Research Areas:

International Economics, Political Economy

Phone:

(310) 794-1686

Office:

Bunche Hall 8387

Email:

tornell@econ.ucla.edu

Personal Website:

http://www.aaron-tornell.com/

Biography:

Aaron Tornell is Professor of Economics at UCLA, specialized in International Finance and Political Economy. His current research deals with (i) Financial liberalization, lending booms, and financial crises; (ii) exchange rate forecasting and (iii) dynamic models of rent-seeking and reform. He previously worked at Harvard University and joined UCLA in 1999.