19 January 2010 12:00AM Federico Bugni, an assistant professor who joined the department last year, has had a paper accepted for publication in Econometrica, the Journal of the Econometric Society. "Bootstrap Inference in Partially Identified Models Defined by Moment Inequalities: Coverage of the Identified Set" will be published in an upcoming issue of this top economics journal. Learn more about Professor Bugni by vising his profile page and reading the abstract of the paper below: Abstract: This paper introduces a… read more about Federico Bugni in Econometrica »
15 January 2010 12:00AM Ikee Gardner (pictured top left), a double major in Economics and English, shares her experience working in Korea and offers suggestions for current and prospective economics students in the interview below.What is your hometown? Chicago, Illinois, USA.What have you done since graduating in 2008? After graduation, I worked in Chicago at a small financial marketing firm that represented three futures traders in all client services and communications aspects. My… read more about Q&A with Ikee Gardner, Class of '08 »
14 January 2010 12:00AM Normal.dotm 0 0 1 100 570 Duke University 4 1 700 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false  ]]>The department of economics at Duke University officially launched its Facebook page on January 13, corresponding with the first day of the spring semester. Professor Connel Fullenkamp was the first faculty member to post on the wall, offering some unique tips for student success. Events, photos, news, and contests will be found on its Facebook page. The department of… read more about Facebook Page Launched by Duke's Department of Economics »
12 January 2010 12:00AM Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor Connel Fullenkamp offered his perspective on remittances in the December 2009 issue of the International Monetary Fund magazine “Finance and Development.” Fullenkamp and his coauthor, Ralph Chami, explain the difficulties of remittances in the Point-Counterpoint section of the issue. Read the full article and visit the site of the IMF Finance and Development magazine for additional discussion of current economic issues. read more about “A Wobbly Crutch": Fullenkamp on Remittances in IMF Magazine »
07 January 2010 12:00AM The papers of preeminent American economist Paul A. Samuelson (1914-2009) will be added to the Economists Papers Project in the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library at Duke. Samuelson was the first American recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics. Prior to his death on 13 December, Samuelson had made the decision to donate his papers to Duke where they will join the collections of his MIT Nobel Prize-winning colleagues Robert Solow and Franco Modigliani, as well as… read more about Economist Paul Samuelson's Papers Coming to Duke »
31 December 2009 12:00AM "It's one of Duke's well-kept secrets," said Gale Boyd, executive director of the Triangle Census Research Data Center, located in Social Sciences 329-D. The Triangle RDC allows researchers whose proposals have been approved by the U.S. Census Bureau to access confidential microdata not released to the public. Visit the TCRDC website for more information or read the full article from Duke University's social science magazine Gist from the Mill. read more about More than Counting People »
21 December 2009 12:00AM Read the full story from Duke University's Gist from the Mill, the social science magazine sponsored by the Social Science Research Institute. read more about Rachel Kranton: Social Networks and Why They Matter »
08 December 2009 12:00AM December 05, 2009 – A three-week, 2010 Summer Institute at Duke University will provide a “Boot Camp” in the history of economic thought for college faculty.The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Duke a grant of $148, 416 to support the project, “Teaching the History of Political Economy,” to be led by Dr. Bruce Caldwell, professor of economics and Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke. The Institute will explore the ideas of the great economic… read more about NEH Grant to Support 2010 Summer Institute at Duke »
03 December 2009 12:00AM Three former students of our Master’s Program hit the job market this year, as they near completion of their doctoral work. Alumni Adam Aiken (’05), Byung Soo Lee (’06) and Daniel Taylor (’05) will complete their Ph.D.s in 2010. “The econometrics training I received in the M.A. program at Duke is second to none. It gave me a significant advantage in future coursework and research,” said Dan Taylor, a Ph.D. student in accounting at the School of Business at Stanford University. Dan's research… read more about Master's Program Alumni Now Ph.D.s on the Job Market »
17 November 2009 11:38AM Duke economics professor Emma Rasiel offered her perspective on the current events in the financial world and answered related questions in a live, interactive “Office Hours” webcast on Friday, Nov. 20, on Duke’s Ustream channel. Rasiel, an assistant professor of the practice in economics, was named one of four great university instructors by Newsweek magazine this summer. Before coming to Duke, she traded bond options as an executive director at the investment bank Goldman Sachs. See the full… read more about Professor Emma Rasiel Talks Finance on Live Webcast »
15 November 2009 12:00AM Tuesday, September 01 2009 by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis | Send to a friend You can’t tune into the current health care debate or the ongoing story of the financial crisis without hearing the word “socialism.” The politically-charged term is being thrown around a lot lately, but what does it mean? It seems that scholars use it one way, policy wonks another and angry taxpayers have their own ideas. Host Frank Stasio convenes a panel of experts to unpack the term… read more about Bruce Caldwell discusses socialism on WUNC's "The State of Things" »
05 November 2009 12:00AM Some quick-thinking undergraduate students of economics and business recently competed to test their financial knowledge and win a trip to New York. In this video piece, see highlights from the competition, part of the Financial Education Partnership program at Duke. read more about Financial Fact Challenge »
28 October 2009 12:00AM Five of our outstanding Ph.D. students are now on the job market. Jason Blevins, Roberto Pancrazi, Nurgul Ukueva, Marija Vukotic and Sarah Zubairy are scheduled to graduate in May 2010. In the Job Market Candidates area, you'll find information on all five candidates along with their curriculum vitaes, fields of specialty, job market papers and references. read more about Job Market Candidates 2009-2010 »
21 October 2009 3:49PM DURHAM, N.C. -- Economics professor Seth Sanders has been named the new director of the Duke University Population Research Institute (DuPRI), an affiliate of the Social Science Research Institute, the provost's office announced. DuPRI's research focus includes aging, health and family, fertility, and migration. Its mission is to organize all population research at Duke, attract to the Duke faculty some of the field’s most acclaimed researchers and new talent; and to expand the intellectual… read more about Seth Sanders Named Director of Duke's Population Research Institute »
19 October 2009 12:00AM Durham, NC -- As financial markets lost value this year, a group of Duke University students found themselves in the midst of the turmoil, developing an investment strategy for a major Wall Street firm. While living in New York City for the semester, a team of eight students wrote a report for a Citigroup executive on how to take advantage of low prices for companies operating in the specialized “monoline” insurance industry, which was effected by the decline in value of subprime mortgages. “You… read more about Students Learn About Credit Crunch Up Close »
16 October 2009 1:25PM Economist uses math models to describe financial markets Durham, NC -- As an ordinary guy making a living, Andrew Patton is as dismayed as the next person about the downturn in the financial markets. But as an economist whose research investigates the behavior of stock markets, he sees the past year’s drop in the Dow Jones and NASDAQ as a source of valuable information. (Article from Duke Today) read more about Andrew Patton: Modeling the Markets »
08 October 2009 4:01PM read more about Defensive Medicine and Healthcare Costs »
24 September 2009 12:00AM For the full story... read more about Economist Timur Kuran is helping to build the Duke Islamic Studies Center »
23 September 2009 12:00AM Professor Joe Hotz discusses his recent research on risky behavior and adolescents. Duke Today featured a video presentation of the work. The paper, "Games Parents and Adolescents Play" appeared in the April 2008 issue of the Economic Journal. Read the full story or watch a video about this research. read more about Study Suggests Why Parents Stricter With Older Children »
22 September 2009 12:00AM In a recent video segment, Professor Roy Weintraub says the late British economist John Maynard Keynes would support fiscal stimulus plans. View the video segment here and visit the Center for History of Political Economy website to learn more about the Center's activities. read more about What would Keynes do? »
21 September 2009 2:09PM The report found that more than 7,000 jobs and $508 million in salaries and wages annually can be attributed to North Carolina’s global health sector. read more about Duke Report: Global Health Contributes $2 Billion Annually to State Economy »
05 April 2016 2:27PM Last night, when No. 2 seed Villanova beat No. 1 seed UNC with a three-point buzzer-beater, Megh Freeland officially won Duke Economics’ annual bracket challenge. Despite picking UNC to win it all, she secured a 10-point lead over the second place and bested 31 faculty, staff, and students. “I certainly didn’t expect to win,” said Freeland, human resources manager at the Social Sciences Research Institute. “I have no strategy; I just choose the awesome Tar Heels every year, regardless of their record.”… read more about Megh Freeland Wins Duke Econ Bracket Challenge »