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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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Cognitive Capacity, Fatigue and Decision Making: Evidence from the Practice of Medicine

Cognitive Capacity, Fatigue and Decision Making: Evidence from the Practice of Medicine

Jon Kolstad, University of California; Berkeley

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Industrial Organization Seminar

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Collective upkeep (joint with Erik Madsen)

Collective upkeep (joint with Erik Madsen)

Eran Shmaya, State University of New York at Stony Brook

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Microeconomic Theory Seminar

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International Trade Responses to Labor Market Regulations

International Trade Responses to Labor Market Regulations

Mathilde Muñoz, UC Berkeley (Joint seminar with Public Finance)

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International Trade Seminar

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Moving research forward

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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Monetary Economics

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

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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Winter 2023

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Econometrics

Semiparametric Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models

Nicholas BuchholzMatthew ShumHaiqing Xu
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Journal of Econometrics

August 2021

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Finance

Constrained Polynomial Likelihood

Caio AlmeidaPaul Schneider

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

2023

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Graduate Studies

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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Undergraduate Studies

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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