Macroeconomics is one of the largest fields at Michigan. We have ten faculty with primary appointments in the department who work in this field, and several other faculty who work in areas closely related to macroeconomics. Macroeconomics at Michigan is very data and policy oriented, using state-of-the-art methods to address relevant issues. All students are required to take one year of macroeconomics in their first year and pass a preliminary examination in macro theory. We also offer a second year field sequence for students specializing in this field. One of the core strengths of macroeconomics is that we can leverage the data available through the Institute for Social Research, and the Census Data Center at Michigan.
Faculty in the Field
Primary Appointment within the Economics Department
Primary Appointment outside the Economics Department
Ford School of Public Policy & Department of Economics (courtesy)
Recent Graduate Student Placement Locations
Bank of Canada
Berkeley
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Rochester
AQR Capital Mgmt
Korea Institute of Public Finance
INSEAD
Claremont McKenna College
University of Texas Austin
NYU Shanghai
Carleton University
EPFL Lausanne
Stanford
Seminars, Reading Groups, Lunches, etc.
Macroeconomics Seminar (Tuesday afternoons)
Macro Lunch (Fridays, joint with International)
