Economics
Upcoming Events
Eaton Travel Sabbaticals
Thanks to a generous gift from Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØEconomics alumnus Eugene D. Eaton, the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØEconomics Department is pleased to announce the Eaton Travel Sabbaticals Program. The Travel Sabbaticals are to be awarded to undergraduate students majoring in Economics, Anthropology, or History who have completed at least three academic years of full time study, at least two years of which must have been completed at the university, and who desire prior to graduation to broaden their knowledge in a culture and learning environment different from their own.ÌýPreference will be given to students who have a creative and well designed plan of unconventional study and travel in a non-traditional environment, especially those which would take place in the southern or eastern hemispheres. ContactÌýKit Colombo with any questions. Eaton Application and Instructions. Application Deadline: 2025 Summer & Fall Study Abroad–April 15, 2025
2024–25 Seminar Series
Friday, April 18:VincenzoÌýQuadrini, USC Marshall, "Digital Economy and the Global Financial System"
For future seminars check out theÌýseminarÌýseries calendar, all seminars areÌýheld 3–4:30 p.m. in Seminar Room 5 unless otherwise noted.
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Spring classesÌýend Thursday, May 1. Important dates can be found on the university'sÌýÌýand watch the course scheduleÌýfor the latest changes and updates toÌýEconomics courses.ÌýIf you have any questions about courses or recitation schedulesÌýplease emailÌýkit.colombo@colorado.edu.
Economics Spring 2025 Commencement Ceremony
The Economics ceremony will be held Thursday, May 8, 2025 at Macky Auditorium, 12:30–2Ìýp.m. A reception will follow on theÌýSewall LawnÌýlocated east of the auditorium. Spring Commencement Map
Announcements
Main Office
The main office, ECON 212,Ìýis open 8:30Ìýa.m.–Noon and 1–5Ìýp.m. Monday through Friday. In the event that somethingÌýneeds immediate attention when the front office is not available, please email the appropriate staff member for assistance. Email addresses and phone numbers are available under theÌýPeople Tab.Ìý
Department Highlights
- Sara Avila: Two Ìýinterviews on tariffs (spanish), "" and ""
- Bikalpa Baniya has been selected to receive aÌýFlower Family Graduate Student AwardÌýfor the proposal submitted to the Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant program.
- Liaoyuan (Leo) Zhang has been selected to receive aÌýBeverlyÌýSears Award for the proposal submitted to theÌýBeverlyÌýSears Graduate Student Research Grant program.
- Exploring selfish incentives for pursuing climate policy: Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder economist Alessandro Peri makes the case that empowering the young can meaningfully affect climate policy and climate outcomes in Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
- : Sara Avila discusses the economic impact of some of the proposals of both Presidential Candidates (Podcast in Spanish)
- Murat Iyigun and his music in Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine article, "He will, he will rock you"
- Research at Notre Dame's Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic OpportunitiesÌýby Patrick TurnerÌý(Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Econ PhD, 2018) featured in ""
- Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Today article, "How efforts to make heavy trucks more efficient could hit a roadblock," features research byÌýJonathan Hughes
- Jonathan HughesÌýinÌýKUTV's article, ""
- Ann Carlos was the inaugural recipient of the . Professor Carlos gave the , where the medal wasÌýformally presented, on Thursday 11ÌýApril 2024
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Publication Showcase
Francisca Antman
"When Beer is Safer than Water: Beer Availability and Mortality from Waterborne Illnesses," (with James M. Flynn). Journal of Development Economics, 171(2024), 103343. October 2024.Jeronimo Carballo
"Import Processing and Trade Costs,"ÌýImport Processing and Trade Costs," (with Alejandro Graziano, Georg Schaur and Christian Volpe Martincus) Journal of International Economics, 154, 2025.
"The Effect of Transit Systems on International Trade," (with Alejandro Graziano, Georg Schaur and Christian Volpe Martincus) Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106.Yongmin Chen
"Search and Competition under Product Quality Uncertainty," Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol 72, Issue 2, p. 633-661, 2024.
"Multimarket Firms and Product Liability: Uniform vs. Variable Rules," (with X. Hua) Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, forthcoming.
"Search and Competition in Expert Markets," (with C. Cao, Y. Ding, and T. Zhang) RAND Journal of Economics, forthcoming.Murat Iyigun
"," (with Joris Muller and Nancy Qian)ÌýAmerican Economic Review, May 2024.Taylor Jaworski
"," (with Alex Hollingsworth, Carl Kitchens, and Ivan Rudik) Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, conditionally accepted.Xiaodong Liu
"," (withÌýChih-Sheng Hsieh and Michael KÓ§nig)ÌýThe RAND Journal of Economics,Ìýaccepted.
"," (with Ingmar R. Prucha) Journal of Econometrics 247, 105925, 2025.Richard Mansfield
"," (with Zachary Szlendak) Journal of Human Resources, accepted.AdamÌýMcCloskey
""Ìý (with Pascal Michaillat)ÌýReview of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
","Ìý (with Philipp Ketz)ÌýReview of Economics and Statistics,Ìýforthcoming.Sergey Nigai
"Trade and Inequality: A Sufficient-Statistics Approach," (with Dongkyu Yang) Journal of Political Economy MacroeconomicsÌý2024Ìý2:3,Ìý508-552
"International Transmission of Inequality through Trade," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.ÌýAlessandro Peri
"Unintended Consequences of Money-Laundering Regulations," (Fabrizio Colella and Keith E. Maskus) Economic Journal, conditionally accepted, 2025.
"Programming FPGAs for Economics: An Introduction to Electrical Engineering Economics," (with Cheela, Bhagath, et al.) Quantitative Economics, vol. 16, .no 1, Econometric Society, 2025, pp. 49-87.
"," (with Omar Rachedi and Iacopo Varotto)ÌýThe Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.Ernesto Rivera Mora
"," Journal of Economic TheoryÌý216 (2024): 105782.Carol Shiue
"," Journal of Economic History, forthcoming.
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