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Richard Spady is a Research Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, a position he has held since 2010. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford (since 1999) and has held academic roles at institutions such as the European University Institute and Northwestern University. Spady earned his B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from Haverford College (1973) and his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT (1978).
His research focuses on econometrics, particularly methods for incorporating latent variables in structural models to analyze attitudes, skills, and their effects on behavior. Key areas include the impact of cultural/economic attitudes on voting, cognitive skills on life outcomes, and immigrant integration. He has contributed extensively to semiparametric methods and empirical likelihood techniques.
Spady has advised numerous graduate students, including seven Ph.D. recipients at Johns Hopkins and three D.Phil. students at Oxford. His work has been supported by grants such as the ESRC, and he has presented at global conferences including the European Meeting of the Econometric Society. His teaching spans advanced econometrics, financial economics, and quantitative methods.
