Economics undergraduate Emily Chiu celebrated commencement with her family on May 3, 2013.
Anna Bernasek Returns to Campus
Author and journalist Anna Bernasek (AB '90) spoke to students enrolled in the speaker series course "Economics at Work" on February 1.
Department Chair Joel Slemrod was recently honored at the National Tax Association Annual Meeting. He was presented the Daniel M. Holland Medal for his outstanding contributions to the study and practice of public finance.
Recent research by U-M Economics Professor Lutz Kilian and Economics PhD candidate Daniel P. Murphy shows the main reasons behind recent oil price fluctuations. Click on photo to read more about research in the department.
Graduate Student Susan Godlonton helps a Malawian woman prepare a meal. Godlonton’s field research, joint with Assistant Professor Rebecca Thornton, seeks to assist the Malawi government in stemming the incidence of HIV infection in that country.
Welcome to the Department of Economics
A Message from the Chair
Economics Chair
Our Department has a long and distinguished history, and we continue this tradition of excellence today. We are a large, highly-ranked Department within what is universally acknowledged as one of the very best public universities in the country. For decades we have been known especially, but by no means exclusively, for research that applies economics to the challenging and important policy questions of the day.
The Department today continues this tradition of excellence. More
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- Reinhart and Rogoff's Pro-Austerity Research Now Even More Thoroughly Debunked By Studies May 30, 2013
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- PhD Students Awarded ISR Fellowships May 24, 2013
