Duke University - Economics

In this audio piece, senior from New Jersey, Cong Ding explains her misconceptions of economics as a freshman and her experience of studying economics at Duke University.

After graduation, Alexandra Tabova, Ph.D. began work at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. "These are especially interesting times to work for the Federal Reserve,” says Tabova, adding “It is intellectually stimulating being so close to the decision-making process.”

Oxford University, the University of California - San Diego and Brown University are a few of the top schools where recent Master's program graduates will continue their academic careers. This fall, 15 of the Master's program alumni will begin Ph.D. programs worldwide in economics, business and finance. 

Two scholars with connections to the Department of Economics have been awarded prizes for their research by the History of Economics Society. 

As freshmen, John Martin and Michael Dechert arrived separately at Duke, each envisioning himself on a pre-medicine track. Yet both men discovered quickly that economics was the subject that really piqued their interest.  

Vincent Jeffery Evans (Ph.D. ‘73) recently retired from a long career at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he was Director of Intergenerational Research at the Center for Population Research in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Here he shares his experience as a Duke student and a working economist, offering us insight into changes in the field of economics and Duke’s Department of Economics.  

On Friday, April 15th, a celebration of the launch of the new book by Duke Ph.D. alum David H. Feldman and co-author Robert B. Archibald will be held in Room 113 in the Social Sciences Building. In their book "Why Does College Cost So Much?" the economists argue that a technological trio of broad economic forces has come together in the last thirty years to cause higher education costs, and costs in many other industries, to rise much

Alum Rish Sinha (’10) now works as an investment banker in New York City for Bank of America. Sinha majored in economics and biomedical engineering while at Duke. He took the time from his busy workweek to share his experience at Duke and as a young professional in the Big Apple. 

For alumnus Kofi Acquah, the Duke Economics Master's program offered opportunities to build research skills, as well as lifelong friendships.  "Pursuing a graduate degree at Duke afforded me the opportunity to interact and work alongside students from all over the world."