On September 21, dozens of Edward C. Prescott’s former students gathered for a conference covering topics such as affordable housing, Medicaid, tax policy, and bank regulation, that all tied back to contributions Prescott has made to the field of economics.

From the beginning of his academic career, economics senior Kazimier Smith has been able to dig in to research. “I think a lot of times research ideas come from places you wouldn’t think they come from,” he says.

Joann Bangs moves from St. Catherine's University to Cottey College

Join us on December 6th for the 4th Annual Jon Goldstein Memorial Lecture on Economics and Environmental Policy featuring Gretchen Daily, Bing Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Biology; Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment; and Director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University.

The Yrjö Jahnsson Award is equivalent to the John Bates Clark Medal given in the US. The John Bates Clark Medal is widely regarded as one of the field’s most prestigious awards...second only to the Nobel Prize in Economics.

The Department of Economics at the University of Minnesota has for decades been a recognized world leader in advancing economic science and producing its future leaders. “Minnesota Economics” is known throughout the profession as combining theoretical rigor and the careful use of data to address economic questions.

Adway De, a graduate student in the Department of Economics, is switching up the way he teaches undergraduate economics students. He is bringing his involvement with UMN Energy Club into the classroom and seeing that the benefits certainly outweigh the costs.

Joaquin Garcia-Cabo came to the US with a prestigious master’s degree and an interest in macro and labor economics. As he completes his PhD program, his job market paper introduces a new model to understand the effects of firing costs on human capital accumulation, job cyclicality, and the persistence of job loss for Spanish workers. His research can be used to analyze the costs and benefits of future policies.

When Mons Chan started out as an undergraduate economics major, he didn’t want to just learn, he wanted to learn how to get things done. Economics, he came to realize, would give him the tools to contribute to positive change in the world. Now, as he wraps up the final year of his PhD program, Mons’ research on trade patterns is producing detailed information that policymakers will be able to use to ensure more people are better off.