Economics

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Sessions A, C & D began on June 2, Session B begins on July 8, and Augmester begins on August 4. Important dates can be found on the university'sand watch the course schedulefor the latest changes and updates toEconomics courses.If you have any questions about courses or recitation schedulesplease emailkit.colombo@colorado.edu.

2025–26 Seminar Series

For future seminars check out theseminarseries calendar, all seminars areheld 3–4:30 p.m. in Seminar Room 5 unless otherwise noted.


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The main office, ECON 212,is open 8:30a.m.–Noon and 1–5p.m. Monday through Friday. In the event that somethingneeds 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 thePeople Tab.


Department Highlights

  • Harry Johnson prize for the best paper in the Canadian Journal of Economics in 2024 awarded to James Markusen: “,” (with Antoine Gervais and Anthony Venables) Canadian Journal of Economics 57(4) (2024), 1236-1264.
  • Pan Chen has been awarded a CU Graduate School Summer Fellowship. The fellowship provides a biweekly stipend to allow the student to pursue their research during the summer.
  • talks about presenting his honors thesis, "Airbnb Density, Housing Prices, and Short-Term Rental Restrictions in Hawaii," at the Carroll Round Economics Conference at Georgetown University
  • Joongsan Hwang's Job Market Paper "Veto Bargaining with Incomplete Information and Risk Preference: An Analysis of Brinkmanship" submitted to Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policyand received a revise and resubmit
  • Sara Avila: Two interviews on tariffs (spanish), "" and ""
  • Bikalpa Baniya has been selected to receive aFlower Family Graduate Student Awardfor the proposal submitted to the Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant program.
  • Liaoyuan (Leo) Zhang has been selected to receive aBeverlySears Award for the proposal submitted to theBeverlySears Graduate Student Research Grant program.
  • Exploring selfish incentives for pursuing climate policy: CU Boulder economist Alessandro Peri makes the case that empowering the young can meaningfully affect climate policy and climate outcomes in Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
  • : Sara Avila discusses the economic impact of some of the proposals of both Presidential Candidates (Podcast in Spanish)
  • Murat Iyigun and his music in Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine article, "He will, he will rock you"
  • Research at Notre Dame's Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunitiesby Patrick Turner(CU Boulder Econ PhD, 2018) featured in ""
  • CU Boulder Today article, "How efforts to make heavy trucks more efficient could hit a roadblock," features research byJonathan Hughes
  • Jonathan HughesinKUTV's article, ""
  • Ann Carlos was the inaugural recipient of the . Professor Carlos gave the , where the medal wasformally presented, on Thursday 11April 2024

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