Eric Thompson

Karl H. Nelson Professor of Economics
Director of the Bureau of Business Research
Economics
HLH 523 AA
P.O. Box 880489
Lincoln, NE 68588-0489
(402) 472-3318
ethompson2@unl.edu
Eric Thompson Photo
Education
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992 B.A., Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1986

Dr. Eric C. Thompson is the Karl H. Nelson Associate Professor of Economics and the director of the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Thompson’s research examines the sources and consequences of state and local economic growth and the economics of infrastructure. Through his work at the Bureau, Thompson provides economists with practical opportunities to conduct applied economic research and trains economics and business students to conduct applied research on timely economic and business topics.