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David Laibson named Harvard College Professor

David Laibson named Harvard College Professor

(May 9, 2008) Prof. David Laibson of the Harvard University Economics Department is among six faculty named as Harvard College Professors this spring…
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Roland Fryer received NSF Career Award

Roland Fryer received NSF Career Award

(May 2, 2008) Professor Roland Fryer of the Economics Department at Harvard University has received a NSF Career Award entitled “New Methods for Understanding Race, Inequality and Spatial Separation”...
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Susan Athey and Jeremy Stein named as Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Susan Athey and Jeremy Stein named as Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

(April 30, 2008) Professors Susan Athey and Jeremy Stein of the Economics Department were elected as 2008 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences…
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Undergraduate Panel Discussion: The Current Economic Slowdown: Causes and Consequences

Undergraduate Panel Discussion: The Current Economic Slowdown: Causes and Consequences

(April 18, 2008) A Panel Discussion hosted by the Harvard Department of Economics on Tuesday, April 29th from 4-5pm in the Science Center C featuring...
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Harvard Community Invited to Book Party for Prof. Stephen Marglin

Harvard Community Invited to Book Party for Prof. Stephen Marglin

(February 13, 2008) Please join us for the premiere event of the new Economics Faculty Book series featuring The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community by Prof. Stephen Marglin on Monday, February 25th.
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Harvard Graduate Raj Chetty is the winner of The American Magazine 2008 Young Economist Award

Harvard Graduate Raj Chetty is the winner of The American Magazine 2008 Young Economist Award

(January 15, 2008) Raj Chetty, who did his undergraduate and PhD(‘03) work at Harvard, won The American magazine’s 2008 Young Economist Award, a research grant of $100,000…
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Harvard Wins 1st Place at College Fed Challenge 2007 National Championship

Harvard Wins 1st Place at College Fed Challenge 2007 National Championship

(November 29, 2007) Under the direction of Prof. Benjamin Friedman, the Harvard University College Fed Challenge team won first place in the 2007 nation championship…
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New Faculty - Prof. Gregory Lewis

New Faculty - Prof. Gregory Lewis

(November 14, 2007) We are pleased to announce that Gregory Lewis (IO - Michigan) joined our faculty as an Assistant Professor.
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Harvard Graduates Share Economic Nobel Prize

Harvard Graduates Share Economic Nobel Prize

(September 26, 2007) Harvard PhDs Eric S. Maskin ('76) and Roger B. Myerson ('76) will share this year's Nobel Prize in economics with Leonid Hurwicz for their work on how people's knowledge and self-interest affect their behavior in the market or in social situations such as voting and labor negotiations.
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New Faculty - Prof. Nathan Nunn

New Faculty - Prof. Nathan Nunn

(September 26, 2007) We are pleased to announce that Nathan Nunn (International, Macro-Toronto) joined our faculty as an Assistant Professor.
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Professor Martin Feldstein Wins the 2007 Bradley Prize

Professor Martin Feldstein Wins the 2007 Bradley Prize

(September 25, 2007) Martin Feldstein, the George F. Baker Professor in the Economics Department awarded one of four Bradley Foundation prizes...
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Professor Susan Athey Wins the 2007 John Bates Clark Medal

Professor Susan Athey Wins the 2007 John Bates Clark Medal

(September 24, 2007) Professor Susan Athey of the Economics Department is the 2007 recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal...
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