CHANGING CENTURY-OLD STATISTICAL STANDARD COULD IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: LIST ET AL. (2017)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 12, 2017 Simply changing the p-value statistical standard, proposed by statistician Ronald Fisher and adopted by the scientific co...
November 22, 2023
PROF. JOHN LIST RECEIVES HARTSOOK GROWING PHILANTHROPY AWARD (2017)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 10, 2017 At the recent 4th Science of Philanthropy Initiative Conference held at Saieh Hall, Prof. John List was presented the pre...
November 22, 2023
VOENA AWARDED 2017 CARLO ALBERTO MEDAL (2017)
PUBLISHED ON JUNE 7, 2017 The Department of Economics congratulates Alessandra Voena, recipient of the 2017 Carlo Alberto Medal. The Medal is prese...
November 22, 2023
TILBURG UNIVERSITY RANKS UCHICAGO #2 OF WORLD'S TOP 100 ECONOMICS RESEARCH SCHOOLS (2017)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 31, 2017 Tilburg University recently released its listing of the world's Top 100 Economics schools based on research contributions...
November 22, 2023
MOGSTAD: 2017 IZA YOUNG LABOR ECONOMIST AWARD (2017)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 11, 2017 The Department of Economics congratulates Magne Mogstad, the Gary S. Becker Professor in Economics and the College, on re...
November 22, 2023
HECKMAN STUDY: HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROVIDES SALIENT BENEFITS TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND MOTHERS (2017)
PUBLISHED ON APR 24, 2017 Recent results from a long-term study led by Nobel laureate James J. Heckman demonstrate that high-quality early childhoo...
November 22, 2023
HECKMAN AND STOKEY ELECTED AEA DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS (2017)
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2017 We are very pleased to announce that the American Economic Association has elected James J. Heckman and Nancy L. Stokey a...
November 22, 2023
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT WELCOMES NEW FACULTY MEMBERS (2017)
PUBLISHED ON APR 14, 2017 We are pleased to announce that Mikhail Golosov and Alexander Torgovitsky will join our department faculty beginning July...
November 22, 2023
PROF. JOHN LIST RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA (2017)
PUBLISHED ON MAR 24, 2017 Department Chair John A. List, the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, has b...
November 22, 2023
DAVID ROCKEFELLER, 1915-2017 (2017)
PUBLISHED BY ON MAR 22, 2017 David Rockefeller, PhD’40, a prominent philanthropist, banking executive and University trustee whose grandfather, Joh...
November 22, 2023