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Robert (Bobby) Willig, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics of the U.S. Department of Justice, passed away on October 21, 2022 in Ewing, New Jersey.
Congratulations to this year's Fed Challenge Team on bringing home the first place trophy in this year's 2022 Fed Challenge!
In the first episode of our Alumni Conversations series, Professor Gene Grossman talks to his former student David Atkin (Ph.D. 2009). Atkin is now a Professor of Economics at MIT.
Each fall, a leading economist is invited to deliver the prestigious Simpson Lecture on Princeton’s campus. The lecture is the flagship event of the Simpson Center for the Study of Macroeconomics.
On October 7, 2022, around one hundred friends and colleagues came together to celebrate the accomplishments and mentorship of Princeton Professor Gene Grossman.
To get help from the ESS team, students can drop by the ESS Data Analysis Clinic (DAC) on Thursdays and Fridays from 10/24-12/16.
Alumni Spotlight with Alex Wu
We are pleased to announce that the Bendheim Center for Finance is now accepting applications for the Master in Finance program beginning in fall of 2023.
On July 20, 2022, at the 13th "roots lecture in economics," the Faculty of Economics awarded Dr. Markus Brunnermeier, Director of the Bendheim Center for Finance, an honorary doctorate.
Professor Michal Kolesár talks about his work as an econometrician and what makes a great researcher.
Boustan is the director of Princeton's Industrial Relations Section. Kuziemko is do-director of Princeton's Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies.
Each year, Princeton Econ faculty members affiliated with the Griswold Center invite several rising seniors to present their Junior Papers to other members of the department.
The Rising Star Paper Prize, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is awarded annually at the International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC).
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.
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
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.
