Eric Brunner

Professor and Director of Graduate Programs

School of Public Policy

Education

B.A., University of Connecticut, Economics, 1990
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Economics, 1992
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Economics, 1996

Teaching & Research Interests

State and local public finance
Economics of education
Quantitative research methods
Policy analysis

Dr. Eric Brunner

Eric Brunner is a Professor of Economics & Policy and the Graduate Program Director in the School of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut.  His primary fields of research are state and local public finance and the economics of education.  More narrowly, much of his work has focused on issues related to the provision and financing of goods and services provided by state and local governments, teacher labor markets, and the evaluation of educational policy interventions. His work has been published in journals such as American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Energy Policy, Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting and Finance, and the National Tax Journal. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Economic of Education Review and an Associate Editor for Education, Finance and Policy. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California-Santa Barbara and his B.A. from the University of Connecticut.