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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.

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.
IER: International Economic Review

The International Economic Review was established in 1960 to provide a forum for modern quantitative 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

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 4:00pm - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 5:30pm
On Money as a Medium of Exchange in Near-Cashless Credit Economies
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 3:30pm - Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 5:00pm
Customer Learning and Revenue-Maximizing Trial Design
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 4:00pm - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 5:30pm
Self-Fulfilling Debt Dilution: Maturity and Multiplicity in Debt Models
Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 3:30pm - Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 5:00pm
Estimating Models of Entry and Differentiated Products
Monday, September 10, 2018 - 12:00pm - Monday, September 10, 2018 - 1:30pm
Heterogeneity and Aggregate Fluctuations

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 th
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.