Undergraduate
Undergraduate
The undergraduate program of the Economics Department is one of the largest undergraduate programs in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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Graduate
Graduate
The PhD program in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania is designed to train the next generation of outstanding research economists.
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Faculty
Faculty
Faculty members are actively engaged in scientific research and guiding the leading journals of the profession.
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About Us

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.

Department Highlights
ECON Day 2017 Highlights
Econ Day celebrates student & faculty achievements.
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Opening Soon
Penn has become a founding member of a consortium to establish this new data center.
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Letter from the Chair
Welcome to the Economics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Construction Cam
The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics.
Scheduled for completion in 2018
PIER: Penn Institute for Economic Research
Established in 1993 to create an environment for research and...
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IER: International Economic Review
Provides a forum for modern quantitative economics.
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2016-17 Job Market Candidates
Penn Ph.D. students seeking jobs during the 2016-17 academic year.
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Events
Aug
24
ITAM-PIER CONFERENCE ON MACROECONOMICS 2017
Aug 24, 2017 (All day) - Aug 25, 2017 (All day)
Aug
29
Micro Theory Seminar
Aug 29, 2017 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Sep
05
TBA - Micro Theory Seminar
Sep 05, 2017 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
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News
Jun
20
Official Launch of VoxChina.org
We are pleased to announce the official launch of VoxChina.org. VoxChina is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit platform we initiated with the...
May
24
A Conference at the University of Pennsylvania
In May 2017, the Economics Department hosted an international conference focusing on the econometric analysis of "big data"; "Big Data in Dynamic...
Apr
28
José Víctor Ríos-Rull Named Lawrence R. Klein Professor of Economics
Dean Steven J. Fluharty is pleased to name José-Víctor Ríos-Rull the Lawrence R. Klein Professor of Economics in Penn Arts and Sciences. Rios-Rull is...
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