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Racial Wealth Inequality Overlooked as Cause of Urban Unrest, Study Says
Friday, September 14, 2018Professor William Darity discusses the effects of urban unrest due to racial wealth inequality.
Center for the History of Political Economy Welcome HOPE Fellows
Tuesday, September 11, 2018The Center for the History of Political Economy recently welcomed a new cohort of HOPE Scholars. Every year, scholars from around the globe come to the Center to share their ideas, theories, and research on the history of political economy. Scholars come for either a semester or a full academic... Read More »
New Master’s Students Attend Orientation
Friday, September 7, 2018Duke Economics welcomed 92 new Master’s students to Durham on August 20th. This year’s cohort boasts students from Bulgaria, Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, and the United States. Students are in one of four programs--MAE, M.A. analytical... Read More »
Tim Bollerslev Awarded Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize
Tuesday, September 4, 2018Professor Tim Bollerslev has been awarded the 2018 The Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize. Bollerslev, a professor in the Duke Financial Economics Center, was given the award based on his innovative work in the field of financial econometrics. Bollerslev, along with Poul Nissen of Aarhus... Read More »
How Relabelling Increases the Fiscal Cost of R&D Incentives
Thursday, August 30, 2018Recent work by professors Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and Daniel Xu measures real and relabelling responses to tax incentives for R&D in China.
Lawrence Kreicher Joins Duke Financial Economics Center as the Gosnell Visiting Professor
Wednesday, August 29, 2018The Department of Economics is pleased to welcome Dr. Lawrence Kreicher as the Gosnell Visiting Professor of Economics for the Duke Financial Economics Center (DFE). Kreicher comes to Duke from Dartmouth College, where he spent the last eight years teaching financial theory, financial... Read More »
The Economic Costs of Erdoğan
Monday, August 27, 2018
Ronald Leven Joins Duke Financial Economics Center as Huff Professor of the Practice
Wednesday, August 22, 2018The Department of Economics is pleased to welcome Dr. Ronald Leven as Huff Professor of the Practice with the Duke Financial Economics Center (DFE). Originally from St. Louis, Leven is a second-generation economist—his father also worked in the field. Any chance his kids will carry on the torch? “I... Read More »
New Cohort of Economics Ph.D. Students Welcomed with Orientation, Math Camp
Thursday, August 16, 2018“Getting my Ph.D. was the best of times and the worst of times, and hopefully it will be the same for you.” With that, Director of Undergraduate Studies Dr. Connel Fullenkamp welcomed the newest cohort of economics Ph.D. students to Duke’s campus. While it may still feel like summer in Durham,... Read More »