Duke Economics Department

Time 2020-09-08 22:04:26

Web Name: Duke Economics Department

WebSite: http://econ.duke.edu

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The Department of Economics welcomes Jason Baron, Laura Castillo-Martinez, and Pengpeng Xiao to the department. Baron and Xiao are both Scholars in Residence while completing a postdoc, and Castillo-Martinez is an Assistant Professor.Duke University has been named No. 1 in a 2018 ranking of best economics colleges for undergraduates in the U.S. The list evaluates 435 four-year colleges and universities for overall academic quality and “outcomes-focused data.”  The Department of Economics is rapidly approaching the top 10 programs nationally. It is broadly focused on econometrics, micro and macroeconomic theory, and applied economics, with distinctive collaborations across these boundaries.Faculty research encompasses the broad fields of finance, international trade, development, public sector studies, law, business and monetary economics, with specialized scholarship focused on environmental and ecological economics, cultural, agricultural and natural resource economics, education, racial inequality, and labor and economic demography.The department is home to approximately 700 undergraduate students, making economics one of the most popular majors on campus, and our graduate programs have approximately 221 students working toward a master's degree or Ph.D. Both students and faculty are supported by a helpful and caring staff, who are dedicated to the department's success. Financial Econometrics Lunch Group Gustavo Schwenkler (Santa Clara University) 11:00am-12:00pm https://sofie.stern.nyu.edu/seminar Microeconomic Theory Seminar Series Aniko Öry (Yale School of Management) Aiming for the Goal: Contribution Dynamics of Crowdfunding , 3:30pm-4:45pm https://duke.zoom.us/j/92386930838 Triangle Resource and Environmental Economics Seminar Series Grant McDermott (University of Oregon) 3:00pm-4:15pm Virtual--click name for registration details Duke University Population Research Institute Seminar Series Lisa Gennetian (Duke University) Hispanic families and U.S. anti-poverty programs: Policy, practice, and uptake , 3:30pm-5:00pm ZOOM: https://duke.zoom.us/j/93114333802 Econometrics Seminar Series Jaap Abbring (Tilburg) Identifying Present-Biased Discount Functions in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models (joint with O. Daljord and F. Iskhakov) , 3:30pm-5:00pm ZoomThe History of Modern Macroeconomics from Keynes to the PresentExamination of key developments in macroeconomics from the 1930s through the present. Case studies of the evolution of macroeconomics in political and social context. Topics include the theory of unemployment in the Great Depression; growth theory and the rise of business cycle modeling in the aftermath of World War II; the trade-off between inflation and unemployment in the 1950s and 1960s; the... Read More »Discovering Education and Human Development I: How Social Scientists Learn from DataHow does what happens in families, schools and communities shape individuals and the world around them? How can we learn what really matters? Course explores variety of ways in which various methods of social sciences can and cannot give answers to these basic questions and how practitioners wrestle with ethical implications of their work. Main focus is on thinking critically about claims made by... Read More » The DFE has a global, interdisciplinary approach to issues and applications of finance in today's world, with an eye to both educational and career opportunities. The DFE's goals are to broaden the range of finance courses and research opportunities offered to Duke students, to continue hiring world-renowned faculty in financial economics, and to increase options for active engagement between Duke students, faculty, and alumni.Department of Economics419 Chapel Drive213 Social Sciences Bldg.Box 90097Durham, N.C. 27708-0097T: (919) 660-1800F: (919) 681-7984

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