Michael Powell
Many of us Bruins reminisce on the moment we decided to come to UCLA. For Dr. Michael Powell this moment occurred at the very top of Janss steps. Experiencing the beauty of campus and Los Angeles from this UCLA gem …
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Infrastructure, Development and the Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, sponsored by the United States between 1948 and 1952 to help Europe recover from World War II, is the largest economic and financial aid program ever experienced in the world. It transferred to European countries $130 billion …
Multinationals, Monopsony and the United Fruit Company
The effect of large-scale foreign investments in developing countries remains an important open question. Despite their pervasiveness in the emerging world, the extent to which host economies benefit from these investment projects is widely debated. On the one hand, the …
Jason Mozingo
Jason Mozingo faced the same decision many prospective UCLA students face: enroll at Berkeley or go to school in Westwood. But for Jason, whose parents had gone to UCLA, the decision to become a Bruin wasn’t just an easy one,
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2020 PhD Grads Accept Positions at Yale, Federal Reserve and Uber among others
The 2020 UCLA Ph.D. Economics job market outcomes were released today. Congratulations to all of our students – We are very proud of you!
Half the class will stay in academia, including positions at Yale, Southern Methodist, and Reed in …
CA Unemployment Insurance Claims during the Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has led to historically unprecedented increases in the level of initial Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims filed in California since the start of the crisis in mid-March.
Till von Wachter and UCLA’s California Policy Lab have partnered with …
John Asker op-ed on Virgin Airlines Bailout
In this op-ed in the Sydney Morning Herald, John Asker argues that the Australian government should bail out Virgin Australia in order to maintain competition in the airline market.…
Individual vs. Joint Taxation
How do different income taxation systems — for instance individual vs. joint — affect people’s decisions and welfare? Answering this question is important because governments can choose among several systems that differ most prominently for the treatment of individuals in …
Aaron Behle
“Never pass up on a free meal” might sound like cheeky advice for a college student struggling to get by but for Aaron Behle it means something entirely different.
In fall of his Junior year in the UCLA Economics program, …
Cartels and Productivity
Cartels are a common feature in most economies. For instance, in the 2015-19 period, the European Commission imposed fines in excess of €8.3 billion in 27 cartel cases. It is well understood that cartels reduce social welfare by increasing prices …
