Congratulations are due to Minnesota PhDs Costas Arkolakis ('07), Ayşe İmrohoroğlu ('88), and Diego Restuccia ('98) for being elected Fellows of the @econometricsoc! And to professor Ellen McGrattan for being elected to the Council of the Econometric Society.
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- Congratulations to Cristina Arellano for the prestigious honor of being elected a fellow of the Econometric Society!
- If you are an alum of our program like/share this post, we want to follow you back
- Day two of Minnesota Macro! Our afternoon sessions include talks on global finance, monetary policy, and labor market shocks
- We are excited to announce that we are accepting applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position to begin fall semester 2025 🔍 Check out the job listing below ⬇️ aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…
- Professor @josephmullins discusses his research into the childhood formation of human capital, a standout example of how economics can tackle major issues such as inequality in wealth, earnings, and human capital, “the capacity for human flourishing.”
- And we're off! The 2024 Macro Conference begins with "The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global Versus Local Temperature" by Adrien Bilal and Diego Kanzig
- Thank you to everyone who came out for the first day of our macro conference!
- We’re kicking things off with professor Anmol Bhandari!Americans underpay federal taxes every year. Underpayments are seen across business types, industries, taxpayer ages, and income groups. But some groups are less compliant than others. Register today for: "Who Cheats on Taxes?" cla.umn.edu/economics/news…
- "There's a lot of things you can do in the field," says PhD candidate Meghana Bhaskar. "And I think what really inspires me most now is that you're able to think about people and their lives and how different issues, different policies, affect them." youtu.be/HdzowbpDv_k?si…
- And that’s a wrap on our macro conference! If any of our followers attended the sessions, what was your favorite talk?
- 16 former University of Minnesota faculty members have earned Nobel prizes, including several notable UMN economists umnalumni.org/s/1867/23/1col…
- Professor Chris Phelan weighs in on VP Harris' proposed price gouging legislation





