Jonathan Zinman, a professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, has been appointed the R. Stephen Cheheyl Professor of Economics. Jon is an Academic Lead for the Global Financial Inclusion Initiative of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), and a co-founder of IPA’s U.S. Finance Initiative. He is also a research affiliate/associate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (...
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Please join us in congratulating the following Economics students for their achievements:
Junyang (Bill) Cui ’21 : Recipient of Irving Institute Research Grants
Junyang (Bill) Cui ’21 and Harish Tekriwal ’21 received a $5,700 grant from the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society. The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society has...
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The waitlist form for Spring term is currently available online.
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Douglas Irwin, Economist and the John French Professor of Dartmouth Economics Department, has been named a 2019 Global Thinker by Foreigh Policy magazine. The magazine named him under the 10 thinkers in its ECONOMICS & BUSINESS section.
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Prof. BlanchFlower’s new book “Not Working : Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?” published by Princeton University Press is forthcoming in June, 2019.
In this revelatory and outspoken book, David Blanchflower draws on his acclaimed work in the economics of labor and wellbeing to...
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Are you in the class of 2021 and interested in participating in economics research? Are you ready to take your economics training to the next level? If so, we invite you to apply to become a Dartmouth Economics Research Scholar (DERS)!
This DERS program provides additional mentoring and support in economics research to students with strong research potential and high academic standing. Additional advising and out-of-class enrichment activities - dinner discussions,...
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Policies aiming to improve healthcare productivity often focus on reducing care fragmentation. Care fragmentation occurs when services are spread across many providers, potentially making coordination difficult. Using Medicare claims data, we analyze the effect of moving to a region with more fragmented care delivery. We find that 60% of regional variation in care fragmentation is independent of patients' individual demand for care and moving to a region with 1 SD higher fragmentation...
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Dartmouth Economics students applied what they learned from Econ 70 class: “Immersion Experience in Applied Economics and Policy : Macroeconomic Policy in Latin America” by traveling to Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Argentina this winter.
During the visit, the students continued their research by meeting with policy makers, business leaders, and civil society representatives and learn from their experiences then share their conclusions.
The course and trip are led by...
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A new Dartmouth-Stanford study “Border Walls” and its executive summary were featured in
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