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| 8/14/2017 | The Economics Department Welcomes New Faculty for 2017-2018 | Penn Arts and Sciences has appointed two new members to its standing Economics faculty for the 2017-2018 academic year. | |||||||||
| 6/30/2017 | New Fellows for the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory | Jeremy Greenwood, Professor of Economics and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull, Lawrence R. Klein Professor of Economics were elected Economic Theory Fellows for the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory in June 2017. | |||||||||
| 6/30/2017 | New Fellows of the Game Theory Society | George J. Mailath, Professor of Economics and Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, Department Chair, Andrew Postlewaite, Harry P. Kamen Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, and Rakesh Vohra, George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor were elected as fellows of the Game Theory Society. | |||||||||
| 6/20/2017 | 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 support from a group of experienced and accomplished economists serving on the Advisory Board and the Editorial Board. | |||||||||
| 5/24/2017 | 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." The conference attracted leading scholars from around the world. | |||||||||
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In May 2017, the Economics Department hosted an international conference focusing on the econometric analysis of "big data"; "Big Data in Dynamic Econometric Modeling." The conference attracted leading scholars from around the world. The conference was generously supported by the Warren Center and PIER. Click for details: THEMES, PROGRAM, and PHOTOS.
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| 5/3/2017 | Jere R. Behrman Receives the Biennial Irene B. Taeuber 2017 Award | Jere R. Behrman, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics and Sociology and Research Associate of the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania, received the biennial Irene B. Taeuber 2017 award at the Population Association of America Annual Meetings in Chicago on 28 April. | |||||||||
| 4/28/2017 | 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. | |||||||||
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Rios-Rull is an influential scholar whose work is shaping the fields of macroeconomics as it informs discourse on economic policy in the U.S. and other high-income economies. His research builds quantitative macroeconomic models with heterogeneous households and applies them to questions about international capital flows, bankruptcy, asset prices, and demand-driven business cycle fluctuations. He is also concerned about the interrelations between demographics and the macroeconomy. This chair was created in 1991 in honor of Professor Lawrence R. Klein, a Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus of Economics and Nobel laureate in economic sciences. His work provided the foundation for econometric forecasting now used as a basic tool by government and industry. The chair is awarded to scholars who will continue the tradition of superlative teaching and research established by Lawrence Klein, who passed away in 2013. |
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| 4/25/2017 | Hanming Fang Named Class of 1965 Term Chair by Penn Arts & Sciences | Dean Steven J. Fluharty is pleased to name Hanming Fang the Class of 1965 Term Professor of Economics in Penn Arts and Sciences. | |||||||||
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Fang is an expert in public economics, applied microeconomic theory, and empirical microeconomics. His research integrates rigorous modeling with careful data analysis and has focused on the economic analysis of discrimination; insurance markets, particularly life insurance and health insurance; and health care, including Medicare. In 2008, he was awarded the 17th Kenneth Arrow Prize by the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) for his research on the sources of advantageous selection in the Medigap insurance market. Fang has served as co-editor for the Journal of Public Economics and International Economic Review, and associate editor in numerous journals, including the American Economic Review. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he served as the acting director of the Chinese economy working group from 2014 to 2016. He is also a research associate of the Population Studies Center and Population Aging Research Center, and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Fang is the scientific director for the Australia–China population aging hub located at the Center of Excellence in Population Ageing Research at the University of New South Wales in Australia. The Class of 1965 Term Chair is one of five created by the class in 1990. This unprecedented 25th Reunion class gift endowed a chair for each of the four undergraduate schools and one in honor of the College for Women. |
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| 4/24/2017 | Sarah Winton Awarded with the Yardley Award from Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships | Congratulations on this honor. | |||||||||
| 4/24/2017 | Undergraduate Student Hong Ken Teoh Receives Rose Award | Congratulations for this honor. | |||||||||
| 10/11/2016 | New Hire: Professor Amit Gandhi | Joining Penn Economics next year. | |||||||||
| 9/22/2016 | Aviv Nevo appointed co-editor of Econometrica | Published by the Econometric Society, Econometrica is one of the top journals in Economics. | |||||||||
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Published by the Econometric Society, Econometrica is one of the top journals in Economics.
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| 9/14/2016 | Awards at New Student Reception | Four students were honored for their first year work during this year's New Student Reception. | |||||||||
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Sherwin Lott was the winner of the Lawrence Robbins Prize, awarded to the student judged to be the best in the first year class. Alejandro Sanchez Becerra received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Econometrics. Seung-Ryong Shin received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Microeconomics. Ruizhi Ma received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Macroeconomics. Winners pictured from left to right: Sherwin Lott, Alejandro Sanchez Becerra, Seung-Ryong Shin, and Ruizhi Ma. The reception was hosted by the Graduate Economics Society. |
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| 8/26/2016 | Recent Graduate Rachel Philbin is a Finalist in the International Atlantic Economic Society's Best Undergraduate Paper Competition | Congratulations and best of luck. | |||||||||
| 4/14/2016 | Penn Economic Research Shows Increased Protein Key for Early Child Development | Professor Jere Behrman and colleagues from other universities published their findings in the journal "Economics and Human Biology." | |||||||||
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Worldwide, 170 million children 5 or younger are not growing appropriately because they lack proper nutrition, according to the World Health Organization. “Though undernutrition is not a big problem in the United States or Europe or Japan or Australia—the high-income countries—from a global perspective, it’s a huge problem,” says Jere Behrman, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics in the School of Arts & Sciences. Previous research proved associations between undernourishment during early life, particularly a child’s first 24 months, and areas like cognitive skills, schooling levels, wage rates in adulthood, and next-generation birth weights. Now, work from Behrman and colleagues from the Universidad de Chile, the University of Houston, and others, verified the importance of protein intake during this period. Analyzing data from more than 3,500 children from Guatemala and the Philippines, they found that upping protein by just one egg per week positively affected growth, which could lead to better outcomes later. The scientists published their findings in the journal Economics and Human Biology. For further details, see Penn Current. |
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| 3/25/2016 | Undergraduate Student Neil Cholli named Dean's Scholar | Congratulations for this School of Arts and Sciences honor. | |||||||||
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Each year the School of Arts and Sciences hosts the Levin Family Dean's Forum to honor outstanding students for their academic performance and intellectual promise. This year's program, which took place on March 30th, featured a talk from Josh Singer and Neil Huff, producer and co-screenwriter of Spotlight, winner of this year's Academy Awards for best picture and best original screenplay.
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| 3/21/2016 | Professor Jere R. Behrman Selected as Honoree of Population Association of America | One of nine honorees by PAA, a non-profit, scientific, professional organization that promotes research on population issues. | |||||||||
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For further details, see PAA Honored Members. |
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| 1/27/2016 | Aviv Nevo Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor | He will be the George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor and his appointment will be shared between Economics and the Marketing Department in the Wharton School. | |||||||||
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A pioneer in the use of empirical data to analyze consumer behavior, Nevo will be the George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor and his appointment will be shared between the Department of Economics and the Department of Marketing in the Wharton School. “Aviv Nevo is one of the world’s leading scholars of industrial organization, whose innovative use of data in analyzing consumer behavior has helped revolutionize economics and marketing,” said Penn President Amy Gutmann. “Aviv is a superb teacher and path-breaking econometrician whose work in the academy and in government truly exemplifies Penn’s commitment to harnessing the tools and perspectives of multiple disciplines to understand and address pressing real-world questions.” For more information see Penn News.
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| 11/5/2015 | Professor Hal Cole has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society | In recognition for innovative and influential work. | |||||||||
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The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. Among its activities, the Society is responsible for the publication of the journals Econometrica, Quantitative Economics, and Theoretical Economics, the publication of a research Monograph series, and the organization of scientific meetings in seven regions of the world. |
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| 9/23/2015 | Awards at New Student Reception | Four students were honored for their first year work during this year's New Student Reception. | |||||||||
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Carlos Segura-Rodriguez was the winner of the Lawrence Robbins Prize, awarded to the student judged to be the best in the first year class. Peng Shao received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Econometrics. Youngsoo Heo received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Microeconomics. Paolo Martellini received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Macroeconomics. Winners pictured from left to right: Carlos Segura-Rodriguez, Peng Shao, Youngsoo Heo, and Paolo Martellini. The reception was hosted by the Graduate Economics Society. |
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| 9/1/2015 | New Faculty Appointments | For the 2015/16 academic year | |||||||||
| 8/29/2015 | Professor Frank Schorfheide Delivered Presentation at Jackson Hole Economic Symposium | The Jackson Hole Economic Symposium is hosted each year by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. | |||||||||
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For more than three decades, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has hosted the Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Removed from the day-to-day political and market pressures, it is a forum that brings together central bankers, academics, and policymakers from around the world to discuss topics relevant to monetary policy and central banking. The 2015 symposium focused on inflation dynamics and monetary policy. This year Professor Frank Schorfheide delivered a presentation entitled "Inflation Dynamics During and After the Zero Lower Bound" |
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| 5/12/2015 | Professor Guido Menzio wins Carlo Alberto Medal | Biennial award to one Italian economist under 40 for his/her outstanding research contributions to economics. | |||||||||
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For further details see Collegio Carlo Alberto Medal 2015. |
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| 5/5/2015 | Undergraduate Student Neeti Singhal Receives Rose Award | Congratulations for this honor. | |||||||||
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The Rose Foundation generously funds the Rose Undergraduate Research Award recognizing outstanding undergraduate research projects completed by graduating seniors under the supervision of a Penn faculty member. The Rose Fund is administered by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, and awards are determined each April on a competitive basis. |
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| 10/25/2014 | Colloquium Honoring Lawrence R. Klein | Held on campus drawing attendees from around the world | |||||||||
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On October 25th, colleagues, family, friends, and admirers of Lawrence R. Klein gathered on campus to attend a colloquium conducted in his honor. Entitled “Macroeconomic Measurement, Theory, Prediction, and Policy,” the event drew more 100 attendees from all over the world, including Economics Nobel Laureate Christopher A. Sims. One of the highlights of the day was the unveiling of the Klein Legacy Display gifted by Kanta Marwah, Klein’s first female Ph. D. student. The display, which features notes in Klein’s own hand, is installed in the Klein Conference Room in the McNeil Building at the University of Pennsylvania. For more information on the presenters and the program, see Colloquium Honoring Klein. |
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Dean Steven J. Fluharty is pleased to name José-Víctor Ríos-Rull the Lawrence R. Klein Professor of Economics in Penn Arts and Sciences.
Dean Steven J. Fluharty is pleased to name Hanming Fang the Class of 1965 Term Professor of Economics in Penn Arts and Sciences.
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Four second-year graduate students were honored for their first-year work during this year's New Student Reception on September 14, 2016.
Neil Cholli, a double major in Mathematical Economics and Political Science has been named a Dean's Scholar.
Penn President Amy Guttmann and Provost Vincent Price announced the appointment of Aviv Nevo as the University of Pennsylvania's seventeenth Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, effective July 1, 2016.
Four second-year graduate students were honored for their first-year work during this year's New Student Reception on September 23, 2015.
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Graduating Senior Neeti Singhal was selected to receive a 2015 Rose Undergraduate Research Award. The award is in recognition of her project under the direction of Professor Jere Behrman, "Cognitive & Socio-Emotional Skills in Urban Bolivia and Colombia: A Latin American Perspective on the Economic Returns to Skills."