Hidden markets unveiled in talk by Wharton economist Nov. 4
Wharton economist Judd Kessler will pull back the curtain on the hidden markets that determine who gets what in everyday life.
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Oct
27
Monday
11:40 AM
Labor Economics Workshop: David Titus
Ives Hall
111
Oct
27
Monday
12:15 PM
Oct
28
Tuesday
11:40 AM
Behavioral Economics Workshop: To be announced...
Sage Hall
B01
Oct
28
Tuesday
11:40 AM
Behavioral Workshop: Adelson Teh
Sage Hall
B01
Oct
28
Tuesday
11:40 AM
Joint IO & Public Economics Workshop: Rebekah Dix
Rockefeller Hall
128
Oct
29
Wednesday
11:40 AM
Law, Economics, and Policy (LEAP) Seminar: Panka Bencsik
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
1102
Collaboration Across the University
Our program is the first university-wide economics department created by a merger with the ILR School’s Labor Economics Department and the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.
This partnership offers a wide range of economic perspectives, bringing the theoretical approach of the College of Arts and Sciences together with the empirical approach and policy focus of the ILR School.
Economics News
Nobelist explores women’s role in the workplace—and lives it
Economist and Harvard professor Claudia Goldin ’67 studied under eminent Big Red faculty members Alfred Kahn and Walter LaFeber
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Gold surge does not pose a threat to the US dollar
“It would be virtually impossible for Gold to take on the multifaceted role of the USD in international trade and finance."
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Nobel-winning behavioral economist Richard Thaler to speak Oct. 17
Thaler won the Nobel Prize in 2017 for work done in the 1980s at Cornell. He is now the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago.
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Behavioral economics: Born at Cornell, embraced by policymakers
Economists and psychologists work together to understand how human behavior impacts people's decision-making in the marketplace.
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Nobel winner says US women won on rights, but benefits lag
Claudia Goldin '67 used data to paint a picture of the "tremendous" progress of the U.S. women’s movement, as well as the forces that have prevented women from reaping the benefits of their rights.
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Three Nobel Laureates to speak on campus this semester
This fall, the Cornell community has the chance to hear from three Nobel Laureates in one semester, two of whom are alumni: Claudia Goldin ’67, Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, and Richard Thaler.
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Nobel-winning economist to speak on ‘why women won’
Claudia Goldin ’67, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics, will return to campus to give the 2025 Staller Lecture on Sept. 25.
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