Anca Cristea is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Oregon. She specialized in the area of international economics, with a focus on topics related to international trade and transportation economics. Her research work investigates the impact of trade costs on international trade flows, the organization and activity of multinational corporations, as well as the role of trade and transportation policies for growth and welfare. 

Professor Cristea holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University and an MA in Economics from Clemson University. She is a CESIfo research fellow, serves as a scientific board member of the Midwest International Economics Group, and is the co-founder of the West Coast Trade Workshop. Her previous appointments include consultant for the World Bank and visiting scholar at Penn State University and Centre D’Etudes Prospectives et D’Informations Internationales (CEPII) in Paris.

On a personal note, she was born and raised in Cluj-Napoca, the capital of Transylvania region in Romania, and lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband and three children.