Department News and Events

We are excited to welcome three new faculty members joining us this fall: Gaetano Bloise, a mathematical economist from Rome (PhD, Cambridge); William Hawkins, a macroeconomist from the University of Rochester (PhD, M.I.T.), and Michael Richter, a game and decision theorist completing his PhD from NYU.

Yeshiva University announces its new Master of Science in Quantitative Economics, scheduled to begin in Fall, 2012.

Upcoming Events

Fall 2012 Faculty Seminars (all seminars held at Beren campus)

Guest speakers:

Oct. 18      Ariel Rubinstein (New York University)

Oct. 25      Pierre Yared (Columbia University)

Nov. 8        Florin Bidian (Georgia State University)

Nov. 15      Makoto Nakajima (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Nov. 29      Bernard Cornet (University of Kansas and Université Paris I)

Dec. 20     Mallesh Pai (University of Pennsylvania)

Seminars between Fall 2010 to Spring 2011 (PDF)
Seminars prior to Sept 2010 (PDF)

Ongoing Activities

The Economics Society is a student organization with the goal of promoting interest in the subject of economics and its application to real world events. The Society plans a variety of events throughout the academic year. For more information, contact Natan Weingarten.

 Recent Publications

James Kahn — James Kahn "The Production Impact of Cash for Clunkers: Implications for Stabilization Policy", Economic Inquiry (forthcoming, joint with Adam Copeland)

Citations & Honors

Read Jim Otteson's "Get Rid of Government Experts" editorial in Forbes.