Simon Board Awarded Spring 2022 Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award
Simon Board won the Spring 2022 Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award for his new class “Econ 106S: Competitive Strategy”. This class uses a combination of economic principles and case studies to discuss the economic forces underlying successful business strategy. Specifically, it teaches students to identify sources of sustainable competitive advantage and to understand the dynamics of strategic […]
Oleg Itskhoki in the New Yorker
UCLA Professor Oleg Itskhoki makes a cameo appearance in the New Yorker article “Is Selling Shares in Yourself the way of the Future?” The article can be found here.
Lee Ohanian testifies before the U.S. Senate on housing policies
UCLA Professor Lee Ohanian testified before the U.S. Senate on July 20, 2022 on housing policies. The C-SPAN video of the hearing is available here.
Conference in Honor of Harold Demsetz
On May 27th, former colleagues, students, and friends of Harold Demsetz (1930-2019) hosted a conference in his honor. A video of the conference is available here. Harold Demsetz (1930-2019), a long-time professor at UCLA, was a pioneer in the development and use of microeconomic theory to analyze questions of how property rights and institutional arrangements […]
Pierre Olivier Weill becomes Coeditor of Theoretical Economics
On July 1st, Pierre Olivier Weill became coeditor of Theoretical Economics. Theoretical Economics is the leading journal in economic theory. It is open access and is a journal of the Econometric Society. More information about Theoretical Economics can be found here.
Pablo Fajgelbaum named to the Board of Editors of American Economic Review Insights
On July 1st, Pablo Fajgelbaum was named to the Board of Editors of American Economic Review Insights. More information about American Economic Review Insights can be found here.
Lee Ohanian Discusses California’s Housing Crisis and Potential Policy Reforms
Lee Ohanian discussed California’s housing crisis and potential policy remedies on a podcast available here.
Remembering Axel Leijonhufvud
The UCLA Department of Economics is sad to announce that Axel Leijonhufvud (1933-2022) passed away on May 2nd 2022. Axel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and obtained his bachelor degree at the University of Lund. After coming to the United States in 1960, he earned an M.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. […]
Rosa Matzkin Elected National Academy of Sciences Member
Rosa Matzkin, Charles E. Davidson Professor of Economics, has been elected a 2022 National Academy of Sciences member. The National Academy of Sciences, established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln, acts as an official advisory body to the federal government on matters of science and technology upon request. The academy is […]
Jacob Marshack and the short lived Terek Soviet Republic
The bill below comes from the short lived Terek Soviet Republic, which existed for less than a year in the Northern Caucasus. The republic’s Minister of Labor was none other than Jacob Marschak, appointed at the ripe old age of 19. Marschak’s final appointment was at UCLA.
