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Economists, Business Owners Worry About Impact of Potential Border Closure
Thursday, January 3, 2019Professor Craig Burnside comments on economic implications regarding recent White House actions concerning the proposed border wall.
First-Year Strikes Up Unlikely Friendship with Janet Yellen
Thursday, December 13, 2018A male student dressed as Janet Yellen
Josh Berman never expected Janet Yellen to respond. The first-year emailed the former chair of the Federal Reserve about a project he was doing for Professor Bruce Caldwell’s Freedom and the History of Economics class. The first email he sent to an address he found online bounced. His second... Read More »
In Memoriam: Vladimir G. Treml
Tuesday, December 4, 2018Vladimir G. Treml, Professor of Economics at Duke University from 1967-1999, died on November 9, 2018. He was 89 years old. Treml was an expert in the field of Soviet economics, and his impact on the field has been far-reaching. Treml was born in Kharkiv (Kharkov) in... Read More »
Booker’s Ambitious Proposal to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Friday, November 30, 2018Senator Cory Booker gets behind professor William Darity's idea of "baby bonds", where at birth every American is given a cash account that could be used in adulthood to climb the ladder of economic success.
Rasiel appointed as Eads Professor of the Practice in Energy
Friday, November 16, 2018Professor Emma Rasiel has been appointed as the as the Eads Professor of the Practice in Energy by the Duke University Energy Initiative and Fuqua School of Business.
Professor Peter Arcidiacono Named as 2018 Fellow of the Econometric Society
Monday, November 12, 2018The Duke Economics Department is pleased to announce that professor Peter Arcidiacono has been named as one of the 22 new Fellows of the Econometric Society for 2018. The Econometrics Society is an international, independent society for the... Read More »
AEA Chart of the Week: Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization
Friday, November 9, 2018Professor Rafael Dix-Carneiro's recent paper on economic effects on local crime rates in Brazil was featured as the AEA Chart of the Week.
Duke Economics to Co-Sponsor Inaugural Conference on International Development
Tuesday, November 6, 2018Duke University will host its first multidisciplinary conference on international development on Nov. 15 and 16 in Perkins Library and Penn Pavilion. Duke Economics is a co-sponsor of the event. The conference, “The New Building Blocks of Development,” will feature Duke faculty from across the... Read More »
Duke Financial Economics Center Debuts Student Advisory Committee
Friday, November 2, 2018The Duke Financial Economics Center (DFE) has launched the new Student Advisory Committee for the 2018-2019 school year. Program coordinator Jennifer Valentyn, who is helping support the committee, says the goal is to provide a student perspective on current DFE programs, including how they... Read More »
Can Smartphones for Women in Chhattisgarh Help in Economic Development?
Thursday, October 25, 2018A new report co-authored by professor Erica Field highlights the economic benefit of women having access to and owning mobile phones.