Professor, Economics

Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow in Economics, Economics

PhD in Economics, University of Minnesota

BA in Economics, University of Rochester

Macroeconomics

Monetary Economics

Financial Economics

Public Economics

Bankruptcy

Entrepreneurship

Taxation

Health Finance and Insurance

Public Scholarship Award - Tippie College of Business, 2023

Peter Moores Fellow - University of Oxford, 2011

Economic Theory Fellow - Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), 2011

Executive MBA GREAT Instructor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2023

Executive MBA GREAT Instructor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2020

Professional Excellence in the Training of Economists Award for Graduate Student Advising - Tippie College of Business, 2017

Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences, 2016

American Economic Association

Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession

Econometric Society

Midwest Economic Association

Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory

Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists

Villamil, A., Wang, X., & Xue, N. (2021). A Political Foundation of Public Investment and Welfare Spending. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 23 (4) pp. 660-690. DOI: 10.1111/jpet.12519.

Feng, Z. & Villamil, A. (2022). Funding Employer-based Insurance: Regressive Taxation and Premium Exclusions. Economic Theory. 73 pp. 509–540.

Villamil, A., Wang, X., & Zou, Y. (2020). Growth and Development with Dual Labor Markets. The Manchester School. 88 (6) pp. 801-826. DOI: 10.1111/manc.12341.

Herranz, N. P., Krasa, S., & Villamil, A. P. (2017). Entrepreneurs, Legal Institutions and Firm Dynamics. Economic Theory. 63 (1) pp. 263–285. DOI: 10.1007/s00199-016-1026-8.

Chivers, D., Feng, Z., & Villamil, A. (2017). Employment-based Health Insurance and Misallocation: Implications for the Macroeconomy. Review of Economic Dynamics. 23 (1) pp. 125-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2016.09.002.

Herranz, N., Krasa, S., & Villamil, A. P. (2015). Entrepreneurs, Risk Aversion and Firm Dynamics. Journal of Political Economy. 123 (5) pp. 1133-1176. DOI: 10.1086/682678.

Antunes, A., Cavalcanti, T., & Villamil, A. (2015). The Effects of Credit Subsidies on Development. Economic Theory. 58 (1) pp. 1-30. DOI: 10.1007/s00199-014-0808-0.

Antunes, A., Cavalcanti, T., & Villamil, A. P. (2008). The Effect of Financial Repression and Enforcement on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. Journal of Monetary Economics. 55 (2) pp. 278-297. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.10.006.

Krasa, S. & Villamil, A. P. (2000). Optimal Contracts when Enforcement is a Decision Variable. Econometrica. 68 (1) pp. 119-134. DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00095.

Krasa, S. & Villamil, A. P. (1992). Monitoring the Monitor: An Incentive Structure for a Financial Intermediary. Journal of Economic Theory. 75 (1) pp. 197-221. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0531(05)80048-1.

"Dynamic Bankruptcy," Keynote/Plenary Address at Society for Economic Measurement, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2024.

"Dynamic Bankruptcy," Keynote/Plenary Address at Society for Economic Measurement, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2024.

"Higher Taxation for Fairer Resdistribution," Accepted Speaker at Public Economic Theory Conference, Lyon, France, June 2024.

"Bankruptcy Dynamics," Keynote/Plenary Address at Public Economic Theory Conference, Santiago, Chile, January 2024.

"Higher Taxes for Fairer Redistribution?," Accepted Speaker at Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Conference, Santiago, Chile, January 2024.

"Bankruptcy Dynamics," Keynote/Plenary Address at Public Economic Theory Conference, Santiago, Chile, January 2024.

"Tighter Credit," Accepted Speaker at Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Conference, Paris, France, July 2023.

"Tighter Credit," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, May 2023.

"Tighter Credit," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom, April 2023.

"Tighter Credit," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, March 2023.

Villamil, A. & Antunes, A. (2024). Tighter Credit, Consumption and Bankruptcy.

Associate Editor, Journal of Public Economic Theory, September 2018.

Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, December 2017.

Associate Editor, Economic Theory Bulletin, January 2013.

Editor, Annals of Finance, January 2009.

Co-Editor, Annals of Finance, January 2006.

Associate Editor, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, January 2000.

Associate Editor, Annals of Finance, January 2004 - January 2006.

Associate Editor, European Economic Review, January 2003 - January 2011.

Associate Editor, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, January 2000 - January 2003.