UCLA Department of Economics Professors Andrew Atkeson and Pierre-Olivier Weill, along with UCLA Anderson School of Management professor Andrea Eisfeldt, and former UCLA Ph.D student Adrien D’Avernas, co-authored a paper for the 33rd Annual Conference on Macroeconomics (April 12-13, 2018). Their paper, Government Guarantees and the Valuation of American Banks, is currently featured on the National Bureau […]
A recent article in Bloomberg Opinion has cited a new study by UCLA Department of Economics Professor Martin Hackmann and University of Georgia professor Vincent Pohl. According to Bloomberg: The study uses comprehensive data on 1.4 million skilled nursing-home stays between 2000 and 2005 in California, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. It takes advantage of two facts. First, […]
Professor Dora Costa, Chair of UCLA’s Economics Department & Kenneth L. Sokoloff Chair in Economic History, was recently featured in The Atlantic for her paper, “Intergenerational transmission of paternal trauma among US Civil War ex-POWs.” According to The Atlantic: The most recent [article] is a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week by researchers […]
By John G. Riley, a Distinguished Professor of Economics at UCLA The UCLA Department of Economics is saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus John J. McCall (February 28, 1933—September 24, 2018), he was 85 years old. John received his BA from University of Notre Dame and his MBA and in 1959 his PhD […]
The UCLA Department of Economics extends a heartfelt congratulations to Professor Kathleen McGarry on being elected to the National Senate for Phi Beta Kappa. Founded in 1776, it is the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society. It has chapters at 286 colleges and universities in the United States, nearly 50 alumni associations, and more than […]
Xin’s LinkedIn page, consisting of names that commonly adorn the tallest skyscrapers in Manhattan, reflects the illustrious career of the young alumnus. In the seven years following her departure from the Hills of Westwood, she has achieved what is considerable success for most people. However, Xin is not most people. Her propitious forays into the […]
This originally appeared in the August 24, 2018 print edition of the Wall Street Journal By Edward C. Presscott and Lee E. Ohanian. Lee E. Ohanian is a Professor of Economics, and Director of the Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research at UCLA. The economy isn’t on a “sugar high.” Pro-market policy improved incentives to work […]
Adriana Lleras-Muney, Professor of Economics at UCLA, was recently elected to the Nominating Committee of the Population Association of America (PAA). The PAA is a nonprofit, scientific, professional organization established to promote the improvement, advancement, and progress of the human condition through research of problems related to human population. Members of the PAA include demographers, […]
The UCLA Department of Economics is pleased to announce the appointment of David Baqaee as Assistant Professor. David received his Ph.D. from Harvard and worked previously at the London School of Economics. He works on aggregation in disaggregated macroeconomic models, with an emphasis on the role production networks play in business cycles, growth, and international […]
The UCLA Department of Economics is saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Masanao Aoki (May 14, 1931—July 24, 2018), he was 87 years old. Professor Aoki earned a BA and MSc in Physics from the University of Tokyo, and he earned a PhD in engineering from UCLA in 1960. He taught engineering at […]
