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The Department of Economics is in the College of Arts and Science. It consists of more than 30 full time faculty whose research covers most major areas of modern economics. The department has been consistently ranked among the top 50 economics departments in the United States. Over the past 15 years, the department has been on an upward trajectory through its efforts in recruiting and retaining highly productive faculty. The faculty are committed to delivering first-class undergraduate and graduate programs and to producing high quality economics research. Economics is the largest major in the College of Arts and Science. The undergraduate program in economics provides rigorous training to economics majors, preparing them for future careers in business, law, and government, or for pursuing graduate study. The Ph.D. program in economics builds on the core of economic theory and econometric methods, and equips students to conduct frontier research in their dissertations. Students enter the Ph.D. program from around the country and abroad. The department has awarded 282 Ph.D.s in economics from 1948 through May, 2009. Recent graduates have been hired in tenure-track positions at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, Emory University, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, among others. The Graduate Program in Economic Development offers the MA degree in economic development, as well as a non-thesis certificate in economic development. Since its inception in 1956, about 1300 students from 120 countries have studied in the program and many of them have gone to distinguished careers in public services in their home countries, or worked in international development organizations.		NEWS Yanqin Fan received the Chancellor's Research Award at the University's Fall 2009 Faculty Assembly. This award recognizes excellence in research, scholarship, or creative expression Mostafa Beshkar (PhD. 2008) selected as a runner up in the WTO's essay contest for young economists Tong Li awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation Grameen Bank founder Mohammed Yunus, a Vanderbilt alumnus and Nobel laureate, was awarded the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom Linda Carter, a 2009 Ph.D. graduate, has been selected as a finalist for the Economic History Association’s Allan Nevins Prize Best Graduate Schools: U.S. News & World Report rankings show the Graduate Program in the Department of Economics jumps significantly in rankings More news EVENTS Friday, November 20, 2009, Scott Davis, Vanderbilt University Wednesday, December 2, 2009,Krishna Paudel, LSU   Empirical-Micro Workshop, Thursday, December 3, 2009, Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University   Wednesday, December 9, 2009, Tamara Trafton, Vanderbilt University   Econometrics Workshop Thursday, December 10, 2009,Kevin Song, University of Pennsylvania Steine Lecture Series John B. Taylor, Stanford University VIDEO ARCHIVE AVAILABLE AY 2009-2010 Seminars, Workshops and Lectures

 

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