Read the latest department news, including faculty announcements, student achievements, and more.
Before the fall semester begins, we caught up with Professor Jayachandran to learn more about her research, her academic journey, and what she’s looking forward to as she joins us in the Garden State.
Professor Jakub Kastl joins our Office Hours series to talk about his work in industrial organization and finance.
On August 8, join the Sadie Collective and representatives from the Princeton Economics Department for a webinar on the benefits of research assistant positions in economics.
Looking for a book to pack for summer vacation? Consider these recent titles by faculty in the Princeton Economics Department.
The Class of 2022 Senior Thesis Prize winners talk about their post-graduation plans and share advice for starting and completing that final research project.
On May 23, students, friends, and family joined the Princeton Economics Department on campus to celebrate Class Day 2022.
Ran Abramitzky (Stanford) and Leah Boustan (Princeton) discuss five immigration myths dispelled in their new book, "Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success."
Four Princeton students representing the Economics Department (ECO) and the Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORF) participated in the 2022 Econometrics Game at the University of Chicago.
The prize is awarded annually to third-year Princeton graduate students who have excelled in their early studies of international trade or international macroeconomics.
The American Economic Association announced today that former Princeton Professor Oleg Itskhoki is the recipient of the 2022 John Bates Clark Medal.
Read highlights from a two-day conference organized by the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance.
More than a dozen Princeton faculty have joined PRI's efforts to elevate and facilitate the study of inequality across the field of economics.
Professor Owen Zidar discusses his work on what drives inequality—and what we can do about it.
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.
Carolyn Wilkins, former Senior Deputy Governor at the Bank of Canada and an external member of the Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England, joins Princeton's Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies.
Gene Grossman talks about his 42 years of trade research at Princeton, and what he's studying today.
The Economics Department extends its condolences to the family of Princeton alumnus Louis A. Simpson. Simpson, an alumnus, friend, and supporter of the university, passed away on January 8, 2022.
Professor Bo Honoré on what he loves about Princeton, his research in econometrics, and finding work you're passionate about.
The grants represent the program's commitment to supporting new, path-breaking research on inequality.
Professor Motohiro Yogo talks about his time as a Princeton undergraduate student and why he loves teaching economics.
Leland Domaratzky (‘22, co-captain), Noah Harrigan (‘24), Allen Liu (‘22), Justin Ong (‘23), Shivani Prusty (‘23, co-captain), and Shirley Ren (‘24) led this year's team to the semi-finals.
Professor Mark Aguiar discusses his time as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, why students should study economics, and his advice for young researchers.
The award is presented each year at the Frankfurt Book Fair by the German newspaper Handelsblatt, the Frankfurt Book Fair, and Goldman Sachs.
Ronnie Sircar has been named the Eugene Higgins Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
The Economics Department at Princeton University extends warm congratulations to Professors Alexandre Mas and Atif Mian on their election to the Econometrics Society.
Professor Kate Ho discusses why she pursued academia, the complexities of modeling health care markets, and her advice for young researchers.
Derenoncourt joins the Economics Department and the Industrial Relations Section as an Assistant Professor of Economics.
Grigsby joins Princeton as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
The department will honor former Princeton Provost and Economics faculty member Hugo Sonnenschein with a named Senior Thesis Prize.
Professor Janet Currie discusses her research, why she loves teaching, and her longtime commitment to studying children's wellbeing.
Past department chairs extend their gratitude and best wishes to Barbara for 36 years of dedicated service to the university.
The Economics Department at Princeton University congratulates Professor Leah Boustan on being named director of the Industrial Relations Section.
Congratulations to six seniors who, despite the year’s unprecedented challenges, produced exceptionally rigorous and impressive Senior Theses on a broad range of topics.
Hosted by the Industrial Relations (IR) Section at Princeton, the NSL-E conference provides unique opportunities for young researchers to thrive.
Princeton faculty pay tribute to renowned economist John Williamson, who earned his Ph.D. at Princeton in 1963.
The prize is awarded annually to a renowned international economist whose research, in the spirit of the work undertaken by Professor Jean-Jacques Laffont, combines both the theoretical and the empirical.
Oberfield’s research interests lie in the areas of macroeconomics, firm dynamics, and growth.
Case is the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus at Princeton University.
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
The prize is awarded annually to third-year Princeton graduate students who have excelled in their early studies of international trade or international macroeconomics.
On April 15, University of Chicago Professor Magne Mogstad delivered the 2021 Uwe Reinhardt Distinguished Lecture.
Princeton Professor of Economics, Public Policy, and Finance Atif Mian has been awarded the 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in Economics.
As we approach the one-year anniversary of Markus’ Academy, Peter Coy talks to Markus Brunnermeier about the popular series.
He graduated cum laude in 1942 with an A.B. in economics and a certificate in public and international affairs.
Every January, the associate editors of The Journal of Finance award the Brattle Group Prizes to papers published in The Journal from the year before in recognition of outstanding academic achievement in the field of corporate finance.
On Friday, February 12, Paul Krugman and Lawrence H. Summers joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation.
Princeton BCF's Markus Brunnnermeier's paper "Predatory Training" appears in The Economist.
Congratulations to the winners of the Class of 2021 Junior Prize
Last year’s Fortune Magazine Top 40 under 40 in Finance had a familiar face for faculty and staff at Princeton’s Bendheim Center for Finance: Céline Dufétel, a 2004 graduate of the center’s Master in Finance program.
On Thursday, January 14, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell joined Markus Brunnermeier for an online conversation.
Dr. Gita Gopinath—notable Princeton alumnus and current chief economist of the International Monetary Fund—answers questions about her career path and how she uses her training in economics to serve others.
Congratulations to Professor Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton Economics Professor and Director of Princeton’s Bendheim Center for Finance, on his election as Vice President of the American Finance Association.
What can you do with an Economics degree from Princeton? To find out, we checked in with several recent graduates.
Congratulations to Princeton BCF alumnus Anne-Victoire Auriault, who is one of 60 employees promoted as part of Goldman Sach's Partner Class of 2020.
The Economics Department at Princeton University is proud to introduce its Ph.D. students on the 2020 Economics Job Market.
The Princeton Economics team has advanced to the Federal Reserve College Fed Challenge semi-finals. Congrats to Stephanie Hu (’21, co-captain), Aditya Shah (’21, co-captain), William Carpenter (’21), Leland Domaratzky (’22), and Shivani Prusty (’23)!
In early September, Princeton’s Bendheim Center for Finance (Princeton BCF) hosted its 10th annual Princeton Initiative—an annual program that brings together 2nd-year Ph.D. students from around the world.
On September 21, 2020, faculty affiliated with the Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies selected five students to present their policy-focused Junior Papers at the 2020 Griswold Center Junior Independent Work Research Forum.
Congratulations to Princeton Economics Professor Stephen Redding on his election to The Econometric Society as a 2020 Fellow.
The Economics Department at Princeton welcomes Sylvain Chassang, Pablo Fajgelbaum, John Grigsby, Anne Karing, Alessandro Lizzeri, and Xiaosheng Mu as new faculty members this fall.
Econometrica has announced that the 2020 Frisch Medal—one of the most prestigious awards in economics—will be presented to Princeton Professor Kate Ho, along with her co-author Robin Lee of Harvard University.
Princeton Economics is proud to support Professor Wantchekon's new initiative that, through a partnership between the African School of Economics and Hunter College in New York City, will take direct aim at the underrepresentation of Black and minority students in the field of economics.
The prospect of a major independent research project can be daunting to many students. To help guide the way, four members of the Class of 2020 offer advice on choosing research topics, overcoming challenges, and meeting looming deadlines.
Eduardo Morales has been awarded the Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research in recognition of his research on companies’ strategic decisions and how they contribute to their export performance and capacity for innovation.
In these videos, 2020 Senior Thesis prize winners talk about their project, what motivated it, and what they learned.
As doctoral candidates prepared for a major right of passage, they suddenly had to make plans to defend their dissertations virtually
Congratulations to Jacob Berman, a Princeton Economics senior also enrolled in the Program in Political Economy and working toward the Certificate of Finance, on being one of ten students to win the 2020 Spirit of Princeton Award.
The paper, titled Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark, uses Danish administrative data to study the impacts of children on gender inequality in the labor market.
The Economics Department at Princeton University is pleased to announce that the Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the promotions of Michal Kolesár, Eduardo Morales, and Owen Zidar to the role of full professor.
The Department of Economics is now participating in Internship Milestone Credit. Learn more about how to apply.
Princeton Professor Nobuhiro Kiyotaki has been awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Edinburgh for his “significant contribution to current research being undertaken on financial markets, labour markets, and the aggregate economy” and for his “internationally recognized influence as a macroeconomist of the last 30 years.”
Princeton University placed second at the College Fed Challenge Competition for the Philadelphia Federal Reserve District, which was held at Lehigh University on November 7, 2019.
Princeton Economics Professor Kate Ho has been elected to The Econometric Society as a 2019 Fellow. The Society also recognized Princeton Economics Professor Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, who was elected to the Council’s Asia Standing Committee.
The Economics Department has announced the 2019 Junior Prize winners. This year’s prize winners are: Nathaniel Hickok (first prize), Karen Wu (second prize), and Isabella Haegg (third prize).
Princeton Economics emeritus professors Anne Case and Sir Angus Deaton have been named to Prospect magazine’s 2019 list of the “World’s Top 50 Thinkers,” along with Princeton's Kwame Anthony Appiah and Juan Martín Maldacena.
