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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.

2019-20 Job Market Candidates

Penn Ph.D. students seeking jobs during the 2019-20 academic year.
Letter from the Chair

Welcome to the Economics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
Faculty Publications

Recent faculty publications from the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
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.

Events

Who Benefits From Surge Pricing?
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 4:00pm - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 5:30pm
Junior Recruiting Seminar
Juan Camilo Castillo
Stanford University
Robot Adoption and Labor Market Dynamics
Thursday, January 23, 2020 - 4:00pm - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - 5:30pm
Junior Recruiting Seminar
Anders Humlum
Princeton University
Production Function Estimation with Factor-Augmenting Technology: An Application to Markups
Monday, January 27, 2020 - 4:00pm - Monday, January 27, 2020 - 5:30pm
Junior Recruiting Seminar
Mert Demirer
MIT
Junior Recruiting Seminar
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 4:00pm - Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 5:30pm
Junior Recruiting Seminar
Ben Golub
Harvard University

News

Dirk Krueger Becomes New Editor of the International Economic Review
January 9, 2020
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that, effective January 1, 2020, Dirk Krueger has assumed the role of Editor of the International Economic Review. He succeeds Harold L. Cole who has held the position since July 2011. The Department owes Hal a debt of gratitude for his outstanding service to the Department and the profession at large for leading the IER, and strengthening its position as one of the leading general interest journals of the economics profession.
The Knight Foundation Invests in A New Initiative on the Economics of Digital Services: Providing a Foundation for Evidence-Based Decision Making
December 17, 2019
The Knight Foundation made a $350,000 investment in a new project at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition as part of a $3.5 million initiative to inform the national debate on rules, norms and governance of the internet and digital platforms.
Congratulations to Penn Econ's College Fed Challenge Team!
November 13, 2019
Penn undergraduate Econ students Elizaveta Brover, Justin Guo, Renan Muta, Aman Virdi, and Catherine Wang are participating in the College Fed Challenge and won the regional competition. The team will now move on to the national competition
George J. Mailath elected to the Council of the Econometric Society
November 5, 2019
Professor George J. Mailath, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, was just elected to the Council of the Econometric Society, representing the North American region.

Undergraduate

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Faculty

IER: International Economic Review

PIER: Penn Institute for Economic Research

Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Data Center

2019-20 Job Market Candidates

Letter from the Chair

Faculty Publications

The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics

Who Benefits From Surge Pricing?

Junior Recruiting Seminar

Juan Camilo Castillo

Stanford University

Robot Adoption and Labor Market Dynamics

Junior Recruiting Seminar

Anders Humlum

Princeton University

Production Function Estimation with Factor-Augmenting Technology: An Application to Markups

Junior Recruiting Seminar

Mert Demirer

MIT

Junior Recruiting Seminar

Junior Recruiting Seminar

Ben Golub

Harvard University

Dirk Krueger Becomes New Editor of the International Economic Review

The Knight Foundation Invests in A New Initiative on the Economics of Digital Services: Providing a Foundation for Evidence-Based Decision Making

Congratulations to Penn Econ's College Fed Challenge Team!

George J. Mailath elected to the Council of the Econometric Society