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Alvarez Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics congratulates Fernando Alvarez on his election to the AAAS.
UChicago Griffin Economics Newsletter

Spring 2018 Vol. 4, Issue 1
UChicago Griffin Women in Economics

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Uhlig Appointed Ritzenthaler Chair

The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Harald Uhlig has been appointed the inaugural Bruce Allen and Barbara Ritzenthaler Chair in Economics at the University of Chicago.
List and Levitt Named Top Behavioral Economists

TheBestSchools.org recently named the world’s Top 25 Behavioral Economists, including among them two members of our department: Steve Levitt and John A. List.
JPE to Publish Gary Becker's “A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility”

New work from the late Nobel laureate helps explain the persistence of inequality, and why it can be so hard for lower-income families to move into the upper ranks of wealth.
Congratulations to Our 2018 Ph.D. Economics Graduates

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Alvarez Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics congratulates Fernando Alvarez on his election to the AAAS.
UChicago Griffin Economics Newsletter

Spring 2018 Vol. 4, Issue 1
UChicago Griffin Women in Economics

Spotlight Feature
Uhlig Appointed Ritzenthaler Chair

The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Harald Uhlig has been appointed the inaugural Bruce Allen and Barbara Ritzenthaler Chair in Economics at the University of Chicago.
List and Levitt Named Top Behavioral Economists

TheBestSchools.org recently named the world’s Top 25 Behavioral Economists, including among them two members of our department: Steve Levitt and John A. List.
JPE to Publish Gary Becker's “A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility”

New work from the late Nobel laureate helps explain the persistence of inequality, and why it can be so hard for lower-income families to move into the upper ranks of wealth.
Congratulations to Our 2018 Ph.D. Economics Graduates

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Economics Spotlight

2018 kenneth C. Griffin Economics PhD Graduates

The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics congratulates our 2018 Ph.D. graduates (alphabetic listing): Misung Ahn, David Argente, Russell Bittmann, Oliver Browne, Santiago Caicedo Soler, Peter Evangelakis, Jorge Luis Garcia, Victor Gay, Kerstin Holzheu, Ryan C. Hughes, Cree Jones, Joonhwi Joo, Gita Khun Jush, Ayumu Kikkawa, Felipe Labbe, Jaeyoon Lee, Simone Lenzu, Qi Li, Yuan Mei, John Mountjoy, Ging Cee Ng, Ngoc Thi Nguyen, Cullen Roberts, Pablo Robles Santamarina, Jorge Rodriguez, Albert Shyn Kwan Tan, Jose Tudon Maldonado, Sergiy Verstyuk, Arvid Viaene, Yue Yuan, and Liya Zhu.

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