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Simon Board Awarded the Spring 2023 Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award

Simon Board won the Spring 2023 Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award for his new class “Econ 106S: Competitive Strategy”. This class uses a combination of economic principles and case studies to discuss the economic forces underlying successful business strategy. Specifically, it teaches students to identify sources of sustainable competitive advantage and to understand the […]

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The US-China Trade War and Global Reallocations

By Pablo Fajgelbaum In 2018-19, a major trade conflict started between the US and China. The US imposed tariffs on about $350 billion worth of Chinese imports, and China retaliated by levying tariffs on an additional $100 billion worth of imports, a retaliatory action allowed by WTO rules. Despite an agreement in January 2020 to […]

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Joao Guerreiro

Joao Guerreiro is an Assistant Professor of Economics. He is a macroeconomist studying topics in business cycles, fiscal policy, inequality, and imperfect expectations. He also works on understanding the consequences of demographic and technological changes for inequality and the optimal response of public policy. Before joining UCLA, he received his Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University.

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Ph.D. Student Sungwoo Cho Wins the First Summit Consulting Fellowship

We are delighted to report that Sungwoo Cho is the first winner of the Summit Consulting Fellowship. The Summit Fellowship is awarded to graduate students advancing economics through creative use of data.  Sungwoo is looking at the use of robots/machines to call balls and strikes in professional baseball.  He had data on all pitches in […]

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UCLA Department of Economics Commencement on June 17, 2023

The UCLA Department of Economics will recognize the students who are graduating with a degree in Economics or Business Economics at its commencement on Saturday June 17, at 6:00 p.m in Pauley Pavilion. For more information go to: https://economics.ucla.edu/2023commencement. Congratulations Class of 2023!