Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, has just released the 2024 Edition of their Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Economics and Finance

The Phi Beta Kappa Society inducted eleven Economics majors in April 2024

The Phi Beta Kappa Society inducted the following economics majors into the society which is 13.8% of all those awarded.

Professors Behrman and Diebold, faculty in the department, are in AD World top 100 Economics and Econometrics Scientists 2024.

Professors Jere Behrman (31st) and Frank Diebold (90th) are in the top 100 Economics and Econometrics Scientists 2024 according to the

Fatih Karahan, (Penn Ph.D. in Economics, 2012) was appointed as Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye

Congratulations to Fatih Karahan (Penn Ph.D. in Economics, 2012), who was appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye

Alberto G. Musalem will be the next president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The Federal Reserve Bank of St.

Chiara Scotti was nominated to serve on the Governor Board of the Bank of Italy as Deputy Governor

Congratulations to Chiara Scotti for being nominated to serve on the Governor Board of the Bank of Italy as Deputy Governor.

Congratulations to Kaye Husbands Fealing who is being honored by American Economic Association with 2023 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

Congratulations to Kaye Husbands Fealing (Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics, C' 1981), who is being honored by American Economic Association with the 2023 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award.

Anita Arrow Summers, one of America's leading authorities on urban economic development and educational efficiency, has passed away.

It is with great sadness that the Department of Economics notes that Anita Arrow Summers passed away on October 22, 2023. Anita received a B.A. in Economics from Hunter College in 1945 and an MA from the University of Chicago in 1947. She joined the Wharton School to start the first public policy department in a business school in 1979 and chaired that department from 1983 to 1988. She was one of America's leading authorities on urban economic development and educational efficiency...

Congratulations to Claudia Goldin, who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences today.

Congratulations to Claudia Goldin, who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences today" for having advanced our understanding of women's labor market outcomes."  Professor

Fatih Karahan, who received his Ph.D. in Economics from Penn in 2012, was appointed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye

Fatih Karahan, who received his Ph.D. in Economics from Penn in 2012, was appointed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye...