Princeton University - Department of Economics

09/05/2026

As the new academic year begins, Princeton Economics is thrilled to welcome eight postdoctoral research associates and fellows, as well as three new faculty members, to the department! From international trade to experimental economics, our newest scholars bring expertise across a wide range of fields. We look forward to the ideas, research, and collaboration they will bring to the Economics Department throughout the 2026-2027 academic year.

Meet our newest postdocs and fellows here: https://economics.princeton.edu/news/2026-2027-postdoctoral-research-associates-and-research-fellows/

09/04/2026

Upcoming book talk: "The Almighty Dollar" with Brendan Greeley, contributing editor at the Financial Times and PhD candidate at Princeton University.

Join us on September 9 at 4:30 PM for a conversation with Greeley and panelists on the origins of money—and the people and nations who have surrendered to it.

Panel discussion includes:
-Julia Elyachar, Professor of Anthropology at Princeton’s Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Anthropology Department
-Harold James, Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies and Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton
-Colby Smith, Reporter for The New York Times, covering the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4x3pZsR

09/03/2026

The annual Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies Senior Thesis Research Forum took place in the spring of 2026. Five students were awarded prizes for the best policy-relevant theses.

Learn more about the exceptional research from this year's grads by watching the forum on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/4x4qz9G

Read more about the forum and past prize winners: https://bit.ly/4yiZssC

Since 2012, at the end of the spring semester, the Griswold Center ...

09/02/2026

Happy FDOC! 🐅🐅

We're excited to welcome our students, faculty, and staff back to campus for the start of a new academic year!

08/29/2026

Join us in welcoming Matias Cattaneo, Will Dobbie, and Elena Manresa as new faculty members! We're looking forward to an excellent 2026-27 academic year.

Read more about each of these impressive economists: https://bit.ly/4y4YVu5

08/22/2026

Congratulations to Professor Caio Almeida on being elected a Fellow of the Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE)!

Almeida was recognized for his outstanding contributions to financial econometrics. He was elected during SoFiE’s 18th annual conference, where he also served as an academic chair.

Read more about Almeida and SoFiE here: https://bit.ly/4qwkTnr

08/13/2026

New research by Professor Caio Almeida, forthcoming in the "Journal of Business and Economics Statistics."

"Option-Implied Risk Premia and Cryptocurrency Market Regimes," co-authored by Maria Grith, Ratmir Miftachov, and Zijin Wang, shows that Bitcoin is much more volatile and has higher premia than the S&P 500 stock index.

Read the paper: https://bit.ly/4xKowZr

08/06/2026

The latest Markus' Academy webinar with Markus Brunnermeier features Assistant Professor of Economics Fedor Sandomirskiy and Pietro Ortoleva for a mini-series.

Covering AI for economic theorists and mathematicians from episode one, "AI and Theory as a Fixed Point," to episode four, "Prompting, Agent Adversaries, and Swarms," this is a must-watch series for anyone interested in economic theory.

Fifth episode coming soon! Watch the first four episodes on Substack: https://bit.ly/4fI3u7r

07/31/2026

Discussing the AI Revolution, Eric Schmidt ’76, KBE, Former CEO and Chairman of Google, and Chair and CEO of Relativity Space, delivered a powerful address during his packed Reunions Talk.

Moderated by Alan Blinder ’67, the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Schmidt discussed AI from his beginnings in the field to the frontier of the revolution today.

Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/3RnIHNj

07/30/2026

Congratulations to Princeton Associate Professor of Economics Ernest Liu on receiving the 2025 SCOR-PSE Junior Research Prize! Liu and his co-author, David Yang of Harvard, were recognized for their paper, International Power, which investigates how trade networks serve as a source of national power.

Read more about their insights and the award here: https://economics.princeton.edu/news/ernest-liu-awarded-scor-pse-junior-research-prize/