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Master of Quantitative Economics Learn from internationally recognized faculty & business leaders and participate in applied business and analytics projects with global companies UCLA Economics hosts the 2023 Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society The UCLA Economics Department will host the 2023 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society on June 22-June 25, 2023. Oleg Itskhoki Wins 2022 Clark Medal Oleg was recognized for his fundamental contributions to both international finance and international trade Econ Summer Courses for 2024 Previous Next 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Summer Session 2024 2023-2024 Job Market Candidates Commencement 2024 News Former UCLA Graduate Student Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero Wins the 2024 Dorothy Thomas Award April 26, 2024 Former UCLA Graduate Student Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero, now a Professor… https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png 0 0 Jenail Mobaraka https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png Jenail Mobaraka 2024-04-26 16:34:19 2024-04-26 16:34:19 Former UCLA Graduate Student Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero Wins the 2024 Dorothy Thomas Award UCLA graduate student Nate Barlow wins the Economic History Early Stage Dissertation Grant April 17, 2024 Nate Barlow, a graduate student in the UCLA economics department… https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png 0 0 Jenail Mobaraka https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png Jenail Mobaraka 2024-04-17 09:12:19 2024-04-17 09:12:19 UCLA graduate student Nate Barlow wins the Economic History Early Stage Dissertation Grant UCLA Professors Board and Meyer-ter-Vehn receive AEJ Best Paper Award April 17, 2024 UCLA Professors Simon Board and Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn received… https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png 0 0 Jenail Mobaraka https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png Jenail Mobaraka 2024-04-17 09:11:30 2024-04-17 09:11:30 UCLA Professors Board and Meyer-ter-Vehn receive AEJ Best Paper Award UCLA Professor Martha Bailey Elected a Fellow of the Cliometric Society April 1, 2024 Professor Martha Bailey was elected a fellow of the cliometric… https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png 0 0 Jenail Mobaraka https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png Jenail Mobaraka 2024-04-01 16:08:08 2024-04-03 16:08:54 UCLA Professor Martha Bailey Elected a Fellow of the Cliometric Society Research Spotlight Should we regulate artificial intelligence? March 1, 2024 By Joao Guerreiro The short stories in Isaac Asimov’s… https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Joao-Guerreiro-3scaled.jpg 2560 1974 Jenail Mobaraka https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png Jenail Mobaraka 2024-03-01 14:07:20 2024-03-01 14:07:20 Should we regulate artificial intelligence? The Inner Beauty of Firms November 3, 2023 By Jacob Kohlhepp Full article available here. Anyone… https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/kohlhepp_headshot-e1699047262896.jpg 1535 1535 Jenail Mobaraka https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png Jenail Mobaraka 2023-11-03 13:23:51 2023-11-08 13:17:04 The Inner Beauty of Firms Alumni Interviews Valentina Glaviano August 1, 2022 Valentina Glaviano grew up in Sacramento, California in a… https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/EC_Venture_Equity_062922_00202-min-scaled-e1658787172680.jpg 1440 1420 Jenail Mobaraka https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png Jenail Mobaraka 2022-08-01 15:26:30 2022-08-02 15:26:46 Valentina Glaviano Mila Skulkina June 1, 2022 Mila Skulkina, class of 2001 has lived a storied life. In… https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Mila-Skulkina.jpg 410 410 Jenail Mobaraka https://economics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Uxd_Wht_Economics_A-1030x286.png Jenail Mobaraka 2022-06-01 15:04:17 2022-07-25 15:09:56 Mila Skulkina Featured Faculty Alexander Bloedel Daniel Haanwinckel Zhipeng Liao Recent Publications Econometrica Flexible Moral Hazard Problems George Georgiadis, Doron Ravid, Balázs Szentes Journal of Political Economy The Supply-Side Effects of Monetary Policy David R. Baqaee, Emmanuel Farhi, and Kunal Sangani Econometrica Production and Learning in Teams Kyle Herkenhoff, Jeremy Lise, Guido Menzio, Gordon M. Phillips Events To receive announcements and updates about UCLA Economics events sign up...