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The Economics Department, located in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences, is ranked among the top ten in the U.S. Its faculty, productive and research-oriented, is committed to the advancement of economic science.

IER: International Economic Review

The International Economic Review was established in 1960 to provide a forum for modern quantitative economics.
PIER: Penn Institute for Economic Research

PIER was established in 1993 to create an environment that will enhance the role of Penn as one of the leading institutions for the study of economics.
Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Data Center

Through the Philadelphia FSRDC, faculty and students affiliated with consortium institutions are able to conduct statistical analysis of a wide range of non-public microdata.

The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics

The Economics department relocated to the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics (PCPSE). The center houses the departments of Political Science and Economics.
Letter from the Chair

Welcome to the Economics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

Events

Physician Organization and Incentives in Childbirth: Evidence from Physician Practice Management Companies
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 3:30pm - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 5:00pm
Industrial Organization Seminar
Ambar LaForgia
University of Pennsylvania
Reputation Effects under Interdependent Values
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 3:30pm - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 5:00pm
Micro Theory Seminar
Harry Pei
Northwestern
Spatial Wage Gaps and Workers' Regional Identity: Evidence from the Enduring Divide between East and West Germany
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 4:00pm - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 5:30pm
Money Macro Seminar
Tommaso Porzio
UCSD
The Pass-through of Sovereign Risk and The Role of Firm Heterogeneity
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 12:00pm - Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 1:30pm
Macro Lunch
Eugenio Rojas
University of Pennsylvania

News

Recent Graduate Donato Onorato is a Finalist in the International Atlantic Economic Society's Best Undergraduate Paper Competition
August 20, 2018
Donato Onorato, a 2018 Penn graduate who majored in mathematical economics, has been selected as one of four finalists in the International Atlantic Economic Society's 14th Annual Best Undergraduate Paper Competition.
The Economics Department Welcomes New Faculty for 2018-2019
August 16, 2018
Penn Arts and Sciences has appointed two new members to its standing Economics faculty for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Cryptocurrency Competition and the U.S. Monetary System
July 10, 2018
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde argues that a purely private monetary system, such as Bitcoin, is not a cure-all for the problems of over-issuing, double-spending, and counterfeiting. Cryptocurrency fails to provide the socially optimum quantity of money and requires additional regulation, he says. Read the full article in The Wharton School's Public Policy Initiative Issue Brief: Volume 6, Number 5.
In Memoriam: Peter F. Christoffersen, 1967-2018
June 28, 2018
Professor Peter F. Christoffersen, Professor of Finance and TMX Chair in Capital Markets at the University of Toronto, passed away on June 22, 2018.

Ambar LaForgia

University of Pennsylvania

Harry Pei

Northwestern

Tommaso Porzio

UCSD

Eugenio Rojas

University of Pennsylvania