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“UCLA’s Economics Department has two interlocking objectives. We conduct cutting edge research by developing new methodologies and applying them to understand society’s most critical issues. We also seek to train the next generation of economic leaders in the private sector, government and academia.”
Lloyd Greif gives 2019 Commencement Speech
Denis Chetverikov named Sloan Fellow
Value Investing Concentration
The newly approved Value Investing Concentration is intended to prepare students for a wide range of careers in which they will be faced with the challenge of evaluating investment opportunities and making active decisions to direct capital to enhance value.

August 20, 2019

We'd like to congratulate Assistant Professor Jay Lu for being…

Lee Ohanian Op-Ed on Volatile Markets in The Hill

August 19, 2019

Why the markest turned volatile--and why you shouldn't panic By…

UCLA to host 2019 CEME Conference

August 8, 2019

On September 6 and 7, UCLA will host the 2019 CEME Conference…

Tomasz Sadzik wins the Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award

July 19, 2019

The UCLA Department of Economics would like to congratulate Tomasz…

Research Spotlight

Racial Bias in Policing

September 1, 2019

In January 2017, Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions was…

Digitization in the Film Industry

July 1, 2019

Technology standards play a central role in a broad array…

Alumni Interviews

Mark Kingdon

September 1, 2019

If you took a student from a painting class, and dropped…

Allyson Benas

July 1, 2019

Allyson Benas, currently Head of Product at Holotech Studios,…

Featured Faculty

Jinyong Hahn

Hugo Hopenhayn

Gary D. Hansen

Recent Publications

Econometrica

The Macroeconomic Impact of Microeconomic Shocks: Beyond Hulten’s Theorem

David Rezza Baqaee, Emmanuel Farhi

American Economic Review

Incentivizing Better Quality of Care: The Role of Medicaid and Competition in the Nursing Home Industry

Martin Hackmann

Review of Economics Studies

Inference on Directionally Differentiable Functions

Andres Santos, Zheng Fang

Events

Calendar

October 17, 2019

Proseminar in Econometrics - Econ 238 - Nengchieh Chang

October 17, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Bunche Hall 9383

Practice Job Talk

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Proseminar in International & Development - Econ 288-2 - Santiago Justel

October 17, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Workshop in Economic Theory - Ben Golub (Harvard)

October 17, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

“Targeting Interventions in Networks”

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October 18, 2019

Laub Foundation Workshop in Industrial Organization - IO Mini Conference

October 18, 2019 @ 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

Kate Ho (Princeton): "Health Insurance Menu Design: Managing the Spending-Coverage Tradeoff" No Paper
Aviv Nevo (UPenn): "The Tragedy of the Last Mile: Economic Solutions to Congestion in Broadband Networks"
Paul Eliason (BYU): "How Acquisitions and Financial Incentives Affect Behavior and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry"
Fernando Luco (Texas A&M): "The Competitive Impact of Vertical Integration by Multiproduct Firms"

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Workshop in Trade, Economic Geography, and Development - Paola Conconi (ULB)

October 18, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm
Bunche 9294

"Globalization for Sale"

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October 21, 2019

Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Sepehr Ekbatani (UCLA)

October 21, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Large Conference Room 9383

Practice Job Talk! Please note the 1.5 hour length.

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October 22, 2019

Proseminar in Monetary and Macroeconomics Economics - Econ 228 - Nan Wu

October 22, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bunche Hall 9383

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Our Mission

Lloyd Greif gives 2019 Commencement Speech

Denis Chetverikov named Sloan Fellow

Value Investing Concentration

News

Jay Lu awarded NSF Grant