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

David McFarland, emeritus professor and former department chair, passed away in late October 2016 here in Chapel Hill. David received his A.B. degree from Millsaps College in 1953 and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1963. He came to UNC … Read more

    Jane Fruehwirth is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics with a curiosity about the choices individuals, especially children and adolescents, make, the role of their social context, such as classmates or schoolmates, and the effects on … Read more

Peter Reinhard Hansen has been named as the third recipient of the Henry A Latané Distinguished Professorship of Economics In the Department of Economics.  He previously held academic positions at Brown University, Stanford University, and the European University Institute in … Read more

Dear Friends: Chapel Hill is always an active community, but its pulse is speeding these days.  The Chancellor and Provost will welcome over 4000 new first-year and transfer students to the Carolina campus at student convocation this fall.  We are expecting … Read more

Dear Friends: Chapel Hill is always an active community, but its pulse is speeding these days.  Gardner Hall is bursting at the seams!  Over 4000 new first-year and transfer students came to the Carolina campus this fall,and many of them are … Read more

We welcome five new faculty members to the Economics Department this fall.   Jane Cooley Fruewirth is an Assistant Professor with specialization in labor economics, the economics of education, and social economics.  She has her Ph.D. from Duke University, and … Read more

Dear Friends: Chapel Hill is always an active community, but its pulse is speeding these days.  The Chancellor and Provost will welcome over 4000 new first-year and transfer students to the Carolina campus at student convocation this Sunday.  We are expecting … Read more

In June 2014, after over 40 years of service to the Department of Economics, Distinguished Professor John S. Akin retired. His retirement, however, was short lived. Within days of stepping down he came out of retirement to take the position … Read more