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Recent News
Lorch Hall Project Offers Look at How Geoexchange Works
LSA will have updated, sustainable space in the historic Lorch Hall, located on Tappan Avenue. The new construction project is designed to make the campus more energy-friendly.
James R. Hines Jr. Reappointed as Richard A. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Economics
James R. Hines, Jr., Richard A. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Economics, LSA, Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2031.
The University of Michigan Department of Economics is a strong, vibrant community of scholars focused on frontier economics scholarship and success for our students, faculty, staff, and alumni at every level. Read more here.
Economics
Events
Nov
02
Easy to Collect, Costly to Bear: Mobile Money Taxation and Network Spillovers in Tanzania
Youssef Benzarti, University of California, Santa Barbara
4:00 PM
4325
North Quad
Nov
03
The Allocative Cost of War: A View to a Kill. . .ing of Productivity
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley
11:30 AM
4325
North Quad
Nov
05
Affirmative Action and Racial Integration
Zachary Bleemer, Princeton University
2:00 PM
6050 Large Conference Room
Institute For Social Research
Nov
05
Knowing the Numbers: Performance Data and Microenterprise Outcomes in Uganda
Emma Riley, University of Michigan
2:30 PM
4325
North Quad
Nov
06
Bid Timing and Market Efficiency in the Energy Transition.
Luming Chen, University of Michigan
10:00 AM
4300
North Quad
Nov
09
Public Finance Seminar: Monday, November 9
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University
4:00 PM
4325
North Quad
