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Introduction to UCLA Economics
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William F. Sharpe Fellowship
The UCLA Department of Economics and its alumni Board of Visitors created the William Sharpe Fellowship in 2008 as a way to engage UCLA alumni in supporting the career and professional development needs of undergraduate students at UCLA. Named in honor of Nobel Prize-winning economist who received his B.A and Ph.D. from UCLA, the program has been successful in bringing together top employers with our brightest students.
Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program
The Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program is intended to prepare students for a wide range of careers in which they will be faced with the challenge of evaluating investment opportunities and making active decisions to direct capital to enhance value.
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Master of Quantitative Economics
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Commencement

News

Peilin Rao, an undergraduate student in the Economics Department, was selected for UCLA’s 2026 URC-HASS Undergraduate Research Fellows Program

January 6, 2026

Peilin Rao, a double major in Economics and Mathematics of Computation, was…

Paper by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey Featured in the New York Times

January 5, 2026

The paper “ Does Increasing Financial Access to Contraception…

UCLA takes Third Place in the Fed Challenge

December 4, 2025

UCLA’s team took third place in the annual Fed Challenge, a…

Research by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey featured in CBS News

October 27, 2025

Research on the first federally-funded family-planning programs…

Research Spotlight

How a Historic Corporate Tax Cut Reshaped the U.S. Economy

September 2, 2025

By Patrick Kennedy In a sweeping one-time test of corporate tax policy, UCLA economist Patrick Kenne …
Is International Trade Draining Our Water?

July 7, 2025

By Levi Crews Levi Crews It’s an all-too-familiar headline: “In the midst of drought, California far …

Alumni Interviews

Sahil Punamia

Sahil Punamia Like many of UCLA’s students, Sahil hails from northern California growing up in the q …
Greg Buonaccorsi

Greg Buonaccorsi There’s a lot more that goes on at a Dodgers game than Clayton Kershaw striking out …

Featured Faculty

Recent Publications

American Economic Review

The End of Privilege: A Reexamination of the Net Foreign Asset Position of the United States

Andrew Atkeson, Jonathan Heathcote, and Fabrizio Perri

Journal of Political Economy

Selecting Penalty Parameters of High-Dimensional M-Estimators Using Bootstrapping after Cross Validation

Denis Chetverikov and Jesper Riis-Vestergaard Sørensen

Econometrica

The Impact of Incarceration on Employment, Earnings, and Tax Filing

Events

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February 3, 2026

Felipe Leal
February 3, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm in Bunche Hall 9383
Proseminar in Monetary and Macroeconomics Economics - Econ 228 - Felipe Leal

February 3, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bunche Hall 9383

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Proseminar in Economic History - Econ 248 - Sarah Quincy (Vanderbilt)

February 3, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Junior colleges and local development

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Proseminar in Economic History - Econ 248 - Sarah Quincy (Vanderbilt)

February 3, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Junior colleges and local development

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Sarah Quincy (Vanderbilt)
February 3, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm in

Junior colleges and local development
VonGremp Workshop in Economic and Entreprenurial History - Sarah Quincy (Vanderbilt)

February 3, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Junior colleges and local development

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Our Mission

2025 Job Market Candidates

Introduction to UCLA Economics

William F. Sharpe Fellowship

Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program

Alumni Career Engagement

Master of Quantitative Economics

2025 Job Market Candidates

Summer Programs

Commencement

News

Peilin Rao, an undergraduate student in the Economics Department, was selected for UCLA’s 2026 URC-HASS Undergraduate Research Fellows Program

Paper by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey Featured in the New York Times

UCLA takes Third Place in the Fed Challenge

Research by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey featured in CBS News

Research Spotlight

How a Historic Corporate Tax Cut Reshaped the U.S. Economy

Is International Trade Draining Our Water?

Alumni Interviews

Sahil Punamia

Greg Buonaccorsi

Featured Faculty

Michael Rubens

Hugo Hopenhayn

Patrick Kennedy

Recent Publications

The End of Privilege: A Reexamination of the Net Foreign Asset Position of the United States

Selecting Penalty Parameters of High-Dimensional M-Estimators Using Bootstrapping after Cross Validation

The Impact of Incarceration on Employment, Earnings, and Tax Filing

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