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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.

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.
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.
Job Market 2022-2023
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
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.

Events

Shrinkage Estimation of Fixed Effects on Matched Data
Monday, March 20, 2023 - 12:00pm - Monday, March 20, 2023 - 1:00pm
Econometrics Lunch
Sheng Chao Ho
University of Pennsylvania, PhD Candidate
Positive Biased Evidence Acquisition
Monday, March 20, 2023 - 12:00pm - Monday, March 20, 2023 - 1:30pm
Micro Theory Lunch
Siqi Li
University of Pennsylvania
Inference for Matched Tuples and Fully Blocked Factorial Designs
Monday, March 20, 2023 - 4:30pm - Monday, March 20, 2023 - 6:00pm
Econometrics Seminar
Yuehao Bai
University of Michigan
The Impact of E-cigarette Regulation on Tobacco Consumption, Addiction, and Health
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 12:00pm - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 1:00pm
Empirical Micro Lunch
Kathleen Hui
University of Pennsylvania, PhD Candidate

News

Professors Diebold and Behrman in top 70 among global Economics and Financial Scientists
March 7, 2023
Professors Diebold and Behrman in top 70 among global Economics and Finance Scientists: Based on H citation indices within economics, Professors Frank X Diebold and Jere R Behrman ranked high among the best Economics and Finance Scientists in the 2023 Edition of Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Economics and Finance.
The NBER is announcing the Robert Summers Economic Measurement Fellowship
February 17, 2023
To promote research on economic measurement and to strengthen ties between the academic and practitioner communities working in this area, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Conference on Research on Income and Wealth (CRIW) will sponsor five fellowships for economic statisticians working in government statistical agencies and international organizations to attend the CRIW meeting at the 2023 NBER Summer Institute in Cambridge, MA.
Former Penn Economics graduate, Chiara Scotti (PhD, 2005), was appointed senior vice president and director of research overseeing the Dallas Fed's Research and Statistics Departments..
February 3, 2023
Chiara Scotti will serve as senior vice president and director of research, overseeing the Dallas Fed’s Research and Statistics departments and advising President and CEO Lorie Logan on monet
Former Penn Economics graduate, John W. Schindler, (PhD, 2002), appointed new Secretary General of the Financial Stability Board
February 3, 2023
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed John W. Schindler as the new Secretary General of the FSB.

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IER: International Economic Review

Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Data Center

PIER: Penn Institute for Economic Research

Letter from the Chair

Job Market 2022-2023

LATEST COVID-19 ECONOMICS RESEARCH

Faculty Books

Faculty Journal Articles

Shrinkage Estimation of Fixed Effects on Matched Data

Econometrics Lunch

Sheng Chao Ho

University of Pennsylvania, PhD Candidate

Positive Biased Evidence Acquisition

Micro Theory Lunch

Siqi Li

University of Pennsylvania

Inference for Matched Tuples and Fully Blocked Factorial Designs

Econometrics Seminar

Yuehao Bai

University of Michigan

The Impact of E-cigarette Regulation on Tobacco Consumption, Addiction, and Health

Empirical Micro Lunch

Kathleen Hui

University of Pennsylvania, PhD Candidate

Professors Diebold and Behrman in top 70 among global Economics and Financial Scientists

The NBER is announcing the Robert Summers Economic Measurement Fellowship

Former Penn Economics graduate, Chiara Scotti (PhD, 2005), was appointed senior vice president and director of research overseeing the Dallas Fed's Research and Statistics Departments..

Former Penn Economics graduate, John W. Schindler, (PhD, 2002), appointed new Secretary General of the Financial Stability Board