Economics
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2025–26 Seminar Series
Friday, May 1, 2026: David Hummels, Purdue University, "Culling the Herd? Mass Layoff Events and Previous Sickness"
For future seminars check out the 2026-27 seminar series calendar, all seminars areÌýheld 3–4:30 p.m. in Seminar Room 5 unless otherwise noted.
Economics Spring 2026 Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, May 2, 2026 • Doors Open at 4 p.m. • Ceremony at 4:30 p.m. • Rec Center (REC) • Upper Gymnasium
A reception will follow the ceremony. The commencement address will be given by , Distinguished Professor of Economics, PurDue University and Economics and Political Science 1990, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ.
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Summer classes begin May 4 with Maymester, Sessions A, C & D begin May 26, Session B on June 30, Augmester on July 27. Important dates can be found on the university'sÌýÌýand watch the course scheduleÌýfor the latest changes and updates toÌýeconomics courses.ÌýIf you have any questions about courses or recitation schedulesÌýplease emailÌýkit.colombo@colorado.edu.
101st Annual WEAI Conference
Announcements
Main Office
The main office, ECON 212,Ìýis open 8:00Ìýa.m.–Noon and 1–5Ìýp.m. Monday through Friday except when noted for holiday closures. In the event that somethingÌýneeds immediate attention when the front office is not available, please email the appropriate staff member for assistance. Email addresses and phone numbers are available under theÌýPeople Tab.Ìý
Department Highlights
- Joongsan Hwang's paper, "Bargaining on Behalf of Others and How to Fix It for Political Gridlocks and Labor Strikes," received a revise and resubmit from Dynamic Games and Applications
- Yunxiao Wang's paper, "Health Insurance Portability and Coverage: Evidence from China’s Cross-Regional Instant Reimbursement Reform," has recently been accepted at the Journal of Health Economics.
- CARTSS Steering Committee has granted graduate student Bikalpa Baniya a $1200.00 seed grant award in support of his research.
- Jonathan Hughes'scampground reservation research in "Welcome to the Camping Games (now please show up)," Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
- Chloe East's research featured in "," The Nation. as well as in "" on NPR
- Chloe East cited in "" and "" in The Atlantic
- Joongsan Hwang's paper "Seller-buyer Bargaining Explained by Fixed Bargaining Costs, Risk Preferences and Value Discovery," conditionally accepted at Journal of Applied Economic Sciences
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Publication Showcase
Jeronimo Carballo
"Import Processing and Trade Costs,"ÌýImport Processing and Trade Costs," (with Alejandro Graziano, Georg Schaur and Christian Volpe Martincus) Journal of International Economics, 154, 2025.Yongmin Chen
"Product Safety in the Age of AI: Autonomy, R&D, and Liability" (with X. Hua), The Economic Journal, 2026, forthcoming.
"Search and Competition in Expert Markets," (with C. Cao, Y. Ding, and T. Zhang) RAND Journal of Economics, forthcomingMurat Iyigun
"Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis," (with Ali Almelhem, Austin Kennedy and Jared Rubin) Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 141, Issue 1, pages 263–314, February 2026.Taylor Jaworski
"," with Alex Hollingsworth, Carl Kitchens, and Ivan Rudik, Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, 2026.Xiaodong Liu
"," (with Chih-Sheng Hsieh, Michael KÓ§nig, and Christian Zimmermann) conditionally accepted, AEJ: Microeconomics, 2025.
"," (with Chih-Sheng Hsieh and Michael KÓ§nig) The RAND Journal of Economics, 2025.
"," (with Hyunseok Jung) Journal of EconometricsÌý253, 106124, 2026.
"," (with Ingmar R. Prucha) Journal of Econometrics 247, 105925, 2025.Richard Mansfield
","ÌýThe Economic Journal, forthcoming.AdamÌýMcCloskey
""Ìý (with Pascal Michaillat)ÌýReview of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
","Ìý (with Philipp Ketz)ÌýReview of Economics and Statistics,Ìýforthcoming.Sergey Nigai
","ÌýAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.Alessandro Peri
"Unintended Consequences of Money-Laundering Regulations," (Fabrizio Colella and Keith E. Maskus) Economic Journal, conditionally accepted, 2025.
"Programming FPGAs for Economics: An Introduction to Electrical Engineering Economics," (with Cheela, Bhagath, et al.) Quantitative Economics, vol. 16, .no 1, Econometric Society, 2025, pp. 49-87.
"," (with Omar Rachedi and Iacopo Varotto)ÌýThe Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
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