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Newly Elected Econometric Society Fellows 2021: Simon Board
/in NewsThe Department of Economics congratulates Simon Board, the Benjamin Graham Centennial Professor in Value Investing, on being named a Fellow of the Econometric Society The Econometric Society is one of the most prestigious learned society in the field of economics, with a world-wide membership. Its main object is to promote studies that aim at a […]
Michela Giorcelli Wins Excellence Awards
/in NewsOn September 4th, Michela Giorcelli was one of two young economists based in the United States to receive this year’s Excellence Awards in Global Economics Affairs from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The other recipient, Javier Cravino, is a former UCLA Econonomics Phd Student who graduated in 2013. The ceremony took place during the […]
Enforcing Wealth Taxes in the Developing World: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Colombia
/in Research SpotlightThe rise in income and wealth inequality has spurred a renewed interest in progressive wealth taxation. However, experts have disputed whether rich countries like the U.S, could realistically enforce a wealth tax. The matter is even more critical in developing countries, where a happy few own most of the wealth while governments have a weak […]
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/in Faculty AdjunctSam Sheth
/in UncategorizedBoard of Visitors Mr. Sam Sheth FOUNDER AND SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF VERITYPOINT Sam is a founder and Senior Managing Director of VerityPoint. Since 1994, Sam has worked with several of the nation’s largest corporations and institutions to develop and implement executive and employee benefit plans that are most effective and efficient. He […]
The UCLA School of Economics
/in NewsRecently, a book was published recounting the history of the UCLA Economics Department. This book, written by David R. Henderson and Steven Globerman, discusses some of the most important economists at UCLA during the 1970s: Armen Alchian, Harold Demsetz, Sam Peltzman, Benjamin Klein, Robert Clower, Axel Leijonhufvud, Jack Hirshleifer, William Allen, and George Hilton. To […]
Lee Ohanian op-ed on Low Labor Productivity Growth
/in NewsIn this op-ed in The Hill, UCLA Professor Lee Ohanian argues that Washington should address historically low labor productivity growth.
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