This is a university-wide lecture made possible by a generous gift from the family of Duane Leigh, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Economics Department at Washington State University. The Bertha C. and Roy E. Leigh Distinguished Lecture Endowment was established in 2001 by Duane’s father, the late Roy E. Leigh to honor his wife.
Hilary Hoynes, 2023, University of Berkeley, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities.
Thomas Sterner, 2022, University of Gothenburg, Professor of environmental economics focused on the design of environmental policy instruments.
Pat Bajari, 2019, Vice President and Chief Economist at Amazon.
Dr. Eric Maskin, 2018, Adams University Professor at Harvard. In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
Edward C. Prescott, 2017, W. P. Carey Chair in Economics in the School of Business at Arizona State University. In 2004, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
Joseph Harrington, 2016, Patrick T. Harker Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Grossman, 2015, Distinguished Professor, City University of New York Graduate School and Director of the NBER’s Health Economics Program.
Susan Athey, 2014, Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
William Greene, 2013, Robert Stansky Professor of Stern School of Business, joseph harringNew York University.
Matthew Rabin, 2012, Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Professor of Economics, University of California – Berkeley. 2016 Update: Current position Harvard University.
Orley Ashenfelter, 2011, Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics at Princeton University
Robert E. Lucas, Jr, 2010, Nobel Laureate 1995, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.
Jerry Hausman, 2009, John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at MIT in Cambridge.
Tim Kehoe, 2008, Distinguished McKnight Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota.
James J. Heckman, 2007, Nobel Laureate 2000, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago.
Daniel McFadden, 2006, Nobel Laureate 2000, E. Morris Cox Professor of Economics, Director of the Econometrics Laboratory, and Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley.
Kathryn Shaw, 2005, Ernest C. Arbuckle Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University
Alan Auerbach, 2004, Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law Director, University of California, Berkeley
Kerry Smith, 2003, University Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University. 2016 Update: Current position Arizona State University.
Ed Lazear, 2002, Jack Steel Parker Professor of Human Resources Management and Economics, Stanford University.
Hal Varian, 2001, Class of 1944 Professor of Economics and Professor of Business Administration and Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley.