Economics

UFUK AKCIGIT AWARDED A 2021 GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP (2021)

PUBLISHED ON APR 8, 2021 Ufuk Akcigit, the Arnold C. Harberger Professor in Economics and the College, Director of Graduate Studies, and Director o...

Economics

LUNCHEON HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESSIBILITY TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN IN ECONOMICS (2021)

PUBLISHED ON MAR 23, 2021 On Monday, March 15, women in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics met virtually for the annual Econ Women’s Lu...

Economics Faculty

ALEX TORGOVITSKY APPOINTED AS GROSSMAN PRIZE LECTURER

PUBLISHED ON MAR 8, 2021 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is pleased to announce Alex Torgovitsky as the next Grossman Prize Lecturer...

Economics

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HIRING UPDATE

PUBLISHED ON MAR 1, 2021 We are pleased to announce that Anne Karing and Christina Brown will be joining the junior faculty at the Kenneth C. Griff...

Economics In the News

JPE AWARDS 2021 LUCAS PRIZE (2021)

The Journal of Political Economy has announced the winners of this year's Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize: Charles I. Jones and Jihee Kim for their paper, "...

Economics Faculty

ECONOMIST ESTEBAN ROSSI-HANSBERG TO JOIN UCHICAGO FACULTY AS THE GLEN A. LLOYD DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR (2021)

PUBLISHED ON FEB 4, 2021 Economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg to join UChicago faculty Economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg has been appointed the Glen ...

Economics

STUDY SUGGESTS THE U.S. MAY UNDERVALUE TIMESAVING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 For Lyft users, time is money—now, we know how much Study suggests the U.S. may undervalue timesaving transportation i...

Economics

REMEMBERING YIRAN FAN (2021)

PUBLISHED ON JAN 14, 2021 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and our campus community is deeply mourning the loss of Yiran Fan, who was...

Economics Student Announcements

ECONOMICS MAJOR, DEMETRIUS JOHNSON JR., RECEIVES DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AWARD (2021)

PUBLISHED ON JAN 13, 2021 Faculty, alumni, staff and student winners to be recognized during 2021 MLK commemoration Every year, the University o...

YIRAN FAN, PH.D. STUDENT ‘BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM,’ 1990-2021 (2021)

PUBLISHED ON JAN 11, 2021 Yiran Fan came from China to the University in 2014 to study in the financial mathematics program, and later enrolled in ...