Category: Department Updates
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Fall 2025 Newsletter
Jump to: Letter from the chair | Faculty highlight | Staff highlights | Awards/scholarship highlights | Events recap | Course recommendations | Summer courses | Stay connected As campus comes alive for a new academic year, we are excited to share the fall 2025 edition of the Economics Department’s newsletter. While the past year brought…
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Economics Ph.D. Job Market Candidates 2025-26
Giancarlo Barcia Fields of Interest: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics Job Market Paper Title: “Sovereign Spread Volatility and Financial Risk” Faculty references: Galina Hale, Alonso Villacorta Mariana Bessa Fields of Interest: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics Job Market Paper Title: “Branch Banking Regulations and Financial Stability: A Cross-State Analysis of Depression-Era Banking” Faculty references: Carlos Dobkin (Chair),…
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Friedman co-authors three articles on behavorial economics, information and pricing, and market performance
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Daniel Friedman co-authored the article “A model of multiple selves” with Zeyu Liu and Simon Weidenholzer, which is forthcoming in Theory and Decision. The paper proposes a theoretical model reminiscent of Freud’s Ego/Id/Superego, and finds some new behavioral consequences. He also co-authored “Information, Asset Price Volatility, and Liquidity,” Grace Weishi Gu and…
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Hale leads authoring of article on alternatives to animal-source foods in reaching climate goals
Professor Galina Hale was the lead author of the article “Pace of adoption of alternatives to animal-source foods is an important factor in reaching climate goals” in Scientific Reports. The article explores how animal agriculture accounts for a large share of food-system emissions, both directly and through the production of animal feed. Global population growth…
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Distinguished Emeritus Professor Walsh presents at Federal Reserve Board
On May 15-16, Distinguished Emeritus Professor Carl Walsh presented “Lessons for the Federal Open Market Committee’s Monetary Policy Strategy” at the 2nd Thomas Laubach Conference held at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. The aim of the conference was to solicit input from academic economists as the FOMC, the Fed’s monetary policy committee, reviews…
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Administrative Staff Employment Updates
Sorry, we do not have any employment opportunities at this time.