Bruce Wydick, University of San Francisco

Professor: Economics | Latin American Studies | International Studies

Professor Wydick's areas of specialization include the microeconomics of development, labor economics, and applied game theory. He has received funding from the Pew Charitable Trust for research work in microfinance, and has published articles on the subject in The Economic Journal, Economic Development and Cultural Change, World Development, and other journals. He is currently operating under a grant from USAID with a collaborative team of researchers from USF and UC Berkeley who are investigating credit market information systems in Latin America. Professor Wydick's teaching interests are in the areas of development economics, international economics, and game theory. He currently serves as the director of the master's program in International and Development Economics and as Chair of the Economics Department at USF. In 2000 he was given the University's Distinguished Research Award. Professor Wydick received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1996.