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We are delighted to announce that five Assistant Professors of Economics will be joining the Department of Economics this fall:

Assistant Professors

David Albouy, Ph.D., Berkeley
Public Economics and Labor Economics

Raj Arunachalam, Ph.D., Berkeley
Development Economics and Applied Microeconomics

Ruediger Bachmann, Ph.D., Yale
Macroeconomics

Martha Bailey, Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Labor Economics and Economic Demography

Stephan Lauermann, Ph.D., Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory

Additionally, three faculty members with tenured appointments in other units of the University will be joining the Department as Professors of Economics:

Susan M. Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy
International Economics

Brian Jacob, Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Ford School of Public Policy
Economics of Education and Labor Economics

Brian McCall, Professor, School of Education
Economics of Education and Applied Econometrics




6/26/08 - Professor Jim Hines testifies before Congress on International Tax Reform

6/11/2008 "Are Government Data Trustworthy?" - CNBC with U-M Economics Professor Matthew Shapiro and Diane Swonk, Mesirow Financial (Economics Department alumna and Economics Leadership Council member)

Graduate Student Mindy Miller's Job Market Paper highlighted in the Atlantic Monthly

3/17/2008 - Tough economic sledding will get smoother by year's end (U-Michigan News)

2/7/2008 - Graduate Student Benjamin Keys paper in the February issue of the Economist - link

Frank Stafford and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (run through ISR) were highlighted in the recent UM Research News

1/25/2008 - Will Tax Rebates Work? (U-M News Service)

1/22/2008 - Will Tax Rebates Work? (Christian Science Monitor)

“The Politics of Health Care Reform” -
Dr. Gail Wilensky, AB‘64psych, AB ‘65econ, PhD ’68 econ
Podcast of this presentation is here

2007-2008 Economics Job Market Candidates

Past and current copies of MichEcon News are now online.

Schedule an advising appointment online





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