Centers & Initiatives in the Department of Economics
Select a link on the left or a button on the right if you are seeking a particular organization associated with the Department.
Our newest organization is the Duke Financial Economics Center, established in 2010. The Center’s goals are to broaden the range of finance courses and research opportunities offered to Duke students, to continue to hire world-renowned faculty in financial economics and to increase opportunities for active engagement between Duke students, faculty and alumni.
ERID (Economic Research Initiatives at Duke) represents our broad research vision as it continually seeks to cast a wide net across typical fields and disciplines in coordinating conferences and its popular Young Economists Jamborees.
News from Our Centers
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- Tue Oct 4
- Qasim Khan Receives FEP Leadership Award
The Financial Education Partnership (FEP) recently introduced the FEP Leadership Award. This annual award is bestowed on Duke students who best exemplify leadership, passion and commitment to the goals of the FEP.
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- Fri Sep 16
- More Bloomberg Terminals Arrive
The Duke Financial Economics Center (DFE), in conjunction with Perkins Library, is sponsoring four Bloomberg terminals on West Campus. One terminal is located in the lobby of the Social Sciences building, and three others can be found in the Data/GIS Computer Cluster on the second floor of Perkins Library (Room 226).
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- Mon Aug 29
- Astrophysicist to Econometrician: New Faculty Member Jia Li
“I found that economics was more relevant for everyday life, for the people around me,” explained new assistant professor Jia Li. “In some sense the frontier of physics is a little bit far, it’s abstract – although it’s important, the application may not be as immediate. . .
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- Tue Jul 26
- New FEP Program Coordinator Brings Personal Experience
- Having worked at Credit Suisse, Barclays and Toyota, the new Financial Education Partnership (FEP) coordinator, Vicki Gedge, knows what skills are required to succeed in the finance sector. She has six years of experience as a financial analyst at top asset managers and...
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- Tue Feb 8
- From Wall Street Back to Duke
"If it wasn't for my start at Duke, I would never have had all of the great things that have happened to me in life, and I want to pay that all back," said Duke alum and Wall Street veteran, John Caccavale. Duke has welcomed that offer, hiring Caccavale to be the new executive director of the Duke Financial Economics center. The center is designed to be a conduit between Duke liberal art students, the world
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- Tue Jan 25
- Center for the History of Political Economy Receives Large Grant
A new grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking will allow the Center for the History of Political Economy to expand its many programs.“There’s much to be learned from the history of economics,” says Bruce Caldwell, the founder-director of the Center, which was established in 2008.
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