As we approach commencement, the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute wants to congratulate all Economics undergraduate and graduate students on their graduation! To celebrate…
Ph.D Candidate Dan Yu summarizes her research findings regarding organic certification and its impact on asymmetric information regarding organic products.
In the latest article "What’s one of Minnesota’s biggest sources of revenue? The federal government of course" from MinnPost Professor V.V. Chari is cited as a reference.
Sang Min Lee, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota, shares his research and findings of structural change and globalization and how it has been impacted by…
On February 15, alumnus and HHEI advisory board member Robert Litterman testified to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, speaking on "Climate-Related Economic Risks and…
Regents' Professor John S. Chipman, who joined our faculty in 1955 (emeritus in 2007), passed away in 2022. He was a major figure in the economics profession, whose…
Doctoral student Thomas May is the inaugural recipient of the Cheit Award, which provides fellowship support and research experience with a faculty mentor.
"When the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute was launched over a decade ago, it's vision was clear: to bring the University's exceptional economics research to the public in a…
Professors Manuel Amador and Tim Kehoe are featured in this article by the Minneapolis Fed. "Debt supported national economies through the pandemic, but now looms large as we…
"He was one of the greatest economists of the last 50 years — and I would argue one of the great economists of all time," said V.V. Chari, an economics professor at the U who…
In honor of First-Gen Week, the University of Minnesota celebrates first-generation college students and their accomplishments. Here we interview Royce Sessions, a senior at…
Professor Mariacristina De Nardi grew up in a small town in Italy. Neither of her parents completed high school, but education was revered and encouraged in her family.
