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How do societies learn about the quality of innovations? How does the structure of social interactions affect their diffusion? These questions are critically important to modern economics, and to social science more broadly. They are relevant for the diffusion of new innovations, production techniques, and new business models. For example, consider how consumers learn about […]
Ryan Snyder graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in Economics, and later returned to earn a master’s degree in Urban Planning. As an undergraduate, Snyder was interested in a wide variety of subjects, from Geography to Anthropology. The diversity of classes offered by the Economics major at UCLA gave him the freedom to study […]
This piece originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Political persecution drove former Colombian agriculture minister Andrés Felipe Arias to flee to the U.S. in 2014. The U.S. Embassy in Bogotá helped him escape, and when he arrived in Florida he immediately applied for asylum. But if Mr. Arias thought he was safe, he wasn’t taking […]
French President Emmanuel Macron’s ambitious goal of creating a vibrant and competitive French economy through major economic reforms came crashing down last week when riots over issues ranging from fuel taxes to inequality forced him to backpedal on some of his key reform ideas. With an approval rating of around 20 percent and plummeting, Macron […]
Berkeley–The California Policy Lab (CPL) was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the University of California’s Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives to leverage experts across the UC system to tackle complex problems that include homelessness and designing education and training to meet workforce needs. “With this grant, new scholars will provide expertise needed for projects […]
On Friday, November 30th, the California Policy Lab (CPL) hosted colleagues from the law enforcement and research communities for a conference on policing innovation and reform. Over the course of the day, participants heard from local and national law enforcement leaders, researchers, practitioners, and subject matter experts about the challenges of implementing policing reform on […]
Abstract After World War II, international capital flowed into slow-growing Latin America rather than fast-growing Asia. This is surprising as, everything else equal, fast growth should imply high capital returns. This paper develops a capital flow accounting framework to quantify the role of different factor market distortions in producing these patterns. Surprisingly, we find that […]
There are a variety of minors and other majors that students can pursue at UCLA while pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics or Business Economics. The Minors below are extremely popular with our students: The Minor in Accounting provides students with a comprehensive background in different accounting topics including financial and managerial accounting, […]
UCLA offers a variety of learning opportunities for undergraduates both inside and outside the classroom. Here are a selection of our programs. Partnership UCLA helps students to explore career options and gain practical professional skills in and out of the classroom via training programs, guest lectures, and other programming. Startup UCLA provides a community in […]
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