William Mertens
- Associate Teaching Professor
- ECONOMICS
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Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2000
M.A., Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, 1996
B.A., Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990
Regional and Thematic Interests
Public Choice Economics and International Trade
Profile
Dr. William Mertens is an associate teaching professor specializing in teaching undergraduate classes in economic theory. His research interests are in the fields of public choice economics and international trade. He has examined the political effects of international political economic sanctions policies, particularly as applied to dictatorships. He has also conducted a public choice analysis of the motivations behind the use of different immigration policies, and more recently, he is focused on research into the pedagogy of economics.