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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

JOEL MOKYR FEATURED IN NORTHWESTERN MAGAZINE

Prof. Joel Mokyr is the focus of a new article in Northwestern Magazine discussing the personal and academic journey that led to his 2025 Nobel 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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Weekly Seminars

 
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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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Events

 
May
18
2026
Seminar in Macroeconomics

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston

Nicholas Bloom (Stanford): How curvy is the Phillips curve? Abstract: Macro data suggest a convex relationship between inflation and ec...

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News

 
Prof. Joel Mokyr announced as 2026 Weinberg College convocation speaker
Profile: Prof. Joel Mokyr, "The Optimistic Economist"
Whitney K. Newey Awarded the 2026 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize
Prof. Joel Mokyr elected to the American Philosophical Society
Northwestern Quizbowl team with PhD student Christopher Sims places in national tournaments

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