Professor Robert Moffitt appointed Chair of the AEA Committee on Government Relations
Professor Robert Moffitt has been appointed by the President of the American Economic Association, Christopher Sims, to be Chair of the AEA Committee on Government Relations. The Committee represents the interests of the economics profession [...]
Professor Hülya Eraslan co-organized Economic Design Winter Workshop
Professor Hülya Eraslan co-organized the first Society for Economic Design and Johns Hopkins University Winter Workshop in Economic Design. Link.
Professor Joseph Harrington assumes Presidency of IOS
Professor Joseph Harrington assumes Presidency of the Industrial Organization Society for 2012-14. Link
Professor Jon Faust appointed Special Adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for 2012-13
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the appointment of Jon Faust as special adviser in the Office of Board Members, effective January 17. Link to Press Release
2011 JHU Department of Economics Newsletter
General Department News … Faculty News … Graduate Student News … Alumni News … Hope to see you in Chicago …
Professor Christopher Carroll on the Board of Directors of the NBER
Professor Christopher Carroll recently began a five year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the NBER. He is the representative, on the NBER Board, of the American Statistical Association. http://www.nber.org/board.html
John Quiggin – Euro Crisis’s Enabler: The Central Bank – NYTimes
John Quiggin, the Hinkley Visiting Professor for 2011 published an opinion piece on the European crisis in the New York Times of November 9. Professor Quiggin placed much of the blame for the crisis on [...]
2011/2012 Job Market Candidates
Meet our 2011/2012 Job Market Candidates: Daniel Barth, James Lake, Brian Phelan, Jon Samuels, Rodrigo Sekkel, Weifeng Wu
Conference – Unawareness: Conceptualization and Modeling
Saturday, October 29, 2011, 8:30 am; Organizing Committee: Edi Karni, Johns Hopkins University; Simon Grant, University of Queensland; John Quiggin, University of Queensland
Yingyao Hu appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Econometrics
Congratulations to Yingyao Hu on being appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Econometrics! His term will begin on January 1, 2012 and will be for three years.