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Princeton Professor Ernest Liu and Econ major Astor Lu are among a team of economists who developed a new tool for monitoring supply chain disruptions. This tool, the Blue Center Index of Critical Supply Chain Disruptions, launched on April 23, 2025.
The award is presented each year to the authors of the best paper submitted the prior year.
The prize is awarded annually to third-year Princeton graduate students who have excelled in their early studies of international trade or international macroeconomics.
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
As we move into the academic year, the Economics Department is welcoming more than a dozen postdoctoral research scholars and fellows to campus.
The Graham Lecture, hosted by Princeton's International Economics Section, was established in 1949 to honor Princeton professor Frank Graham.
The International Economics Section (IES) at Princeton congratulates Xiang Zhang for winning the 2024 Avinash K. Dixit Prize in International Economics.
The award will support his research on how interconnected networks of companies, industries, technologies, and countries affect economic growth, capital flows, and industrial policy.
Liu was recognized for his research in networks, trade, and industrial policy.
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.
On October 7, 2022, around one hundred friends and colleagues came together to celebrate the accomplishments and mentorship of Princeton Professor Gene Grossman.
The prize is awarded annually to third-year Princeton graduate students who have excelled in their early studies of international trade or international macroeconomics.
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
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.
Professor Mark Aguiar discusses his time as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, why students should study economics, and his advice for young researchers.
The award is presented each year at the Frankfurt Book Fair by the German newspaper Handelsblatt, the Frankfurt Book Fair, and Goldman Sachs.
Princeton faculty pay tribute to renowned economist John Williamson, who earned his Ph.D. at Princeton in 1963.
