UT-Austin Economics

UT Austin jumps to #21 in the latest US News rankings of Economics programs. 🤘 usnews.com/best-graduate-…

Congratulations to Hassan Afrouzi (PhD 2017) on being selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Economics. sloan.org/fellowships/20…

Congratulations to Wayne Geerling, who received the 2025 Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award during the November 23, 2025 during the recent Annual SEA Meeting in Tampa, FL. It's the second time in 5 years that a department instructor has won! 🤘🏆

A study co-authored by PhD student Francisco Pardo Pajuelo has been published in @JPubEcon. A long-term randomized evaluation of Peru's One Laptop Per Child program finds no significant effects on educ attainment and low utilization of computers in class. bit.ly/4it8MTX

Pre-Doc opening @UTAustinEcon! Opportunity to work with Professors Olivier Coibion and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (@nityanayar) on Macroeconomics research. Learn more at: bit.ly/47SenhL

A new textbook by Professor Jason Abrevaya (Probability and Statistics for Economics & Business) is forthcoming from @mitpress. Publication on November 25, 2025. Companion website probstats4econ.com. The manuscript for the book has already been used by 2,000+ UT Econ majors!

.@UTAustin economics senior Jack Munro has found an unconventional path to success in professional pickleball, boasting 212 career wins and taking home several gold medals at the 2025 APP Chicago Open. What started as a pastime to replace basketball after a shoulder injury turned into a deep passion for the game, leading him to found Longhorn Pickleball to help the sport reach others on the Forty Acres. thedailytexan.com/2025/10/15/sen…

#SUERFpolicybrief “Firms’ #Inflation and #WageExpectations during the Inflation Surge" by @ErwanGautier17, Frédérique Savignac (@banquedefrance) and Olivier Coibion (@UTAustinEcon) 📄 tinyurl.com/yz3drxww

Embedded Scholar and @UTAustinEcon major Siyona Nayampally discusses her research in #Panama, from canvassing for a #UNDP survey on #SDGs to developing her own survey on #climatemigration at @cidgallup this summer. Read more about her summer research and CID Gallup's fascinating survey work across Latin America at tinyurl.com/4hpb4fvr.

.@UTAustinEcon junior Shalev Widen created DegreeView, a website to help undergraduate students view their required classes and hours for all @UTAustin’s 141 degree programs. The website showcases the required classes and hours by semester in a flowchart format for easier access. thedailytexan.com/2025/08/11/stu…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20525 The Long-Lasting Protection of a Defunct Industrial Policy Eugenio Miravete @UTAustin @UTAustinEcon, Maria Moral @UNED ow.ly/eum650WCKZc #CEPR_IO #CEPR_ITRE #EconTwitter

News about the US economy drives global financial conditions find Christoph Boehm of @UTAustinEcon and @KronerNiklas of @federalreserve blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20504 Shaping Preferences Through Industrial Policy: The Canary Islands in Autarkic Spain Eugenio Miravete @UTAustin @UTAustinEcon, Maria Moral @UNED ow.ly/6iRH50WwyIw #CEPR_IO #CEPR_ITRE #EconTwitter

Read more about how #inflation made the labor market appear 🔥 (Research via @Columbia_Biz's Hassan Afrouzi, Andrés Blanco of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, @DrenikAndres of @UTAustinEcon, and @ChicagoBooth’s Erik Hurst) ms.spr.ly/6010s6e5u

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20455 Informed Communication Equilibrium Frédéric Koessler @HECParis, Vasiliki Skreta @UTAustinEcon @EconUCL ow.ly/QraM50WpL67 #CEPR_IO #EconTwitter

The latest issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics features a paper by @EricChyn and his co-authors, "The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Racial Desegregation Program: Gautreaux."

News about the US economy drives global financial conditions find Christoph Boehm of @UTAustinEcon and @KronerNiklas of @federalreserve blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

AFTER THE SPIKE is available today! Discover Dean Spears and @MikeGeruso's lively and compelling case for stabilizing the population—without sacrificing our dreams or societal progress. reason.com/2025/07/08/the…

Congratulations to @MikeGeruso and Dean Spears on the release of their new book, After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People. amazon.com/dp/1668057336/…

News about the US economy drives global financial conditions find Christoph Boehm of @UTAustinEcon and @KronerNiklas of @federalreserve blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…