Economics Department News
Jul 26, 2010 :: Nicholas Bloom named a NBER program director.
The National Bureau of Economic Research has named Nick Bloom the next program director for the Productivity & Technological Change Program. Nick studies productivity-related topics from a variety of different perspectives; his work has examined the links between R&D spending, capital investment, management practices, and productivity growth. January 2011 Nick will take over as program director.
Jul 16, 2010 :: Nicholas Bloom awarded the 2010 Frisch Medal.
The Department is honored to announce that Nick Bloom has been awarded the 2010 Frisch Medal. This award is given every two years by the Econometric Society to honor an outstanding applied work published in Econometrica. Nick was given this award for his article, “The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks,” which was published in May 2009. More information on the award and Nick’s paper is available at http://www.econometricsociety.org/news1.asp?ref=86 .
Jun 09, 2010 :: Luke Stein is awarded the 2010 Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship.
Luke Stein, an Economics graduate student, is a recipient of the Lieberman Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded to advanced doctoral students who intend to pursue careers in university teaching and research and have demonstrated potential for leadership roles within the academic community.
The Department of Economics congratulates Luke on his achievement! http://vpge.stanford.edu/fellowships/fellows.html
Apr 19, 2010 :: Arrow Lecture CANCELLED.
Mar 04, 2010 :: April 19 & 20, 2010 Arrow Lecture given by Jean Tirole of the Toulouse School of Economics.
The 2010 Arrow Lecture series will take place on April 19 and 20. On Monday afternoon Professor Jean Tirole of the Toulouse School of Economics will present: "Laws and Norms." The general public is welcome to attend the Monday lecture relating to material incentives and weighing the resulting costs and benefits of different courses of action. On Tuesday he will present "Overcoming Adverse Selection: How Public Intervention Can Restore Market Functioning," one of his research papers relating to optimal negotiation strategies. Place and time to be announced.
Professor Jean Tirole is one of the world's leading economic theorists and has made seminal contributions in the areas of game theory, industrial organization and corporate finance. Tirole is director of the Foundation Jean-Jacques Laffont - Toulouse School of Economics and scientific director of the Industrial Economics Institute (IDEI) in Toulouse. After receiving his PhD from MIT in 1981, he worked as a researcher at l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées until 1984. From 1984-1991 he worked as a Professor of Economics at MIT. He was president of the Econometric Society in 1998 and of the European Economic Association in 2001. He is still affiliated with MIT, where he holds a visiting position.
The series is named in honor of Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow, the Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research, emeritus. Professor Arrow has made many contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory and collective decision-making.
