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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.
IER: International Economic Review

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

Letter from the Chair

Welcome to the Economics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
Faculty Journal Articles

Recent faculty journal articles from the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
LATEST COVID-19 ECONOMICS RESEARCH

Cutting Edge Research on COVID-19 Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Economics Faculty.
Faculty Books

Recently published books by Penn Economics faculty

Events

Dynamic Effects of Common Ownership in the Biotechnology Industry
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - 12:00pm - Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - 12:30pm
Empirical Micro Lunch
Jonathan Arnold
University of Pennsylvania
2022 Philadelphia Workshop on Macroeconomics and Economic Policy
Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 12:00pm - Friday, May 20, 2022 - 4:00pm
Special Event
Philadelphia Workshop on Macroeconomics and Economic Policy
Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 1:00pm - Friday, May 20, 2022 - 4:30pm
2022 Lawrence R. Klein Lecture
Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 3:30pm - Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 5:30pm
Special Event
Philippe Aghion
College de France

News

Sadie T. M. Alexander, Ph.D., J.D., University of Pennsylvania, the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in economics in the United States, was named posthumously as one of the American Economics Association Distinguished Fellows in 2022.
April 28, 2022
Sadie T.M. Alexander, the first African-American to earn a Ph.D.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society inducted sixteen Economics majors April
April 15, 2022
The Phi Beta Kappa Society inducted the following economics majors into the society which is 12.1% of all those awarded.
The Department of Economics is excited to announce the donation of the Lawrence Robert Klein 1980 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Medal
April 11, 2022
The Department of Economics is excited to announce the donation of the Lawrence Robert Klein 1980 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Medal, which has been installed in a beautiful display case on the second floor of the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics
2022 Sociology Undergraduate Award for best paper submitted to a Sociology class was awarded to an Economics Dept. major, Ellen Manford
March 31, 2022
2022 Sociology Undergraduate Award Recipients - Congratulations to Ellen Manford, Economics Major, '22, who was awarded the best paper submitted to an undergraduate Sociology class, SOCI 122: Socio

Jonathan Arnold

University of Pennsylvania

Philippe Aghion

College de France