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After serving almost 15 years in the Philadelphia City Council, Michael A. Nutter was elected the 98th Mayor of his hometown in November 2007. Since leaving public service on January 4, 2016, Mayor Nutter has remained active in public policy, government, and civic life.

Ingvil Gaarder's research applies microeconomic theory and microdata to study the differential effects of government policies on individuals.

Amir Jina is an environmental and development economist whose research focuses on the role of the environment and environmental change in shaping how societies develop.

Peter Ganong studies how households manage difficult financial circumstances such as unemployment and having an underwater mortgage.

Maria Angélica Bautista's research focuses on the political, economic and social consequences of state-led repression.

Guillaume Pouliot's research focuses on developing statistical methods for nonstandard problems in public policy and economics, the extension of machine learning methods for applications in public policy, and problems at the interface of econometrics and optimization.

Steven Durlauf’s research spans many topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics. His most important substantive contributions involve the areas of poverty, inequality and economic growth.