In recent months, UCLA economists have actively written and spoken about the current economic crisis. We have compiled links (in chronological order) to the various opinions and ideas put forth by our economics faculty on issues such as how the …
The Department of Economics is pleased to introduce our new faculty members:
Assistant Professor Youssef Benzarti (Ph.D. 2016, University of California, Berkeley)
Assistant Professor Michela Giorcelli (Ph.D. 2016, Stanford University)
Assistant Professor Martin Hackmann (Ph.D. 2014, Yale University, previously an …
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 … John Asker's article, “Raising Retailers' Profits: On Vertical Practices and the Exclusion of Rivals,” (American Economic Review, 104(2), 672-686, 2014) has been awarded thirteenth annual Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award for Antitrust Scholarship, for the best economics … Harold Demsetz is the winner of the inaugural Elinor Ostrom Lifetime Achievement Award. This great honor is presented by the International Society of New Institutional Economics (ISNIE) once every two years and is given to an individual who has distinguished … It is with deep sadness that we mourn the death of our colleague George W. Hilton who, at the age of 89, died of heart failure on August 4, 2014. George had requested that we print the obituary that he … We are pleased to announce Professor John Asker who obtained Ph.D in Economics from Harvard University, Assistant Professor David Atkin who obtained Ph.D in Economics at Princeton University and Assistant Professor Francois Geerolf who completed his Ph.D at Sciences Po(Paris).…
Congratulations Class of 2015!
Congratulations to John Asker for Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award
Congratulations to Harold Demsetz for Lifetime Achievement Award
In Memoriam: George W. Hilton
Welcome New Faculty Members
