News & Announcements Archive

Congratulations to our job market candidates!

Congratulations to our job market candidates!

Congratulations to all our job market candidates who successfully completed their job market process. Our job market candidates and previous years’ placements can be found on this link.

Job Market Candidate Aniruddha Ghosh’s paper accepted at Journal of Economic Theory

Job Market Candidate Aniruddha Ghosh’s paper accepted at Journal of Economic Theory

Aniruddha Ghosh, a graduate student in the department, recently published a paper at Journal of Economic Theory. The paper titled, “On the Existence of Berk-Nash Equilibria in Misspecified Markov Decision […]

Francesco Bianchi is the new Chair of the Economics Department

Francesco Bianchi is the new Chair of the Economics Department

Francesco Bianchi, the Louis J. Maccini Professor in the Economics Department, has been appointed the Chair of the Department of Economics, effective January 16, 2024. Professor Bianchi is a renowned […]

E.P.I.C. Event on Structural Analysis of Xenophobia

E.P.I.C. Event on Structural Analysis of Xenophobia

The Economic Policy Issues Colloquium (E.P.I.C.) held an event titled “Structural Analysis of Xenophobia” on December 1. Yujung Hwang, Assistant Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University, made a presentation […]

Yingyao Hu will be the Vice Dean for Social Sciences

Yingyao Hu will be the Vice Dean for Social Sciences

Yingyao Hu, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics and Department Chair, will become the Vice Dean for Social Sciences at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences on January 1, 2024. Professor Hu has been a faculty member in the department […]

E.P.I.C. Event on Long-term Impacts of COVID-19 unemployment

E.P.I.C. Event on Long-term Impacts of COVID-19 unemployment

The Economic Policy Issues Colloquium (E.P.I.C.) held an event titled “Impact of Unemployment on Life Expectancy and Mortality during COVID.” on November 10. Francesco Bianchi, Louis J. Maccini Professor of […]

Departmental Outing to Baltimore Orioles Game

Departmental Outing to Baltimore Orioles Game

Economics Graduate Organization organized a Departmental Outing to the Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox on Friday September 29th. Many graduate students, and staff enjoyed the game.

Welcome Party for New Doctoral Students

Welcome Party for New Doctoral Students

The Department of Economics welcomed our incoming class of doctoral students in the annual department celebration on September 18. The faculty and staff joined the current graduate students to welcome […]

Yingyao Hu Named Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics

Yingyao Hu Named Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics

Yingyao Hu, a faculty member of the Economics Department since 2007, has been awarded a named professorship, becoming the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins. Professor Hu has made […]

Professor Bianchi was featured in WalletHub

Professor Bianchi was featured in WalletHub

Francesco Bianchi, Louis J. Maccini Professor of Economics, was featured in WalletHub’s recent article about Cities Where Inflation is Rising The Most. Professor Bianchi discussed about the forces driving the […]