Money, Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions

About Michael Brandl

Dr. Michael Brandl received his B.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Houston. His research interests include economic growth financial economics and labor economics. His teaching focuses on the application of economic theory to management decision making as well as global financial markets. He has won more than 45 teaching awards for work with undergraduates in economics and finance M.B.A. students and Executive M.B.A. students. Previous to joining the Rice University faculty Dr. Brandl served on the faculty at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and in the Department of Economics. Prior to this he taught at University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business and has held visiting positions at University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Economics Texas A&M May College of Business University of Houston Department of Economics and Aalto University School of Business (Finland). As a consultant Dr. Brandl offers custom training for numerous entities including 3M LG Electronics Motorola Texas Instruments Frito-Lay Texas Association of Counties and American Public Power Association. He also serves as an economic consultant with the Magee & Magee consulting firm where he has provided economics analysis in a variety of anti-trust patent infringement intellectual property and economic damage litigation cases.