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Department of Economics professors and alumni spoke at the "Empirical Work in the Age of AI" workshop about the impact of AI on empirical research.

Adrien Bilal was awarded the Econometric Society's 2026 Frisch Medal Award for his paper " Firm and Worker Dynamics in a Frictional Labor Market" with Niklas Engbom, Simon Mongey, and Giovanni L. Violante. Bilal was also recognized for his research

Ran Abramitzky received the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship, a prestigious honor that recognizes scholars, artists, and scientists for their outstanding achievements and exceptional promise.

Takeshi Amemiya, the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics, emeritus, at Stanford University, died at his campus home on February 24, 2026. He was 90. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Amemiya earned his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1964. He joined

Adrien Auclert is the recipient of the inugural recipient of the Janet Yellen Award for Monetary Research. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has created this new award to honor an early-career scholar for significant, policy-relevant

The Department of Economics provides majors with more flexibility in their pathways to a degree. The department is also offering certificates in four areas of focus: business economics, data science, environmental economics, and finance.

Arun Chandrasekhar received the Infosys Prize 2024 in Economics for his research on the impacts of networks on economic interactions in developing economies. The Infosys Science Foundation awards the annual Infosys Prize to accomplished researchers

Adrien Bilal is one of four recipients of the 2024 Excellence Awards in Global Economic Affairs from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Matthew Jackson explains the flaws of the global supply chain and what could be done.