Our department hosts world-renowned speakers in our diverse set of weekly workshops. In addition, our faculty and students pursue research in many different areas of economic study. Explore a selection of recent publications and books here.
"Once we pinpoint the links between medicine and economics, fascinating policy ideas begin to emerge, as the Georgia Institute of Technology's Joshua Weitz reported in a recent Stockholm School of Economics webinar."
Inferring Risk Perceptions and Preferences Using Choice from Insurance Menus: Theory and Evidence
Ericson, Keith Marzilli, Philipp Kircher, Johannes Spinnewijn, and Amanda Starc. “Inferring Risk Perceptions and Preferences Using Choice from Insurance Menus: Theory and Evidence.” The Economic Journal, forthcoming.
Directed Search and Competitive Search Equilibrium: A Guided Tour
Wright, Randall, Philipp Kircher, Benoît Julien, and Veronica Guerrieri. “Directed Search and Competitive Search Equilibrium: A Guided Tour.” Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming.
The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Purchases: Evidence from Four City-Level Taxes in the United States
Cawley, John, David Frisvold, and David Jones. "The impact of sugar‐sweetened beverage taxes on purchases: Evidence from four city‐level taxes in the United States." Health Economics 29, no. 10 (October 2020): 1289-1306.
Read these papers and explore a listing of other recent publications here.
Recent Economics graduate, Seongheon Yoon '19, says "before college, I always thought of myself as a 'humanities' or 'social sciences' person and couldn't imagine taking quantitative classes. However, through classes like statistics, econometrics, and data science that I (not so willingly) took to fufill the requirements, I learned the power and beauty of quantitatively analyzing data to support qualitative arguments."
Read the full College of Arts & Sciences profile of Seongheon, or click the links below to explore more profiles of recent Economics alumni:
