In April 2018 we hosted the third annual Triangle Microeconomics Conference. We welcomed scholars from California-Berkeley, Colorado, Columbia, Northwestern, Penn, Texas A&M, Texas, and Yale for a day and a half of research presentations and discussion. In addition to speakers, … Read more

This year, the Graduate School recognized two Economics grad students among the 17 recipients of the Impact Award.  Congratulations to Teresa Zhou and Josh Horvath! The UNC Graduate School provides awards annually to graduate students whose research has the potential … Read more

Due to COVID-19, and in accordance with the latest public health guidelines, all Spring 2020 graduation events have been postponed at this time. More information to come.

Josh Horvath, a fifth year Ph.D. student in Economics, with interest in education, labor and health economics, will be receiving a 2018 Impact Award for his research. His research examines the effects of charter schools on traditional public school student math … Read more

James Tatter is a third-year student from Winston-Salem, NC with majors in history and economics. He will use the fellowship to cover his expenses for travel to Barcelona, Spain, where he will work with 9inesports, a sports media startup. 9inesports is … Read more

Professor Kalina Staub noticed something about her undergraduate students last year:  they were interested in the course material, they loved talking economics – but they didn’t come to her office hours! In talking with her students she discovered a number … Read more

Shilpi Somaya Gowda is a proud 1992 graduate of UNC with degrees in Economics and International Studies, but she’s taken her learning in a novel direction. While many of her classmates have jobs with large corporations or investment banks, Shilpi has … Read more

As the Economics major grows in popularity, the faculty members recognize that we need to do more to individualize the learning experience for each and every major.  In this, we’ve found two excellent partners in Matt and Paige Guest (pictured … Read more

Have you ever wondered how internet service providers decide what price to set for broadband access? Professor Jon Williams of UNC Economics, along with colleagues Aviv Nevo (University of Pennsylvania) and John Turner (University of Georgia), asked this very question in … Read more

Spotlight on the Faculty Professor Toan Phan Professor Toan Phan recently presented his paper entitled “Bubbly Recessions”, a joint work UNC graduate students Sid Biswas and Andrew Hanson. The paper was presented at the Lab for Aggregate Economics and Finance, a conference focusing on understanding … Read more