For most people, the idea that individuals compare themselves to others in determining their own utility, that is, their sense of happiness or well-being, rings true. Memories from the school yard, ...

In the wake of my post on Predictably Irrational, The Last Temptation of Risk: THE GREAT Credit Crisis has cast into doubt much of what we thought we knew about economics. We thought that monetary ...

With increased access to “big” data, students and employees who are able to analyze data and apply the results to strategic decisions in business and public policy are in high demand. We aim to ...

For contact information, please visit the Department of Economics website. The major in Economics provides students with a firm understanding of core microeconomic and macroeconomic theory while at ...

The Economic Issues series was inaugurated in September 1996. Its aim is to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced in the International ...