The Economics Department has lost a young and brilliant economist in Emmanuel Farhi, Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics, who passed away on July 23rd, 2020. He was a member of the Commission Economique de la Nation, the National Bureau for Economic Research, and the Center for Economic Policy Research. He was also a former member of the Conseil d'Analyse Economique to the french prime minister.
Congratulations to Elisa Rubbo and Jonathan Roth. Elisa is this year's winner of the Padma Desai Prize in Economics and Jonathan is this year's winner of the David A. Well's Prize.... Read more about 2020 Dissertation Prize Announcements
Professor Michael Kremer has been elected as one of the new members of the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition for his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research".
Profossors Raj Chetty and Professor Nathan Hendren's 
