I realize what you're applying for - I'm applying for the same program. But the prompt says:
Quote:
Write a brief essay on the following subjects concerning you and your intended field of study:
Your past work on relevant issues
What excites you most about the field
Possible areas of research you might pursue
Any research projects you have completed with a faculty member
Any other information you would like to provide the admissions committee
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Nowhere does that ask you to identify potential faculty members you'd like to work with, although it may be helpful when discussing "possible areas of research you might pursue" to throw out a few names to make it clear that you have interests that relate to the faculty's interests, since it's a relatively small program. But you don't want to dwell on the issue, since the prompt asks for a lot for a
brief essay. I stand by my statement that it's
Stanford, and they don't need you praising their program to know you want to go there. They already know you want to go there. They know that their faculty is awesome, and that most graduate students would jump at the chance to study with them. The only way you could really go wrong in listing your research interests is to say that you want to do economic history, or enviromental economics, or any of the other fields that they have no one working in.
If you do want to find out who does what, the program's website has a very easy-to-find page listing the faculty. You can then click on the professors' names, and find out everything you'd like to know about their research. Here's the page:
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/academicareas/econ.html
In the future, perhaps you shouldn't ask other students to do your homework the night before the essay is due.