Dr. Dennis Epple

Biography

Dennis Epple is the Thomas Lord University Professor of Economics at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. His current research focuses on public economics with an emphasis on federalism, economics education, taxation, and urban economics. He has conducted research on learning productivity growth in the manufacturing and service industries. Epple holds an undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University, a Master of Public Affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and a PhD in Economics from Princeton University. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the CESifo research network and the Human Capital Economic Opportunity global working group. His research has appeared in leading journals in economics and management, and he serves as a co-editor for the American Economic Review and the Journal of Public Economics. Epple has also held several academic positions at Carnegie Mellon University since 1974, including Head of the Economics Department and Acting Dean.

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