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Professor Jonathan Zinman Appointed to Endowed Professorship

Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Zinman, the R. Stephen Cheheyl Professor of Economics
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Economics Student highlights : Bill Cui '21, Genna Liu ‘19, Madison Minsk ‘19 and David Ringel ’19

Recipients of Irving Institute Research Grant, Rocky Center Senior Honors Thesis Grant and Rockefeller Leadership Fellows
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Doug Irwin named in FP's 100 Global thinkers for 2019

Foreign Policy magazine named Professor Doug Irwin under ECONOMICS & BUSINESS section
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Not Working : Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

A candid assessment of why the job market is not as healthy. A new book by Prof. David Blanchflower.
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Healthcare fragmentation linked to coordination challenges and higher costs

“Fragmented division of labor and healthcare costs: Evidence from moves across regions” Professor Leila Agha's new publication
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ECON Students Get Firsthand View of the Economies of Chile, Argentina

Chile's Finance Minister Felipe Larrain met with ECON 70 students, Professor Doug Irwin and Professor Marjorie Rose in Santiago, Chile
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The Economist : The big, beautiful border wall America built ten years ago

Professor Treb Allen’s new research "Border Walls" was picked up in The Economist
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How Trade Advances Global Prosperity

Nina Pavcnik and Douglas Irwin appear in a video on the benefits of trade presented at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum 2018.
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Ran Zhuo '17 awarded the Rintels Prize

The selection committee noted that "Ran identified a question that was full of economics, policy relevant, and poorly addressed in the prior literature"
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Professor Christopher Snyder named editor of the Journal of Law and Economics

A position rarely filled by professors outside of the University of Chicago.
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Recent Publications

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Export Markets and Labor Allocation in a Low-Income Country

Brian McCaig, Nina Pavcnik

American Economic Review, July 2018
If Technology Has Arrived Everywhere, Why Has Income Diverged?

Diego Comin, Martí Mestieri, Hannah M. Postel

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, July 2018
Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion

Michael Clemens, Ethan Gatewood Lewis

American Economic Review, June 2018
Multilateral Trade Bargaining and Dominant Strategies

Kyle Bagwelly, Robert W. Staiger

International Economic Review June 2018

Events

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Apr 23

4:30PM
Has Liberalism Failed?
Room 003, Rockefeller Center

Patrick Deneen (Why Liberalism Failed) thinks so. Aurelian Craiutu ("The Many Deaths of Liberalism") thinks we have heard this story before. Rocky 2, April 23 at 4:30 pm.
Apr 23

5:00PM
"Has Liberalism Failed? An Exchange" A Political Economy Project Debate
Room 003, Rockefeller Center

Panelists: Patrick Deneen, University of Notre Dame, and Aurelian Craiutu, University of Indiana Bloomington. Moderator: Visiting Prof. Henry Clark. Co-sponsor: Rockefeller Center.
Apr 25

4:30PM
American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building

William J. Burns, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2011-2014)
Apr 26

4:30PM
Glory Liu
Rockefeller 002

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Political Theory Project, Brown University
Apr 26

4:30PM
The Popularity of Adam Smith in America
Room 002, Rockefeller Center

Glory Liu (Post-doc, Brown University) will discuss "The Popularity of Adam Smith in America" in a PEP-sponsored talk on Apr 26 at 4:30 pm, Rocky 2
Apr 29

6:00PM
Why There is No Such Thing as Capitalism (or Communism)
Silsby 28

Meir Kohn, Economics: "Why There is No Such Thing as Capitalism (or Communism)", a PEP Monday night dinner on Apr. 29 at 6 pm, Silsby 28