Read the latest department news, including faculty announcements, student achievements, and more.
Princeton pre-docs presented their independent research at the second annual Pre-Doctoral Conference. Hosted by Yale this year, the conference was initiated by Princeton researchers last year as an opportunity for early-career academics across various research institutions to present their findings.
Ernest Liu, Associate Professor of Economics, and his co-authors have won the 2025 Jensen Prize from the Journal of Financial Economics for their paper "Data sales and data dilution."
Get your summer reading on with these five books on monetary history, generational inequality, wealth distribution, taxation, and trade, and prepare for each of the authors to join us on campus this fall to discuss their works.
Princeton University has announced the awarding of 10 preceptorships for the period of July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. Both Zachary Bleemer and Karthik Sastry have been awarded preceptorships.
Congrats to the Class of 2026! A quick look at some of the biggest moments from this year’s Class Day celebration.
On April 23, the Industrial Relations Section Library hosted a panel discussion with Cecilia Rouse, Pauline Carry, and Charissa Jefferson on the history, progress, and future work of women in economics, industrial relations, and the workforce.
Markus Brunnermeier has been named a distinguished fellow by the Macro Finance Society.
Jianqing Fan is among the 120 newest members elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2026.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected both Mark Aguiar and Atif Mian to its membership.
In “The Work Goes On,” Princeton’s Orley Ashenfelter interviews some of the most influential economists of the modern era to record an oral history of labor economics and industrial relations. The podcast recently released its 50th episode!
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
Nicolas Hommel has received the 2026 Top Finance Graduate Award from HEC Paris.
Now 50 episodes in, look back on favorite moments from Orley Ashenfelter's "The Work Goes On" podcast, an oral history of labor economics.
The Uwe Reinhardt Distinguished Lectureship was created to honor Uwe E. Reinhardt, Princeton’s James Madison Professor of Political Economy, professor of economics and public affairs.
The Economics Department is saddened to share the passing of esteemed faculty member and Nobel Prize winner Christopher Sims, the John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Princeton University.
On February 7, Princeton's JRCPPF and BCF hosted a finance interview-preparatory workshop led by Wall Street Prep.
Professor Ellora Derenoncourt recently spoke at the "Why Wealth Inequality Matters" Symposium held by MIT's Stone Center.
Meghana Gaur, Rachel Moore, and Bennett Smith-Worthington are the recipients of this year's graduate research grants, awarded by PRI, to support new research on inequality.
Learn more about ECO 316: Economic Lessons from the World of Sports with Professor Gene Grossman. In the fall semester of 2025, this course included lectures from four former Princeton athletes, now luminaries in the world of sports.
