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The Economics Department at Princeton is dedicated to inspiring and training the next generation of academics and government and industry leaders. In recent years, we have been fortunate to work with many Ph.D. students who went on to earn faculty positions at leading research universities. In 2023, the majority of our graduating seniors started exciting careers in consulting, finance, public policy, academia, and more. Like all members of the Princeton community, our students and faculty approach their work in the nation’s service and the service of humanity.

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Networks and Geographic Mobility: Evidence from World War II Navy Ships

Networks and Geographic Mobility: Evidence from World War II Navy Ships

Allison Green, Princeton University

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Industrial Relations Seminar

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Tax Policy and Investment in a Global Economy

Tax Policy and Investment in a Global Economy

Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Professor, Harvard University

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Macro/International Macro Seminar

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Accountability at a Cost? The Impact of Citizen-Led Auditing on Government Service Provision

Accountability at a Cost? The Impact of Citizen-Led Auditing on Government Service Provision

Simone Schaner, University of Southern California

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Development Economics

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Our faculty are at the forefront of economics research, consistently developing new tools and methodologies to advance the science of economics and inform policy with evidence-based research. From our pioneering work on game theory to our innovations around quasi-experimental methods, all our research is rooted in efforts to set new technical standards around the rigor and reliability of economics.

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Our faculty are not only great researchers, but committed mentors and teachers. To complete their degrees, Princeton Economics students work alongside some of the best minds across a range of economic disciplines, including two Nobel laureates recognized for their work in development, macroeconomics, and econometrics.

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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Winter 2023

Monetary Economics

Landings, Soft and Hard: The Federal Reserve, 1965–2022

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Journal of Econometrics

August 2021

Econometrics

Semiparametric Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models

Nicholas BuchholzMatthew ShumHaiqing Xu
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Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

2023

Finance

Constrained Polynomial Likelihood

Caio AlmeidaPaul Schneider
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Economics Ph.D. students have access to all that academic life at Princeton has to offer. Before applying, learn more about our faculty advisors and research opportunities.

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The Economics major is one of the most popular majors at Princeton, with most graduating seniors starting careers in consulting, finance, or public policy or earning spots at competitive graduate programs.

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