Erdal, and Yotov, V. Yoto, On the Heterogeneous Effects of Sanctions on Trade. Canadian Journal of Economics 58 (Feb 2025):247-280.

  • Yotov, Yoto, Piermartini, Roberta, Larch, Mario, and Monteiro, Jose Antonio, On the effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade: They are positive and large after all. Canadian Journal of Economics (Feb 2025).

  • Airaudo, Marco, Temptation-Driven Preferences: A Resolution to New Keynesian Anomalies. European Economic Review 172 (Feb 2025):1-23.

  • Yotov, Yoto, Lampe, Markus, O’Rourke, Kevin, and Reiter, Lorenz, The Empire Project: Trade Policy in Interwar Canada. Journal of International Economics (Jan 2025).

  • Yotov, Yoto, and Nagengast, Arne J., Estimating Gravity in Staggered Difference-in-Differences Settings. American Economic Journal - Applied Economics 17 (Jan 2025).

  • Yotov, Yoto, Felbermayr, Gabriel, Syropoulos, Constantinos A., and Yalcin, Erdal, On the Heterogeneous Effects of Sanctions on Trade and Welfare: Evidence from the Sanctions on Iran and a New Database. Canadian Journal of Economics (Jan 2025).

  • Serfes, Konstantinos, Wu, Kejia, and Avramidis, Panagiotis, FinTech vs. Bank: The impact of lending technology on credit market competition. Journal of Banking and Finance 170 (Jan 2025).

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