经济学哲学博士-经济史，制度和政治经济学

经济历史，制度和政治经济学研究重叠的问题。经济史研究了整个社会的结构和绩效。市场，技术，资源和机构在我们的解释中起着核心作用。比较制度经济学试图了解社会经济系统在空间和时间上的功能变化，重点是制度和文化作为基本决定因素。比较制度领域的研究人员使用各种研究方法来了解制度和文化的决定因素和影响。政治经济学使用经济分析工具研究政治制度本身，政治制度在塑造经济成果中的作用，以及经济在政治成果中的作用。当前的一些研究领域包括政治领导人的行为，选举在塑造结果中的作用以及游说和竞选贡献。
The Economics Program offers graduate study leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree. During the course of study toward the Ph.D., doctoral students also have the opportunity to obtain a Master of Arts degree. Areas of specialization include: Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Microeconomics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Comparative Institutional Economics, Econometrics, Economic Development, Economic History, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Industrial Organization, International Finance and Macroeconomics, International Trade, Labor Economics, Political Economy, and Public Economics. Economic history, institutions, and political economy study overlapping questions. Economic history studies the structure and performance of societies through time. Markets, technologies, resources, and institutions play a central role in our explanations. Comparative institutional economics seeks to understand variations in the functioning of socioeconomic systems over both space and time, focusing on institutions and culture as fundamental determinants. Researchers in the comparative institutional field use the gamut of research methods to understand both the determinants and effects of institutions and culture. Political economy studies political institutions themselves using tools of economic analysis, the role of political institutions in shaping economic outcomes, as well as the role of the economy in political outcomes. Some current research areas include the behavior of political leaders, the role of elections in shaping outcomes, and lobbying and campaign contributions.