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Craig A. Chikis
I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Chicago and am on the 2026–27 academic job market.
My research lies at the intersection of macroeconomics, economic growth, and international trade. I study how firms, innovation, and the movement of people and ideas shape trade patterns, reallocation, and aggregate growth.
You can find my CV here. For questions, please contact me at cachikis@uchicago.edu.
Research
Job Market Paper
Old Roots, New Routes: The Trade Patterns of Immigrant-Founded Firms
with Berkay Saygin
This project studies the role of immigrant-founded firms in shaping international trade patterns, connecting founders’ roots to the markets their firms serve.
Selected Research
- The Geography of Innovative Firms, with Benny Kleinman and Marta Prato. NBER Working Paper 34010.
- Attention (and Money) Is All You Need: Why Universities Are Struggling to Keep AI Talent, with Ufuk Akcigit, Emin Dinlersoz, and Nathan Goldschlag. NBER Working Paper 34964.
- The innovator’s risk premium: Sticky hurdle rates, the cost of capital, and creative destruction, with Jonathan Goldberg and David López-Salido. Revise and resubmit at the Journal of Financial Economics.
Fields
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth
- International Trade