Our next department seminar is Wednesday, December 10 at 11:15am with Cody Cook (Yale University). Cody is presenting "The Short-Run Effects of Congestion Pricing in New York City". (Details below)
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Our next department seminar is Wednesday, December 10 at 11:15am with Cody Cook (Yale University). Cody is presenting "The Short-Run Effects of Congestion Pricing in New York City". (Details below)
01.12.2025 16:51 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A last minute reminder: we are hiring in health economics this year (JOE ad linked below). Review of applications begins November 15!
13.11.2025 15:34 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Reminder: our next department seminar is tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 12) at 11:15am. Details below.
11.11.2025 20:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our next department seminar is Wednesday, November 12 at 11:15am with Amanda Pallais (Harvard University). Amanda is presenting "Inefficient Social Disconnection". (Details below)
10.11.2025 03:35 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1Very excited my paper (co-authored with Roberto Veneziani), "Classical competition and equilibrium: an agent-based analysis" is forthcoming in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This paper develops an agent-based computational model (ABM) of (1/n)
Quick reminder that we are hiring in health economics! Review of applications begins November 15. JOE ad linked below.
27.10.2025 14:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Reminder: our next department seminar is tomorrow, Oct. 22 at 11:15am. Details below.
21.10.2025 19:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our next department seminar is Wednesday, October 22 at 11:15am with David McMillon (Emory University). David is presenting "Does Racial Hierarchy Really Harm Everyone? Relative Racial Status Resentment and the Economics of Reparative Reforms". (Details below)
15.10.2025 21:14 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1We are hiring! We are conducting a tenure-track search in health economics (Assistant Professor level). Our department is committed to methodological & theoretical pluralism, with focus on issues of poverty, inequality, gender, & race. The JOE ad is here: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
08.10.2025 17:01 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 2Reminder: our first department seminar of the year is tomorrow, Oct. 1 at 11:15am. Details below.
30.09.2025 14:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One area this article highlights where need for economists will continue to grow seems to be in experiments on where AI is improving productivity. Anyone in my network working in this field and want to come talk to my students? π #AppliedEconMA @umassboston.bsky.social @umassbostonecon.bsky.social
29.09.2025 14:44 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Our first department seminar of the year is next Wednesday, October 1 at 11:15am with Patricia CortΓ©s (Boston University). Patricia is presenting "Making Information Stick: Evidence from Correcting Misperceptions toward Paternity Leave-Taking in Japan". (Details below)
24.09.2025 21:23 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1The Economics Department at UMass Boston has joined Bluesky! Stay tuned for news, updates, and events from our department.
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