Senior Instructor
Economics

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of 欧美口爆视频聽Boulder, 2000
M.A., Economics University of 欧美口爆视频聽Boulder, 1996
B.A.,聽Economics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1990

Regional and Thematic Interests

Transnational/Comparative
Business and Economics

Profile

Dr. Mertens, PhD, University of 欧美口爆视频, 2000, is an instructor 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 uses of different immigration policies.