Professor Christopher Phelan received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1990. He teaches in the areas of monetary economics and public economics. Professor Phelan's research is about the optimal design of social insurance when people face unanticipated shocks to their incomes. Office: 4-189 Hanson Hall Telephone: (612) 626-2533 E-mail: cphelan@umn.edu Personal Web Page Current CV