Prof. Anna Tur-Prats is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Merced, Department of Economics. Her research interests are Culture and Institutions, Political Economy, Gender Economics, Economic History and Health Economics. 

She offers the following courses:

for Bachelor students of Economics: Quantitative Methoden „Political Economy and Public Policy Analysis“ 

for Master students of Economics: Topics in Applied Empirical Economics “Analysis of Panel Data” 

Prof. Christian Fons-Rosen is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Merced, Department of Economics. His research interests are Applied Microeconomics, Innovation, Economic of Science and Political Economy.

Klara Kinnl is a teaching and research assistant at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics. Her research interests are Applied Econometrics, Public Economics and Economic Policy.