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Senior Lecturer Barbara Morgan contributes to the New York Times

September 27, 2021

Barbara Morgan, Senior Lecturer, contributed to a debate on “Should the U.S. Expand the Social Safety Net?,” recently published in the New York Times. Click here to access the debate.

Faculty Focus: Ying Chen

September 22, 2021

Three questions with Associate Professor Ying Chen about her research, teaching, and hobbies.

Dr. Murray Kemp, Ph.D. ’56, passes away at 95

September 19, 2021

Dr. Murray Kemp, a 1956 Ph.D. of the Economics Department, passed away at age 95 in September. Dr. Kemp was a pre-eminent economic theorist, internationally recognized for his contributions to international […]

Professor Nicholas Papageorge was awarded a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences

August 1, 2021

Nicholas Papageorge, Broadus Mitchell Associate Professor of Economics, was awarded a grant as a Co-Principal Investigator from the Institute of Education Sciences for a project on how teachers learn racial competency and how […]

The Department welcomes two new faculty

June 25, 2021

Dr. Sohani Fatehin (left) and Dr. Hellen Seshie-Nasser (right) join the Economics faculty as lecturers. Sohani Fatehin received her Ph.D. in economics from Georgia State University in 2017. She is […]

Francesco Bianchi joins JHU

May 27, 2021

Francesco Bianchi will join Johns Hopkins as Visiting Professor of Economics on July 1, 2021 and as the Louis J. Maccini Professor as of July 1, 2022. Professor Bianchi is a leading […]

Junior economics major Johnny Saldana featured in Arts & Sciences Magazine

May 26, 2021

The field of quantitative finance emerged in the 1970s as a form of applied mathematics focused on creating models to provide a level of market predictability. Junior Johnny Saldana, double majoring […]

JHU PhD student Yen-Lin Chiu’s article with Prof. Edi Karni published in Journal of Mathematical Economics

April 30, 2021

Competitive equilibrium fraud in markets for credence-goods by Yen-Lin Chiu and Edi Karni This is a study of the nature and prevalence of persistent fraud in a competitive market for […]

Congratulations to our job market candidates with their placements!

April 14, 2021

Congratulations to Derin Aksit, Lalit Contractor, Prerna Rakheja, Pavel Solis and Shiqi Wang, who all successfully finished their job market process! Derin Aksit – Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Boston Lalit Contractor – […]

Unlocking the Potential of Baltimore and Other Cities

February 26, 2021

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Matthew Kahn and Mac McComas of the 21st Century Cities Initiative discuss the decline of post-industrial cities and what can be done to reinvigorate their economies and communities.

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