News
Jan 14, 2009 :: Professor Kyle Bagwell joins the Economics Department.
The Economics Department is pleased to welcome Kyle Bagwell as their new colleague and as the new Donald L. Lucas Professor in Economics. The Lucas Chair was established in 1998 by Donald Lucas, who as an Economics alumnus, has had a long history as a Stanford benefactor. Kyle's research focuses on the economics of the World Trade Organization, the theory of collusion among firms, and the economic analysis of advertising.
Nov 26, 2008 :: Professors Jon Levin, Monika Piazzesi and Robert Staiger have been elected fellows to the Econometric Society.
The Economics Department is honored to announce that of the 15 newly elected fellows to the Econometric Society, three are from our department, Jon Levin, Monika Piazzesi and Robert Staiger. The Econometric Society is the most prestigious learned society in the field of economics, with a world-wide membership. Its main object is to promote studies that aim at a unification of the theoretical-quantitative and empirical-quantitative approach to economic problems and that are penetrated by constructive and rigorous thinking similar to that which has come to dominate in the natural sciences.