Welcome to the web page of the Department of Economics at the University of California, Riverside. We represent a group of faculty and students (both graduate and undergraduate) working in a wide range of fields, such as microeconomics; macroeconomics; econometrics; economic development; economic history; political economy; international trade; labor economics; money, credit and business cycles; and resource and environmental economics. For more information visit Faculty & Research.

The department offers Ph.D. degrees through our highly-competitive graduate program. We also offer B.A. majors in economics; business economics; economics and administrative studies; and economics, law and society.

Gloria González-Rivera
Chair

Jang-Ting Guo
Graduate Advisor

Our faculty interests are very wide. We have a number of faculty members who are world-renowned in their respective fields and have won international awards for their research. We also pride ourselves on an outstanding teaching record, with several faculty members who have won distinguished teaching awards. We have an excellent record at placing our graduate students in very competitive teaching and non-teaching positions in the United States and overseas.

We would be glad to hear from you if you have inquiries about our program, and we hope you will find the information provided here useful. Feel free to drop us a line.