The Phi Beta Kappa Society inducted sixteen Economics majors in April 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
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
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
The 2022 Edition of "Ranking of Top 1000 Scientists in the field of Economics and Finance" was just released.
The 2022 Edition of “Ranking of Top 1000 Scientists in the field of Economics and Finance” was just released by Research.com at research.com/scientists-rankings/economics-and-finance.
Economics undergraduate student Mira Potter-Schwartz and PhD student Xincheng Qiu honored as 2021-2022 Dean's Scholar
Honored as 2021-2022 Dean's Scholar from the College of Arts & Science and Graduate Division
Wayne Gao given the 2021 Zellner Award by the Journal of Econometrics
The Journal of Econometrics awarded the 2021 Arnold Zellner Award for best theory paper published in 2019-2020 to NONPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION IN INDEX MODELS OF LINK INFORMATION by Wayne Gao
Former Penn Economics graduate Nicolás Grau (PhD, 2014) has been nominated by Chilean President-Elect Gabriel Boric as the next Minister of the Economy
We are proud to announce that former Penn Economics graduate Nicolás Grau (PhD, 2014) has been nominated by Chilean President-Elect Gabriel Boric as the next Minister of the Economy
2021 Etienne van de Walle Paper Prize
Minji Bang won the 2021 Etienne van de Walle Prize that is given biennially for the best graduate student paper in demography...
Frank Diebold delivered the IAAE Lecture, titled "Reduced-Form vs Structural Perspectives on Melting Arctic Sea Ice,"
Frank Diebold delivered the IAAE Lecture, titled "Reduced-Form vs Structural Perspectives on Melting Arctic Sea Ice," at the International Association for Applied Econometrics...
A talented team of Penn undergraduates won second place (out of 74 teams) in the 18th College Fed Challenge
A talented team of Penn undergraduates won second place (out of 74 teams) in the 18th College Fed Challenge, a national competition held annually by the Federal Reserve Board.