Congratulations to Harvard Ph.D. Alonso de Gortari on Winning the 2018 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists!

October 12, 2018

Alonso's submission, "Disentangling Global Value Chains," was ranked first and chosen as the winning essay.... Read more about Congratulations to Harvard Ph.D. Alonso de Gortari on Winning the 2018 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists!

Frontiers in Environmental Economics and Policy: A Symposium in Honor of Martin L. Weitzman

October 11, 2018

To be held on Thursday, October 11 from 3:00-5:30pm at HKS. Panelists will address various elements of Professor Weitzman's contributions to environmental economics.... Read more about Frontiers in Environmental Economics and Policy: A Symposium in Honor of Martin L. Weitzman

Congratulations to Professor Shengwu Li on Winning the 2018 Exeter Award for Best Paper Published!

October 9, 2018

Shengwu Li submitted his paper “Obviously Strategy-Proof Mechanisms" which was published in the American Economic Review. Prof. Amanda Pallais was also a runner up for the Exeter Award for a paper she co-authored with her colleagues.... Read more about Congratulations to Professor Shengwu Li on Winning the 2018 Exeter Award for Best Paper Published!

Gita Gopinath Appointed as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund

October 1, 2018

THE HARVARD CRIMSON: Economics Professor Gita Gopinath Appointed First Woman Chief Economist of the IMF.... Read more about Gita Gopinath Appointed as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund

Congratulations to Harvard Econ Graduate Andrew Garin on Winning the Upjohn Dissertation Award!

September 28, 2018

Andrew wrote the winning dissertation for 2018, "Essays on the Economics of Labor Demand and Policy Incidence." He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and will be an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019. Read more about Congratulations to Harvard Econ Graduate Andrew Garin on Winning the Upjohn Dissertation Award!

Professor Weitzman Awarded for Publication

July 2, 2018

Professor Martin Weitzman has received the 2018 Publication of Enduring Quality Award from the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists... Read more about Professor Weitzman Awarded for Publication

Matteo Maggiori Awarded on Two Fronts

June 29, 2018

Prof. Matteo Maggiori has recently received two wonderful awards! He and his co-authors Brent Neiman, of University of Chicago Booth School of Business; and Jesse Schreger, of Columbia University Graduate School of Business, have been named recipients of the 2018 AQR Insight Award.... Read more about Matteo Maggiori Awarded on Two Fronts

Prof. Janos Kornai Honored by Central European University

June 22, 2018

Central European University (CEU) has awarded the Open Society Prize to János Kornai, professor emeritus at Harvard University and Corvinus University of Budapest.... Read more about Prof. Janos Kornai Honored by Central European University

Raj Chetty Returning to Harvard

June 22, 2018

Prof. Chetty will rejoin the Economics Department, where he will work to leverage research on inequality into policy solutions. (Harvard Crimson on 6/25/18)... Read more about Raj Chetty Returning to Harvard

Harvard Hosts Fifth World KLEMS Conference

June 19, 2018

The Fifth World KLEMS Conference was hosted by Samuel W. Morris University Professor Dale W. Jorgenson on June 4 and 5, 2018.... Read more about Harvard Hosts Fifth World KLEMS Conference

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