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Klarman fellow questions common financial decisions

Behavioral and experimental economist Alejandro Martínez-Marquina wants to know the mechanisms through which people make choices about money, especially when debt or uncertainty are present.

Stephen Coate

Stephen Coate earned a first class honors B.Sc (Econ) degree in Economics from the University College of Swansea in Wales in June 1980. He then earned an M.A. in Public Policy and Planning (with distinction) from the University of Sussex in England in September 1981. After two years of graduate study in Economics at Queen's University in Canada, he began his Ph.D. in Economics at Northwestern University in the USA in September 1984. He received his Ph.D. in June 1988.

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2022 Cornell Economics Commencement Ceremony

Information regarding the 2022 Cornell Economics Commencement Ceremony in Bartels Hall, Ramin Room on Saturday, May 28 from 4:30-6:30pm.

Lawrence Blume

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Gregory Besharov

Currently on leave.

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Marco Battaglini

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Kaushik Basu

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Panle J. Barwick

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Levon Barseghyan

Levon Barseghyan is Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Economics and the Director of Graduate Studies for the Field of Economics at Cornell University. Professor Barseghyan joined Cornell in 2003, after completing his PhD at Northwestern University. He also holds a Diploma in Mathematics from Yerevan State University, Armenia, an MS in Industrial Engineering from the American University of Armenia, and an MS in Policy Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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First cohort of A&S Nexus Scholars chosen for summer research positions

Fifty undergrads in the College of Arts & Sciences will take part in paid research projects in Ithaca this summer with faculty from throughout the College.

Ask our ambassadors: How to get involved in campus clubs

Erir offers some advice on joining one of the many clubs on Cornell's campus.

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Francesca Molinari Wins Willard G. Manning Memorial Award

Francesca Molinari, H.T. Warshow and Robert Irving Warshow Professor in the Department of Economics, was recently awarded the Willard G. Manning Memorial Award along with her co-author Charles Manski, Board of Trustees Professor at Northwestern University, for their paper "Estimating the Covid-19 infection rate: Anatomy of an inference problem," published in the Journal of Econometrics.

Report: Ithaca economy shouldn’t return to business as usual

Economist Michèle Belot and the ILR School’s Ithaca Co-Lab recommend workforce strategies to reduce racial disparities, remove barriers to work and prioritize living-wage jobs.

Kaushik Basu receives Humboldt Research Award

Basu plans to use the Humboldt Research Award for economics to work on moral philosophy and game theory, and on law and economics.

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Travel Grants Help Graduate Students Conduct Research Across the Globe

The Graduate School awarded over 100 Research Travel Grants totaling $204,196 in 2021-22, the largest group of grants awarded since the pandemic began interrupting travel.

'We lobbied Tompkins County to support a housing program for formerly incarcerated people'

Cosimo L. Fabrizio is an Economics & Government major.

'BlackGen Capital is my proudest accomplishment'

Alec Dinwiddie is an economics major.

'The ability to come at a problem from multiple angles is valuable'

Perri Thaler is an Astronomy and Economics major.

'The hardest part of doing anything new is deciding to do it'

Anna Aki McDougall is an economics major.

Colleen Barry named inaugural dean of public policy school

Colleen L. Barry, a professor and department chair at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been named the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy’s first dean, effective Sept. 15.

'With some grit and fearlessness, I can learn and succeed at almost anything.''

Anna Effenberger is a stats and econ major.

Gift endows, names Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

The major gift from the Brooks family, whose Cornell roots span three generations, provides an early boost to help the university’s newest school achieve world-class excellence.

Self-fulfilling rankings boost agencies’ power, influence

Cornell researchers developed a theoretical model that suggests an explanation for ratings produced by firms like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, or the World Bank.

Humanities students present diverse research projects

Humanities students studying an array of topics presented their work at the A.D. White House.

Persistence and a little bit of luck: Finding a job during the pandemic

Members of the Class of 2021 are showing their resilience, graduating with exciting offers and embracing the next part of their journey.