UCLA Economists awarded NSF Grants
John Asker won an NSF Grant entitled “Market Power and Resource Allocation” to examine how the global oil cartel OPEC impacts productive efficiency. Denis Chetverikov and Zhipeng Liao also won an NSF grant entitled “Cross-Validation for High-Dimensional and Nonparametric Models in Econometrics” to study how to select a smoothing parameter for Lasso estimators that are commonly used to estimate […]
Congratulations 2016 Scoville Teaching Award winners
The department would like to congratulate the 2016 winners of the Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Spring 2016 Tomasz Sadzik – Econ 106G “Introduction to Game Theory” Winter 2016 Jay Lu – Econ 148 “Behavioral Economics” Fall 2015 Lee Ohanian – Econ 165 “History of American Capitalism”
Congratulations Class of 2016!
The Department of Economics congratulates our 2015-2016 degree recipients. We are proud of you for your accomplishments and wish you much success in your future endeavors. We would like to extend our warmest thank you to Mr. Steven Laub for his keynote speech at our 2016 Commencement Ceremony on June 11 at Pauley Pavilion. Mr. […]
Summer Classes
New freshmen: Econ 1 Principles of Microeconomics. Sessions A and C Econ 2 Principles of Macroeconomics. Sessions A and C Transfer students: Econ 11 Microeconomic Theory, I. Sessions A and C Econ 41 Statistics for Economists. Session A Upper division courses required for all majors: Econ 101 Microeconomic Theory, II. Sessions A and C Econ […]
Till von Wachter’s research featured in the Wall Street Journal
Professor Till von Wachter’s research was featured in the Wall Street Journal “The Recession’s Economic Trauma Has Left Enduring Scars.”
Lloyd Shapley, 2012 Nobel Laureate, has died
We are saddened to announce that Professor Emeritus Lloyd Shapley passed away on March 12th at the age of 92. Professor Shapley was a co-recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics. You can read more about Professor Shapley here
Leah Boustan received funding from Russell Sage Foundation
Leah Boustan received funding from the Russell Sage Foundation to investigate the pace of cultural assimilation among European immigrants to the United States in the Age of Mass Migration, 1850-1920. http://www.russellsage.org/awarded-project/cultural-assimilation-during-age-mass-migration
Till von Wachter featured in the New York Times
Research by Till von Wachter was featured in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/business/economy/economists-take-aim-at-wealth-inequality.html
Congratulations Class of 2015!
With honored guests, Duff and Morris Goldman, and the Economics Department offer their congratulations to over 800 Business Economics, Economics, and Math/Economics students who completed their degrees this year! 657 of our graduates and approximately 4500 guests watched Duff Goldman ( Ace of Cakes) and his father Morris Goldman (UCLA, Ph.D. in Economics, 1972) deliver the […]
Till von Wachter featured in USA TODAY
Prof. Till von Wachter’s study in the American Economic Journal found that college students who graduate in a weak labor market initially lose 9% of their annual earnings on average, but erase those losses in 10 years. Article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/05/23/college-grads-jobs/27801847/
