Wyatt Brooks

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

Wyatt Brooks is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on international trade, macroeconomics and development economics. He studies the effects of misallocation across firms, and the implications of firm-level distortions on aggregate outcomes. He has conducted fieldwork in Nicaragua and Kenya, and studies industrial policy in China.

Recent work by Wyatt Brooks

Bridging the gap: Reducing rural isolation with new infrastructure

New bridges generated a 19% internal rate of return by mitigating the loss of wage income due to floods and inducing spillovers on farm productivity

Articles : Infrastructure & Urbanisation

Wyatt Brooks Kevin Donovan

Published 07.09.18
Mentorship helps Kenyan microenterprises profit

Entrepreneurs with mentors enjoy an increase in profits and manage supplier costs better. Mentorship is also more cost effective than business...

Articles : Firms & Trade

Wyatt Brooks Kevin Donovan Terrence Johnson

Published 19.09.17

Wyatt Brooks

Recent work by Wyatt Brooks

Bridging the gap: Reducing rural isolation with new infrastructure

Mentorship helps Kenyan microenterprises profit