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Prof. Charles Manski Wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Prof. Manski receives the award in recognition of his groundbreaking work on uncertainty.
Prof. Joel Mokyr and Alum Peter Howitt (PhD ’73) Receive 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the prize to three economists, including our own Prof. Mokyr and alum Peter Howitt, for showing how technological progress has led to sustained economic growth. 

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Economics

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Our world-class department owes its reputation to outstanding faculty dedicated to teaching and research, as well as engaged students who take advantage of learning opportunities in and beyond the classroom.

The Economics major and minor are open to all undergraduates. The Ph.D. program has 125 students in residence. 

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Meet our Faculty

Our distinguished faculty includes fellows of the American Economic Association, the Econometric Society, members of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and current and past coeditors of the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Journal of Political Economy and the Review of Economic Studies, as well as most of the leading field journals.

Longtime faculty member Dale Mortensen was winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics, and Prof. Joel Mokyr is winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics. 

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Jamie Doyle

ALUM JAMIE DOYLE ('92) MAKES A TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT TO THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Economics wishes to express our deepest gratitude to Jamie and Ruby Doyle, who have made a transformative gift of $500,000 in support of our students and faculty and their ongoing education and research.
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Joel Mokyr

PROF. JOEL MOKYR WINS 2025 NOBEL PRIZE

On Monday, October 13, 2025, economic historian Prof. Mokyr was awarded the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. 

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Charles Manski

PROF. CHARLES MANSKI AWARDED 2025 BBVA FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AWARD

Prof. Manski receives the award in recognition of his groundbreaking work on uncertainty. 
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Our weekly seminars bring renowned economists from universities around the globe. Explore all 7 of our seminar series, which are held in fall and spring quarters.

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Prof. Joel Mokyr on Freakonomics: "This Is How Progress Happens"
Prof. Charles Manski receives 2025 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Prof. Lori Beaman speaks on sexual harassment in urban India
Prof. Joel Mokyr to receive an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Ian Savage explains the Brightline controversy

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