UCLA Department Economics Associate Professor Pablo Fajgelbaum is featured in a variety of national news stories of late. Along with co-authors Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale (leave) and World Bank), Patrick Kennedy (UC Berkeley), and Amit Khandelwal (Columbia), their paper “The Return to Protectionism” has been cited by The Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, TIME, […]
The May 2019 Edition of the National Bureau of Economic Research The NBER Digest highlights a paper by Pablo Fajgelbaum. Along with co-authors Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale (leave) and World Bank), Patrick Kennedy (UC Berkeley), and Amit Khandelwal (Columbia), their paper “The Return to Protectionism” has been cited for its analysis of the welfare effects of tariffs during […]
The winner of the Department of Economic’s Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award for Winter 2019 is Assistant Professor Jay Lu. Jay won for his Econ 148 class, Behavioral Economics. Scoville was on the faculty of the department of economics for 28 years before his death in 1969. He is remembered by this quarterly award.
2018 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Scholarship Recipient Biography: Zoe (Yimeng) Ye is a junior finishing her major in Business Economics and minor in Accounting in Spring 2019. Born in China and immigrated to Canada, she found her transition to new environments not only helped her gain new perspectives […]
Biography: Bingru Xue is a senior Business Economics, Communications majors and Accounting Minor. She is now working as a part-time intern at a LA-based cosmetics company. She is a active member of Beta Alpha Psi and Student Accounting Society. During her spare time, Bingru enjoys boxing, hiking and singing. Future Plans: Bingru worked as an […]
2018 Robert D. and Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Qingyi Wang is a second year business economics student at UCLA, intending to double major in cognitive science. Originally from Beijing, China, he thoroughly enjoyed studying in Los Angeles and bathing in the warm sunlight. He previously interned in a Chinese fund management company, […]
2018 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Born and raised in Hangzhou, China, Chenjian Wang is currently a fourth-year student at UCLA double majoring in Economics and Mathematics of Computation, with a minor in Statistics. Chenjian took advantage of the challenging and comprehensive curriculum to build up a solid foundation in […]
2018 Venu and Ana Kotamraju Endowed Scholarship Recipient Biography: Brittany Wang is a senior at UCLA pursuing a degree in Business Economics, with minors in Accounting and Global Studies. Brittany is interested in the effects of globalization on international business and has interned at an ecommerce start up called Digizone Technology Corporation. Additionally, she has […]
Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Scholarship Recipient Biography: João Pedro Queiroga Zancanaro is a fourth year Business Economics major who is minoring in Accounting and Mathematics. He was raised in Brasília, Brazil, and is the first of his family to pursue an undergraduate education abroad. He first became interested […]
2018 Gumbiner Savett Inc. Scholarship Recipient Biography: Winny is a fourth year international student from Indonesia. Prior to UCLA, she studied in Singapore, where her interest in Economics started to develop. At UCLA, she is majoring in Business Economics and minoring in Digital Humanities. Interested in the cross-section between business and social change, Winny served […]
