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Professors Raj Chetty and Matthew Gentzkow join Stanford faculty, and Patrick Kehoe is a Visiting Professor from University of Minnesota. Raj Chetty's research combines empirical evidence and economic theory to help design more effective government

Stanford has lured an all-star lineup of economists to Palo Alto in the last few years — see The New York Times report

Nathan Rosenberg, the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor of Public Policy, Emeritus, in Stanford's Department of Economics, died Aug. 24 at the Vi at Palo Alto, at the age of 87. Nathan Rosenberg

Stanford Emeritus Professor Masahiko Aoki passed away on July 15. Masa was for many years one of the department's brightest lights, a wonderful teacher and mentor, and an inspiration for a generation of scholars concerned with the economics of

Graduating senior Jeremy Majerovitz was awarded the 2015 Firestone medal, and Kennedy Thesis Prize. Jeremy won the awards based on his senior thesis "Does Ethnic Fractionalization Matter for Development?". He was advised by Pascaline Dupas, associate

Econ graduate students Blake Barton, Jeff Naecker, Igor Popov, and Ian Wright were selected as recipients of the Centenniel Teaching Assistant Award. The Centennial Teaching Assistant Awards consist of $500 prizes and certificates presented in a June

The 2014-15 Department of Economics Award for Excellence in Teaching was bestowed upon John Taylor at the department commencement ceremony in June. John was selected as this year's winner based on student nominations.

John Geanakoplos , the James Tobin Professor of Economics at Yale University, will be the featured speaker for the upcoming 22nd Annual Department of Economics' Arrow Lectures. Lectures are free and open to all and will be held at the Stanford