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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.

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.
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.

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

A Quantitative Theory of the City-Size Wage Premium
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 12:00pm - Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 1:30pm
Macro Lunch
Paolo Martellini
University of Pennsylvania
Fertility and Family Leave Policies in Germany: Optimal Policy Design in a Dynamic Framework
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 3:30pm - Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 5:00pm
Empirical Micro Seminar
Hanna Wang
University of Pennsylvania
Micro Theory Lunch
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 12:00pm - Monday, October 22, 2018 - 1:30pm
Micro Theory Lunch
Aislinn Bohren
University of Pennsylvania
Identifying Causal Effects in Network Experiments with Noncompliance
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 12:00pm - Monday, October 22, 2018 - 1:30pm
Econometrics Lunch
Frank DiTraglia
University of Pennsylvania

News

Exploring the human propensity to cooperate
October 8, 2018
Economics Doctoral candidate Tomás Larroucau worked with psychologist Coren Apicella and a psychology Doctoral canidate Kristopher Smith, Larroucau and Smith conducted research with the Hadza people of Tanzania, one of the last remaining nomadic hunter-gatherer populations. The six years of work shows that, year after year, cooperators live with other cooperators—results remarkable in light of Hadza residence patterns. Their group settings, called camps, change every six to eight weeks, meaning individuals reside with different people each year.
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.

Paolo Martellini

University of Pennsylvania

Hanna Wang

University of Pennsylvania

Aislinn Bohren

University of Pennsylvania

Frank DiTraglia

University of Pennsylvania