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Professor Eric Smith is a distinguished faculty member in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex, where he has held a professorship since 1990. He has served as Head of Department (2009-2012) and maintains significant academic influence through roles such as Associate Editor of the European Economic Review and former Director of the Royal Economic Society Easter School. His extensive network includes long-term visiting positions at the University of British Columbia, McMaster University, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Rutgers University, University of North Carolina, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
His educational foundation comprises a BA from Williams College (1983) and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania (1990), establishing his expertise in economic theory and empirical analysis.
Smith's research program centers on search and matching frictions across labour and housing markets, investigating how matching mechanics influence market flows, wage/price determination, and income distribution. His pioneering work on human capital portfolios examines skill accumulation dynamics and their implications for economic inequality. Additional research explores macroeconomic policy interactions with micro-level market structures, particularly in industrial organization and public economics contexts. This interdisciplinary approach bridges theoretical modeling with empirical validation across diverse economic domains.
His publication record demonstrates consistent high-impact contributions, with recent works in the Journal of Economic Theory (2025) and Review of Economic Dynamics (2020) advancing understanding of wage dynamics and housing market activity. These studies collectively form a cohesive research trajectory examining how institutional structures and individual behaviors shape market outcomes under frictional conditions.
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding for Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (2018, 2023)
- Current supervision of PhD candidates Panupong Sukkerd (Technological Change, Labour Markets) and Devisri
- Eight successfully completed doctoral and master's supervisions including Junko Iwagami (2020) and Aline Maria Souza Menezes (2017)
As an educator, Smith teaches Advanced Macroeconomics (EC324) and Economic and Public Policy (EC974), integrating his research on labour markets and macroeconomic policy into classroom instruction. His academic support hours (Thursdays 13:00-14:00, Fridays 10:00-11:00) reflect ongoing engagement with students at Colchester Campus (5B.327).
