Lori Leachman

Lori Leachman is Professor of the Practice Emerita of Economics at Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1987, with prior faculty roles at UNC Charlotte, Winthrop University, and Northern Arizona University. Her research focuses on international trade, exchange rates, fiscal policy, and the political economy of intertemporal budgeting. She has published extensively in journals like Economic Inquiry and Applied Economics, with notable work on multicointegration analysis and fiscal sustainability.

Leachman teaches undergraduate courses in macroeconomics, money and banking, and global capital markets. She served as Director of the EcoTeach Center and contributed to AP test development for the College Board. Her professional service includes membership on the National AP Test Development Committee and editorial roles.

Her research emphasizes long-run fiscal sustainability, cointegration methodologies, and policy implications of budget deficits. Recent projects explore exchange rate interventions and political economy dynamics of government budgeting processes.