Guido Tabellini, a former PhD student and faculty member at UCLA, receives the 2022 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Management
The 2022 Frontiers of Knowledge Award was awarded to Guido Tabellini, a former PhD student and faculty member of the UCLA economics department, for transforming political economy into a modern, empirical, interdisciplinary science. The award was shared with Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson. The three awardees, together with the late Alberto Alesina, have employed both theoretical and […]
UCLA Hosts the 2023 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society
The 2023 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society will be hosted by the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, on June 22-June 25, 2023. More information on the Meeting can be found here. The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation […]
Journal of Economic Perspective Article Discusses the Contributions of Clark Medal Winner Oleg Itskhoki
A Journal of Economic Perspective article written by UCLA Professor Andrew Atkeson and IMF Managing Director Gita Gopinath discusses the fundamental contributions to international macroeconomics and international trade of UCLA Professor Oleg Itskhoki, the 2022 John Bates Clark Medal winner. The article can be found here.
Paper by Oleg Itskhoki Wins the Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize
The Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize was awarded to UCLA Professor Oleg Itskhoki and his coauthor Dmitry Mukhin for the paper “Exchange Rate Disconnect in General Equilibrium”, which was published in the Journal of Political Economy. The Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize is awarded biannually for the most interesting paper in the area of Dynamic Economics […]
Article by Will Rafey Featured in Science
A paper by UCLA Professor Will Rafey was highlighted in Science. It studies how water markets boost farms’ outputs. The Science issue can be found here. The paper published by Professor Rafey can be found here.
Professor Shem-Tov’s Paper featured in NBER Digest
The January 2023 issue of NBER Digest features UCLA Professor Yotam Shem-Tov’s paper on health and social outcomes of veterans with combat deployment. The NBER Digest January issue an be found here.
The Society for Economic Dynamics features Professor Itskhoki’s Research Agenda
The Society for Economic Dynamics published on their website UCLA Professor Oleg Itskhoki’s research agenda on exchange rates. The article can be found here.
CNN interviews UCLA Professor Lee Ohanian
UCLA Professor Lee Ohanian was interviewed by CNN on the question: What if California seceded from the United States? The interview can be found here.
Natalie Bau Wins Excellence Award
Natalie Bau received the Excellence Award in Global Economics Affairs from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The Excellence Awards were created to promote young talent and are open to researchers and academics up to 35 years of age. Each laureate will be awarded a Research Fellowship at the Kiel Institute funded through separate […]
UCLA Received Honorable Mention in the Fed Challenge
For the second year in row, UCLA received honorable mention at the Fed Challenge. This result puts UCLA in the top 6 schools out of 84 participants. The Fed Challenge is a nationwide competition among colleges and universities in which student-teams formulate a monetary policy recommendation and present it to judges from the Fed. The team […]
