The field examines issues related to the intersection of economics with geography and public policy. A major focus is on the study of economic forces related to the development and growth of urban and rural areas.

Development Economics is the study of developing countries and the people who live there. It uses economic theory to ask how to improve the economies of these countries and the quality of life of their inhabitants. Our faculty are actively engaged in field work involving the collection of both observational and experimental data.

International economics includes topics related to international finance and international trade. Research in international economics can be based on microeconomic or macroeconomic methods, depending on the question under consideration.

This research field covers a range of topics to address issues in Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Macroeconomics, and Financial Economics with emphasis on dynamic models in Macroeconomics, and linear and nonlinear models accompanying with nonstationary issues of Macroeconomic and Financial Time Series.