The Department of Economics Welcomes New Doctoral Students
The Department of Economics welcomes its new class of doctoral students, who hail from the United States and 10 other countries. See photos of the welcome reception here.
Research of Joe Harrington and Myong Chang cited in Amicus Curiae brief
Research of Joe Harrington and Myong Chang (JHU Ph.D. 1988) is cited in Amicus Curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in Wal-Mart Stores v. Betty Dukes, et al. [Brief]
Video: Ely Lecture Series “Global Banking Glut and Its Consequences”
On September 14, 2011, Hyun Song Shin of Princeton University delivered his first lecture for the 2011-2012 Ely Lecture Series. In his series titled “Banks, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy,” this particular lecture focused on [...]
2011 (Fall) Sumerlin Lecture
The Fall, 2011, Lecturer will be Prof. David Laibson, Harvard University. He will speak about Behavioral Economics, the intersection of Economics with Psychology. November 18, 2011, 6 PM, at the University of California Washington Center, [...]
Video: Olivier Jeanne on “Macro and Growth Policies in the Wake of the Crisis”
Professor Jeanne spoke at Session VI of this year’s IMF research conferences. He and his fellow panelists discussed “Macro and Growth Policies in the Wake of the Crisis” during this session, and Olivier’s presentation focused [...]
2010-11 Award winners announced
Congratulations to James Lake, winner of the Bruce Hamilton Research Seminar Award This award is given annually to the advanced graduate student who has demonstrated the best performance in one of the department’s research seminars. [...]
Joe Harrington’s research wins
Joe Harrington and his co-author Iwan Bos received Honorable Mention for the Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award for antitrust scholarship for their 2010 RAND Journal of Economics article on “Endogenous Cartel Formation with [...]
Simulating worst-case scenarios
Josh Epstein (Medicine, joint with Economics) launches the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social, Behavioral and Health Sciences to develop simulations of chronic diseases, economic turmoil and sudden disasters Read the full story at [...]
Will it hurt? Macroeconomic effects of fiscal consolidation
Dr. Daniel Leigh (JHU PhD, 2004) of the IMF was interviewed on Fox Business in connection with his new study, “Will it hurt? Macroeconomic effects of fiscal consolidation.” His study was also recently discussed in [...]
2010 Inaugural Summerlin Lecture
Prof. Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland will give the inaugural Sumerlin Lecture on “This Time is Different – Eight Centuries of Financial Folly”. This distinguished lecture series is generously funded by Marc Sumerlin, who [...]