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Official twitter account of the Department of Economics @SMU. Oldest PhD-granting department in the university. Where productivity, inclusivity, and fun coexist. https://www.smu.edu/dedman/academics/departments/economics/ #PonyUp
Welcome, new Mustangs! ๐
In the Fall semester of 2025, a new cohort of students will be starting their Ph.D. training at the SMU Economics Department.
Here, you can learn a little bit about these young scholars from around the globe:
www.smu.edu/dedman/acade...
๐ฅณAnother PhDone!๐ง
Today, we celebrate Dr. William Cunningham on his dissertation defense on 7/2, titled "Essays in Applied Microeconomics."
William will remain in the DFW area as a Senior Analyst for Model Development at Santander!
Congratulations, William!๐
Check out Shuo's amazing research through her website: sites.google.com/view/shuoqie...
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๐ฅณPhDone!๐ฅ
We are proud to announce the dissertation defense of Dr. Shuo Qi โช@shuoqi.bsky.socialโฌ, titled "Essays on Econometric Analysis of Network Data."
She will join William & Mary Global Research Institute
โช@global-wm.bsky.socialโฌ as a Postdoc Fellow in the fall.
Congratulations Shuo!๐
๐จPUBLICATION ALERT๐ฐ
On the latest number of the J. of Econ. Perspectives @โชaeajournals.bsky.socialโฌ, our own @dlmillimet.bsky.social published an insightful paper about Yair Mundlak's (1927โ2015) contribution to econometrics.
Congrats to Dan and Marc Bellemare!
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
๐@SMU GIVING DAY - ECONOMICSโ๏ธ
The economics department runs the largest major at Dedman College and actively produces high-quality research in many fields.
This year, you can directly donate to the Economics Department in SMU's Giving Day campaign!
givingday.smu.edu/campaigns/de...
๐@SMU GIVING DAY - ECONOMICSโ๏ธ
The economics department runs the largest major at Dedman College and actively produces high-quality research in many fields.
This year, you can directly donate to the Economics Department in SMU's Giving Day campaign!
givingday.smu.edu/campaigns/de...
๐SMU GIVING DAY IS TODAYโ๏ธ
... and you can directly support the Economics Department.
Every gift, big or small, makes a difference and supports us in our educational and research endeavors.
Please consider donating to our department here:
givingday.smu.edu/pages/dedman...
๐จDEADLINE TODAY๐ค
Send your applications, y'all!
It was great to see so many familiar faces doing great research! Thanks to everybody who presented and attended!
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Our students have access to fantastic computation resources, a research data center, and close attention from first-rate faculty!
Know more about our faculty and their research specialties here:
www.smu.edu/dedman/acade...
๐PhD APPLICATION DEADLINE๐ฉโ๐ซ
Time is running out to apply to the economics PhD program at SMU!
Join an exciting and international group of students in Dallas, one of the most dynamic cities in the US.
Apply until January 15!
www.smu.edu/dedman/acade...
๐จDEPARTMENT NEWS๐ฐ
What a way to end the year... Our PhD student Fangzhou Sha was awarded an Outstanding Graduate Student Instruction Award at SMU!
Congratulations, Fangzhou! We're so proud of this well-deserved achievement! ๐ฅณ๐
blog.smu.edu/economics/20...
๐จFACULTY JOB ๐ฉโ๐ซ
SMU is hiring a senior faculty for the Scurlock Endowed Chair of of #Ethics and #AI.
Economists are encouraged to apply!
More info and application: apply.interfolio.com/159481 #econtwitter
#Philosophy
๐ฅฐDEPARTMENT NEWS๐ฉโ๐ซ
We proudly announce that our colleague Mea Ahlberg has been nominated for the 2025 HOPE Award at SMU.
HOPE is the highest recognition students can bestow on a faculty member at SMU!
Congratulations, Mea! ๐ฅณ
๐จSEMINAR MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS๐ฟ
On Friday, 12/6, we will have the pleasure of hosting Sewon Hur, an economist at the. He will present his work on the macroeconomic impacts of climate policy on income inequality.
โฒ๏ธ12/6, 3 PM
๐ฆULEE 303, SMU
Congratulations to Alipio and his co-author Sanchayan Banerjee @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social !
Check out their pages to learn more about their research:
Alipio: alipioferreira.com
Sanchayan: sites.google.com/view/sanchay...
๐จNEW PUBLICATION๐๏ธ
We are thrilled to share the publication by our own Alipio Ferreira @alipiof.bsky.social in Scientific Reports.
๐ณUsing a field experiment in Brazil, the paper finds little advantage of VR relative to 2D messaging to promote conservation attitudes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
๐จCAREER INFO๐ค
Econ Students: Goldman Sachs is doing a session for internships in the summer of 2026.
Open to sophomores and especially targeted towards business, finance, economics, math, and stats majors.
โฒ๏ธWed 12/4/2024, 6 PM
๐๏ธCox School | George's Auditorium, Room 0002
The Southerns are here! Come see or meet up with loads of faculty: รmer รzak, Rocio Madera, Hao Dong, Prasanthi Ramakrishnan, Tim Salmon, Dan Millimet. Or our PhD students *on the market* : Jun Nie, Shuo Qi, Weihong Li, Hsin-Wei Chang, William Cunningham. And future: Rouzhi Liang, Javier Gonzalez.
23.11.2024 04:20 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐จIO/ELECTRICITY ECONOMICS SEMINAR๐ก
On Friday, 11/15, the economics department will host Shaun McRae, professor at ITAM.
He will talk about the reliability of electricity supply in the presence of renewable electricity sources. ๐ชซ
๐๏ธULEE 303, SMU
โฒ๏ธ3 PM, 11/15
My former student @smueconomics.bsky.social !! If you are hiring in empirical micro (health, labor, public), check Travis out!
12.11.2024 16:34 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1๐๐ #EconSky
Reminder! We are hiring in econometrics or applied econometrics (but capable of teaching econometrics at all levels).
Applications should be in by Nov 15.
Reach out with questions! ๐
The economics department of Southern Methodist University is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in econometrics.
Please share our ad widely with your network, and apply! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.phโฆ
Come join us in the dynamic DFW metroplex! ๐
We are excited to announce that Dylan Zlatinski is the recipient of the Economics Departmentโs Fall 2023 Lovejoy Award.ย Congratulations Dylan!
#PonyUp
End of semester celebration and adjunct award ceremony. Congrats to Carlos Zarazaga and thank you for all your contributions to the department! Enjoy the winter break, Mustangs!
17.12.2023 21:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
The dept is pleased host Manuel Garcรญa-Santana
(sites.google.com/view/manugar...) from @WorldBank this Friday. Manuel will present
"Understanding the Local Bias in Procurement: Evidence from National and Subnational Governments"
in UL 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Join us!
This week (Wednesday) Prof. Saltuk Ozerturk will present his latest research
"Credit Attribution and Team Incentives with Spillovers"
in our *internal* brown bag series, 12-1 in ULee 303.
We're not sure if he did most of the work or his coauthor, but we will after the talk!
The dept is pleased host Xi Yang (xiyangecon.github.io) from @UNTsocial
this Friday. Xi will present
"More Credit, Fewer Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, House Prices, and Fertility"
in UL 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Join us!
This week (Wednesday) Hsin-Wei Chang will present her current research
"Kidsโ Health and Household Bargaining"
in our *internal* brown bag series from 12-1 in ULee 303.