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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.

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

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    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.

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Events

  • Parallel Planning

    Monday, November 10, 2025 - 12:00pm - Monday, November 10, 2025 - 1:30pm

    Micro Theory Lunch

    Alexander Whitefield

    The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Rediscovery

    Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 4:00pm - Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 5:30pm

    Micro Theory Seminar

    Suraj Malladi

    Northwestern, Kellogg School of Business
  • Tax Compliance and Payment Methods

    Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 12:00pm - Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 1:00pm

    Macro Lunch

    Túlio Bouzas

    Tilburg University PhD Candidate visiting Penn
  • Spillover Effects in Complementary Markets: A Study of the Indian Cell Phone and Wireless Service Markets

    Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 3:30pm - Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 4:45pm

    Industrial Organization Seminar

    Debi Prasad Mohapatra

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

News

  • Shaan Mishra, who wrote a senior thesis and graduated with honors in economics in 2025, has just become a Jeopardy winner.

    October 29, 2025
  • Launch of new Master's in Applied Economics and Data Science (MEDS)

    September 2, 2025

    Our newly-launched Master's in Applied Economics and Data Science (MEDS) will begin accepting applicants starting September 15, 2025 for entry in August 2026. 

  • Congratulations to Hanming Fang who has been named to an endowed professorship in the School of Arts & Sciences

    July 16, 2025

    Congratulations to Hanming Fang who has been named to an endowed professorship in the School of Arts & Sciences. Dr. Fang has been named the Norman C. Grosman Professor of Economics.

  • Congratulations to Dr. Jesús Fernández-Villaverde on winning the Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prize awarded by the Heritage Foundation

    July 8, 2025

    We congratulate Dr. Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde on winning the Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prize awarded by the Heritage Foundation. 

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Department of Economics
The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics
133 South 36th Street
Suite 150
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Telephone: 215-898-7701
Fax: 215-573-2057

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