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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.
Economics Day 2019 Highlights

Economics Day is our annual celebration to recognize outstanding achievements by undergraduate and graduate students and exemplary teaching by economics faculty.
Letter from the Chair

Welcome to the Economics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

Events

Why Do Consumers Care About Loyalty Points?
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - 3:30pm - Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - 5:00pm
Industrial Organization Seminar
Minshen Li
University of Pennsylvania
Knowledge Hierarchies
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - 4:00pm - Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - 5:30pm
Micro Theory Seminar
Alex Frankel
Chicago Booth
Owning Up: Closely Held Firms and Wealth Inequality
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - 4:00pm - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - 5:30pm
Money Macro Seminar
Alessandra Peter
NYU
The Making of the Modern Metropolis: Evidence from London
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 3:30pm - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 5:00pm
Empirical Micro Seminar
Daniel Sturm
London School of Economics

News

Economics Senior David Wigglesworth's Project was selected as one of four finalists for the International Atlantic Economic Society’s 15th annual Best Undergraduate Paper Competition.
August 19, 2019
Economics Senior David Wigglesworth's “Crop Production and Climate Change: The Importance of Temperature Variability” selected as one of four finalists for the International Atlantic Economic Society’s 15th annual Best Undergraduate Paper Competition.
Economics Senior David Wigglesworth Receives a Rose Undergraduate Research Award
May 2, 2019
Economics Senior David Wigglesworth's project under the direction of Professors Frank Diebold and Jere Behrman, “Crop Production and Climate Change: The Importance of Temperature Variability,” has been selected to receive a 2019 Rose Undergraduate Research Award.
Antonio Merlo, former Penn Economics professor and Department Chair named Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at NYU
March 7, 2019
Antonio Merlo, a distinguished political economist has been named the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of NYU’s Faculty of Arts and Science.
Juan Pablo Atal, Assistant Professor of Economics, was named one of the Axilrod Fellows for the Axilrod Term Fund in Health and Inequality at the School of Arts & Sciences
February 26, 2019
Richard A. Axilrod (WG’85) and Nancy M. Axilrod, Penn parents, have made a $2 million gift to establish the Axilrod Term Fund in Health and Inequality. The fund has enabled Penn Arts and Sciences to recruit three new faculty members who will help establish Penn as a worldwide center for the analysis of inequality and health, with a specific focus on the distribution of health outcomes and how this distribution is shaped by social policies.

Minshen Li

University of Pennsylvania

Alex Frankel

Chicago Booth

Alessandra Peter

NYU

Daniel Sturm

London School of Economics