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Marc Melitz Delivers 2024 Graham Lecture
The Graham Lecture, hosted by Princeton's International Economics Section, was established in 1949 to honor Princeton Professor Frank Graham.
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2024-2025 postdoctoral research associates and research fellows
As we move into the new academic year, the Economics Department is welcoming more than a dozen postdoctoral research scholars and fellows to campus.
Department Updates
What we’re reading: Summer 2024
Whether you're looking to pass the time on a long flight or just trying to make the most of some easy summer nights, our faculty have a few recommendations to get you through Labor Day.
Student News
Xiang Zhang awarded 2024 Avinash K. Dixit Prize in International Economics
The International Economics Section (IES) at Princeton congratulates Xiang Zhang on being awarded the 2024 Avinash K. Dixit Prize in International Economics.
Faculty News
Ernest Liu awarded NSF CAREER Award to study economic networks
The award will support Liu's research on how interconnected networks of companies, industries, technologies, and countries affect economic growth, capital flows, and industrial policy.
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Office Hours with Ezra Oberfield
Professor Ezra Oberfield on the choices businesses make and how those choices shape our world.
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Watch: Markus Brunnermeier Delivers 2024 AFA Presidential Address
At this year's annual meetings of the American Finance Association (AFA), AFA President and Princeton Professor Markus Brunnermeier delivered the 2024 Presidential Address on "Macrofinance and Resilience."
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Ernest Liu Awarded 2023 Kiel Institute Excellence Award
Liu was recognized for his research in networks, trade, and industrial policy.
Student News
Michael Jenuwine Awarded 2023 Avinash K. Dixit Prize in International Economics
The International Economics Section (IES) at Princeton congratulates Michael Jenuwine on being awarded the 2023 Avinash K. Dixit Prize in International Economics.
Department Updates
Hélène Rey Delivers 2023 Graham Lecture
Each year, the International Economics Section (IES) at Princeton University invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Frank D. Graham Memorial Lecture.
Student News
Alumni Conversations: Gene Grossman and MIT’s David Atkin
In the first episode of our Alumni Conversations series, Professor Gene Grossman talks to his former student David Atkin (Ph.D. 2009). Atkin is now a Professor of Economics at MIT.
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A Joyous Gathering to Celebrate Gene Grossman’s Many Contributions to International Economics
On October 7, 2022, around one hundred friends and colleagues came together to celebrate the accomplishments and mentorship of Princeton Professor Gene Grossman.
Student News
Elena Aguilar and Alejandro Sabal Bermúdez awarded Avinash K. Dixit Prize in International Economics
The prize is awarded annually to third-year Princeton graduate students who have excelled in their early studies of international trade or international macroeconomics.
Department Updates
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg Delivers 2022 Graham Lecture
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
Alumni News
Remembering Louis A. Simpson, Princeton alumnus, friend, and supporter
The Economics Department extends its condolences to the family of Princeton alumnus Louis A. Simpson. Simpson, an alumnus, friend, and supporter of the university, passed away on January 8, 2022.
Faculty News
Office Hours with Mark Aguiar
Professor Mark Aguiar discusses his time as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, why students should study economics, and his advice for young researchers.
Faculty News
Markus Brunnermeier awarded the 2021 German Business Book Prize for “The Resilient Society”
The award is presented each year at the Frankfurt Book Fair by the German newspaper Handelsblatt, the Frankfurt Book Fair, and Goldman Sachs.
Alumni News
Remembering John Williamson, Princeton Ph.D. Class of 1963
Princeton faculty pay tribute to renowned economist John Williamson, who earned his Ph.D. at Princeton in 1963.
Department Updates
Andrew Atkeson delivers 2021 Frank D. Graham Memorial Lecture
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
Student News
Haonan Zhou and Hugo Lhuillier awarded Avinash K. Dixit Prize in International Economics
The prize is awarded annually to third-year Princeton graduate students who have excelled in their early studies of international trade or international macroeconomics.
Awards and Honors
Princeton Professor Markus Brunnermeier elected Vice President of the American Finance Association
Congratulations to Professor Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton Economics Professor and Director of Princeton’s Bendheim Center for Finance, on his election as Vice President of the American Finance Association.
