Janis Kapler

Associate Professor, at UMB since 1993

Areas of Special Interest: International Trade and Finance, Open-Economy Macroeconomics, Transnational Corporations

Office: Wheatley 5-026 Phone: 617-287-6955 E-mail: jk.kapler@umb.edu

Professor Kapler's research focuses on the competitive strategies and performance of multinational corporations, and on the links between MNC activities and domestic macroeconomic performance.

She is the faculty advisor for the Economics Society, which is the club for economics students.

Representative Publications:

"The Theory of Transnational Firms: An Empirical Reassessment," (International Review of Applied Economics, 1997).

"The Role of Transnational Corporations: Theory and Evidence," (Competition and Change, 1999).