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We are welcoming Ph.D. economics applications!
The deadline is December 1, 2021, at 8:59 PM (PST).
Be part of a thriving economics department in the heart of Los Angeles.
Link:
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Great week for USC Econ. Two of our juniors were admitted into the
@nberpubs
as Faculty Research Fellows. Congratulations
@ABergeron_econ
(Dev, PE) and
@bassi_vittorio
(Dev).
Check our their profiles to see their exciting research projects and agendas.
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🚨 Deadline for PhD applications is on Dec 1st (Friday). We have expanded the number of fully-funded PhD slots 💸💸💸
Our application process also requires no nonsense ranking questions for your letter writers, so it's very easy to apply.
Come join our exciting & growing dept!
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Professor Bassi
@bassi_vittorio
talking about his new
@ecmaEditors
paper on achieving scale collectively in Uganda, with
@PorzioTommaso
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@KurlatPablo
, a fantastic Macroeconomist, is joining
@USC_Econ
from
@Stanford
Economics as Associate Professor with Tenure. Congratulations and Welcome Pablo!
@nberrel
@USC
@USCDornsife
@MITEcon
@UTDiTella
@CREIResearch
@rgr208
@mattkahn1966
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Our fantastic job market candidates this year.
Check out these awesome and diverse set of job market papers.
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Congratulations to
@KurlatPablo
!
Another
@USC_Econ
faculty member nominated onto the board of a top economics journal.
@USCDornsife
Congratulations to newly appointed AER Board Members (starting in July ‘24): Briana Chang, Francesc Dilmé,
@paulinegrosjean
,
@KurlatPablo
,
@conradcmiller
,
@johannarickne
,
@Florian_Scheuer
, and
@Manisha_econ
.
@AEAjournals
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Next up:
@DarioL_Econ
Why did the financial sector grow so massively after the 1980s? In his JMP,
@DarioL_Econ
links it to the decline of the labor share and higher inequality. Higher K share generated more inequality, and a portfolio allocation problem for investors.
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Next up: Amanda Ang (
@aang_econ
) -> interests in env. and urban econ.
Her JMP explores externalities of HH location choice in terms of 🔥 risk, investigates possible policy solutions
Link here:
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We are excited to welcome Michael Droste from Harvard to the Trojan family ✌️
@USCDornsife
Super excited that Michael Droste from Harvard will be joining our macro group as an Assistant Professor!
(First hire while chair = very happy chair!)
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Adieu Emmanuel Farhi (1978-2020): brillant genius, generous man, and charming comrade. A co-author, a friend, and someone I deeply admired. Over a phone call back in 2010, he encouraged me to join USC (which happened later). RR
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Our department is now 12th place in the new RePEc US rankings.
Still improving all the time.
@USC
@USCDornsife
@PresidentFolt
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We have been lucky to have Jeff Nugent contributing to science and
@USC
's quality of life for 60 years!
His impact has been immense!
@USCDornsife
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Our very own
@mattkahn1966
has been awarded Communicator of the Year at
@USCDornsife
Matt regularly engages on economic thinking with the media and those on Twitter!
2. Matt Khan,
@mattkahn1966
has been awarded Communicator of the Year, Social Sciences. He shared his 📊economics expertise with the public through media interviews, news articles, and an active, engaging presence on social media.
@USC_Econ
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Pleased to announce our JMCs and their research. First up:
Yi-Ju Hung’s (
@YiJuHung1
) job market paper studies how exposure to immigrants during childhood affects the economic performance of children of US-born later in life.
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Our new crop of exciting PhD students start their research careers with us.
Beyond thrilled to share that I’ll be joining
@USC_Econ
for an Economics PhD this fall! I am incredibly excited to start this new chapter and spend the next few years in LA.
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Terrific overview of the important work being done by our very own
@ABergeron_econ
on using field experiments in the Congo to understand how to build state capacity.
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.
@USCDornsife
Economics is ranked
#16
in the United States based on our top 10 researchers work over the last 10 years. We are building a powerhouse off of the football field!
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Excited to host this year's Southern California Graduate Conference in Applied Economics.
Deadline for the submission of papers: October 6th.
#SOCAE2023
is coming to
@USC_Econ
this year on November 3rd!
We are accepting papers now, check our website: for more information on submission and RSVP.
Looking forward to see your brilliant works!
@UCSDEcon
@UCLA
@EconomicsUcsb
@ucisocsci
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Our
@ABergeron_econ
and co-authors won the prestigious
@IIPF_org
Musgrave prize for the best paper in the public finance Congress this year.
Congratulations!! 🎉
Thrilled that our paper won the
@IIPF_org
Peggy and Richard Musgrave prize. Thank you to
@wwwojtekk
,
@LucieGadenne
,
@RDMetcalfe
,
@KatarzynaBilic1
, and Scott Findley for a great conference. See you all next year in Prague!
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Very excited that our very own Tim Armstrong has joined the Econometrica editorial board.
We are excited to announce that that following new associate editors with expertise in econometrics joined the editorial board of Econometrica on July 1st 2023: Timothy B. Armstrong and Mikkel Plagborg-Møller
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A great story about
@USCDornsife
economics. We have a plan to create the best west coast econ major.
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Very excited to announce our new Master of Science in Innovation Economics, Law and Regulation, joint with
@USCGouldLaw
It will address artificial intelligence innovation and machine learning through the lens of antitrust, privacy, data security and IP laws.
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Next up: Wei Zhou
How does reputation affect us? In Wei's JMP, he finds that it impacts us in two distinct ways: a good reputation provides us with a wider range of choices and increases our visibility.
Link:
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We are very excited that Nicolas Lambert and
@ABergeron_econ
have joined us this year.
New social sciences faculty bring expertise in depression, African refugees, geospatial technologies.
Welcome our new colleagues from
@USC_Econ
, Anthropology, Psychology,
@uscpoir
,
@USCLinguistics
@USC_SSI
, and
@USCSociology
.
#WelcomeToUSC
✌️:
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Fantastic research by
@mattkahn1966
and
@amine_ouazad
getting huge and well-deserved exposure. The shifting of climate-risk on Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac has potential systemic consequences.
Mortgage Lenders Are Shifting Climate Risks Onto Taxpayers, Study Finds
@amine_ouazad
and my new working paper is discussed in today's
@nytimes
. This paper will be released by the NBER on Monday. I thank Amine for working with me.
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We are delighted to announce that Giorgio Coricelli has been promoted to the rank of full professor at
@USCDornsife
Economics.
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Ever wondered why Mauritius has grown 6 times faster than Senegal between 1980 & 2019, despite historical similarities?
In her JMP, Fatou examines the dynamics of growth of the two countries and their resource reallocation, and the factors driving them.
#EconomicGrowth
#Africa
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Congratulations Kamiar and Prof. Jeff Nugent.
Super excited to have finally got the cover of our
@OxUniPress
edited volume
#Institutions
and
#Macroeconomic
Policies in
#Resource
-Rich
#Arab
Economies (with Jeff Nugent
@USC_Econ
& Hoda Selim
@IMFNews
).
It will be published on May 16th 2019 in the UK & June 16th in the US.
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Another successful USC Econ undergrad going off to
@StanfordEcon
to change the world!
Congratulations to Robert Huang who will enroll at
@StanfordEcon
this fall as a PHD student. Here is a photo of us at
@Stanford
.
@USC_Econ
is a top 10 department in educating undergraduates.
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We are very excited to have
@ABergeron_econ
join our thriving economics community at
@USCDornsife
.
Really excited to have
@ABergeron_econ
join our outstanding group of juniors at
@USC_Econ
.
Augustin is conducting ground-breaking research on the mechanisms behind increasing state capacity.
Definitely worth following his research journey.
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Next up: Jingyi Fan (
@JingyiFang5
)
Her JMP studies how a migration relaxation policy can have distributive impacts across firms and lead to a decline in labor misallocation.
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USC Economics is ranked
#16
among US Economics Departments based on our top 10 ranked scholars' productivity over the last 10 years.
@usc
football is ranked
#15
#convergence
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Our PhD students taking a well deserved break in our perfect surroundings.
One of the benefits of studying at
@USC_Econ
is being able to take a wholesome break even during winter. Perfect combination of fresh air and psets.
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We are very proud to have these fantastic female economists as part of the Trojan community!
@USCDornsife
@PresidentFolt
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Our new cohort of PHD students are ready to learn economics. Now that the eclipse is over, we can start to think about supply and demand!!
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As the largest major at
@USCDornsife
, USC Economics is thrilled to hire three star junior faculty; Monica Morlacco (Yale), Jonathan Libgober (Harvard) and Afshin Nikzad (Stanford).
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Next up: Jack Chapel
Many Medicaid eligible adults are not enrolled, in part due to information frictions.
Jack’s JMP -> social networks help facilitate program take-up – increasing program enrollment & salience among one’s friend network increases own probability of take-up.
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USC Economics is partnering with
@USC_SSI
to offer a new MS STEM certified Masters in Spatial Economics and Data Sciences
@USCDornsife
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Fantastic!
Super excited that our
@OxUniPress
volume "
#Institutions
&
#Macroeconomic
Policies in
#Resource
-Rich
#Arab
Economies", with Jeff Nugent
@USC_Econ
& Hoda Selim
@IMFNews
, is available from today in the UK.
More details here:
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Happy New Year to all of our students, faculty, alumni, supporters, and followers.
We are excited to see the continued growth of our department this year and connect with even more of the economics community at USC.
@USCDornsife
@PresidentFolt
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USC Economics is delighted to announce that Professor Romain Ranciere will be the new Chair of the Department and Professor Paulina Oliva will be the Vice-Chair.
End of semester
@USC_Econ
. We express our sincere Thank you to our departing chair
@mattkahn1966
and Welcome our incoming Chair
@rgr208
and Vice-chair Paulina Oliva! Prof. Magil suggested ‘Hurrah’ for Prof Kahn, for his extraordinary success and enthusiasm as a chairperson!!
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At
@usc
, Economics is the biggest major in Dornsife. Our students are well trained and are ready to thrive in this "Big Data" economy.
Next week we welcome back our 1000+ majors, 80+ Masters and 70+ PHD students. The demand for economics is soaring!
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.
@USC_Econ
and
@INETeconomics
welcomes Nandita Krishnaswamy as a USC INET Post-Doc. We are building up a great young group in development economics.
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Prof. Kelsey Jack of
@brenucsb
presented a great environmental economics and development paper at USC Econ yesterday. Her paper is co-authored with Sarojini Rao and
@seema_econ
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.
@USC_Econ
would like to build up some partnerships with Universities in the Middle East. In Spring 2019, the department's Vice-Chair (Romain Ranciere) will visit the region.
@laure_app
@OxUniPress
@USC_Econ
@IMFNews
@GirtonCollege
@Cambridge_Uni
@CambridgeINET
@MarshallLibrary
@ERFlatest
Many thanks! It was inspired by the items in the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development. Here is a virtual tour of the building showing some of the amazing items they have:
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We are all climate economists now!
Our very own Paulina Oliva in today's
@nytimes
with
@lydiadepillis
on the proliferation of economists studying climate change and the policy responses.
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Next: Weizhao Huang
His JMP studies China's "green finance policy" and its influence on firm behavior in green finance pilot zones. Link:
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Prominent economists visits
@USCDornsife
Economics every week. Today, we welcomed Prof. Enrico Moretti of
@UCBerkeley
. He gave a great undergraduate lecture and a 2nd research presentation on his urban/labor research agenda.
We welcome
@UCBerkeley
economist Enrico Moretti to
@USC_Econ
to give an undergraduate talk and a research seminar
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USC
#economics
is delighted to welcome Prof. Deaton to
@usc
.
Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton, known for his research into poverty, inequality, health & well-being, joins faculty
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Econometric analysis of large data sets is a key skill that we teach our
@USC_Econ
majors. We encourage students to take Econ 318 (and computer programming classes) as sophomores so that they are well prepared for upper division elective courses.
Data Could Decide the Harvard Admissions Trial. Here’s How and Why | News | The Harvard Crimson Applied Econometrics is a powerful tool. This article explains what economists do and why such work "matters".
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Next up: Hayun Song
JMP: a Bayesian approach for estimating large conditional precision matrices within the DCC framework instead of taking the inversion of conditional covariance matrices.
He considers the estimators in the high-dimensional multivariate volatility applications
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How will climate change impact business operations? Companies are eager to know. "In economics, information has value if you would make a different decision based on that information,"
@mattkahn1966
of
@USC_Econ
explains in
@nytimes
.
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USC Economics congratulates our graduating Ph.D. students for receiving excellent jobs. This is the market test that we attract and train great students.
@usc
@USCDornsife
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Welcome to USC Econ! We are so happy to have you here as a Trojan!
#USC
@USCDornsife
Running behind on announcements with this one, partially because the journey here was laden with uncertainty (blame the visa overlords!) and partially due to my own disbelief - today, I started at
@USC_Econ
as a PhD student. 1/3
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Prof Caroline Betts makes several important points
As Britain elects to leave the European experiment, what follows?
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Our talented Economics students learn from our career networking events
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TODAY Prof. Thomas Phillipon
"The Great Reversal - How America Gave Up on Free Markets"
[The talk will be moderated by Prof. Jacob Soll ]
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 / 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Location: Michelson 102, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience
@USC
@USCDornsife
@USCPrice
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USC Economics is hiring three new faculty this year. This "new blood" will enhance our research and teaching mission and create exciting new opportunities for our next generation of students.
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USC Economics is delighted to announce that Jonathan Libgober will join our faculty
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Another one of our great econ majors off to a top PhD econ program...
Congratulations to Robert Huang of
@USC_Econ
for winning this
@HooverInst
prize. I am proud of my co-author. His study is titled;
"Distortive Incentives and Resource Misallocation Unveiling the Paradox of California’s Water Crisis"
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REPEC ranks all of the registered academic economics in the world (more than 55,000) on 39 research productivity criteria. USC Economics is ranked
#20
in the USA and rising!
Here is my recent blog post celebrating the rise of
@USCDornsife
Economics. Yes, this is cheer leading but every fact is a fact. I am searching for more talent at the BA, MA, PHD, and faculty level.
#converge_with_stanford
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USC
#Economics
Professor Jeff Nugent was honored by the Dean of
@USCDornsife
for his service to the university. Our department salutes our great colleague.
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The
@USCDornsife
Economics Department offers a rigorous joint BA/MS degree (our progressive degree) for students who want to bolster their economics training to prepare for careers in Data Science, finance, consulting, real estate and research.
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In Fall 2016, our department will launch the
#USC
#Economics
Review . For a preview click here
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New research out today by two USC Econ faculty (
@RDMetcalfe
@mattkahn1966
) w/
@FairweatherPhD
&
@S_Olascoaga
with
@Redfin
on using flood risk information to change home-buying decisions across the US.
It is so amazing working with the dream team of
@FairweatherPhD
@S_Olascoaga
&
@mattkahn1966
on our nationwide natural field experiment to change homebuyers’ search and buying decisions using flooding risk information.
Tech companies can help climate change adaptation.
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@Pierre__Coster
@bse_barcelona
@ecb
@ScPoEcon
Welcome to LA and USC! Excited to have you join the Trojan community.
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Last few days before the deadline.
Get your applications in!
We are welcoming Ph.D. economics applications!
The deadline is December 1, 2021, at 8:59 PM (PST).
Be part of a thriving economics department in the heart of Los Angeles.
Link:
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#USC
#Economics
is recruiting new faculty and Post-Docs to join our research community. In fall 2017, our team of economists will grow.
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Professor Dick Easterlin and Prof. Matthew Kahn celebrate the end of the academic year. The
@usc
Department of Economics thanks Prof. Easterlin for his decades of service. He is a great teacher, mentor and researcher.
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Some of our fantastic Ph.D. students graduate tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the PHD Hooding Celebration at
@usc
. I congratulate my many friends and students who graduate tomorrow.
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What are the best
#policy
options for progress on
#energy
&
#climatechange
? Monday, March 27 discussion at the
@BrookingsInst
w/
@UChiEnergy
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Professor Andew Caplin of NYU gave a great talk about his ongoing efforts to create new housing and long term insurance care markets.
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Deadline tomorrow!
The committee is looking forward to seeing all of your applications.
🚨 Deadline for PhD applications is on Dec 1st (Friday). We have expanded the number of fully-funded PhD slots 💸💸💸
Our application process also requires no nonsense ranking questions for your letter writers, so it's very easy to apply.
Come join our exciting & growing dept!
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Does the rise of robots and AI create or displace jobs? A Stanford Conference highlights how economic analysis informs cutting edge trends.
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