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Department of Economics

Stanford
Department of Economics
School of Humanities and Sciences

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2024 Commencement

Congratulations, Graduates! We are excited to celebrate with you at the Economics Department Diploma Ceremony on June 16th. For details and ceremony FAQs click here.

Neale Mahoney appointed as next director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

Neale Mahoney is succeeding Mark Duggan as SIEPR's Director on January 1, 2025.

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Liran Einav on how to reboot U.S. health care in new co-authored book

In his new book co-authored, We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care, Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein propose a makeover of current health care.

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Why Study Economics
?

See the reasons why an economics degree is the perfect foundation for whatever you want to do next.

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Welcome to our new Ph.D. cohort for 2020-21!

Graduate programs

Advancing knowledge, research, and collaborative connections

Why Stanford? Check out the reasons

Experience economics.

Stanford style. With cutting-edge research and a unique culture of collaboration.

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Advanced Lecturers Christopher Makler received the 2024 Economics Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, and Scott McKeon received the 2023-2024 Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching Award.

The University of Zurich awarded B. Douglas Bernheim an honorary doctorate. Bernheim gave a public lecture for the special occasion.

Photo by Steve Castillo

Muriel Niederle was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024 for the excellence of her work in behavioral and experimental economics.

Neale Mahoney will begin his term as SIEPR's director on January 1, 2025.

Seminars and Events

Jul
11
DateThursday | 8:15 am
Location
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Jul
25
DateThursday | 12:00 pm
Location
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Aug
1
DateThursday | 8:00 am
Location
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Aug
5
DateMonday | 8:00 am
Location
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Aug
6
DateTuesday | 8:00 am
Location
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Aug
8
DateThursday | 8:00 am
Location
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE)

The SITE 2024 Conference takes place this summer from July 1 - September 11 on the Stanford campus with sessions that cover a wide-range of economic topics. Its purpose is to advance economic science for the benefit of society and to support cutting-edge work of economic theorists within specialized areas of research.

SITE is accepting paper submissions!

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