Economics Department at George Washington University

10/31/2022

Sky News Australia interviewed Steven Hamilton, GW Assistant Professor of Economics, about the short-term outlook for the Australian economy and his expectations for Labor’s first budget in almost a decade

George Washington University’s Assistant Professor of Economics Steven Hamilton says although there were high expectations for Labor when they came to power,...

10/31/2022

Get to know the talented GW Economics PhD students on the job market this year.

The Department of Economics is committed to preparing our graduates for successful research and teaching careers. For more information on our talented alumni or to request a candidate’s CV, please reach out to our faculty or placement administrator. If you are an alumna or alumnus of the program, ...

10/21/2022

A new George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center report by GW economist Joseph Cordes, Susan Dudley, and Layvon Washington reviews and synthesizes available literature on the potential economic impacts of reducing regulatory compliance and administrative burdens on business, while holding regulatory goals and outcomes constant.

Read “Regulatory Compliance Burdens: Literature Review and Synthesis” to learn how regulations can be made more efficient (less costly) while maintaining the existing scope (policy goal) of the regulations.

A review of available literature on potential economic impacts of reducing regulatory compliance burdens on business.

10/19/2022

Professor Barry Chiswick presented his paper “The Occupations of Free Women and Substitution with Enslaved Workers in the Antebellum United States” (co-authored with alumna RaeAnn Robinson (PhD ‘19)) at our Microeconomics seminar today.

Please see the full schedule of our upcoming seminars at https://economics.columbian.gwu.edu/news-events

10/17/2022

In a new VoxEU column, GW economist Remi Jedwab and Jason M. Barr (Rutgers), found that, after controlling for income and population, international tall building stock is driven more by ‘boring skylines’ of residential high-rises than by ‘exciting skylines’ of supertall skyscrapers.

Learn more in “Exciting, boring, and non-existent skylines: Vertical building gaps in global perspective” at the link.

Despite the visibility, prevalence, and economic importance of tall buildings, little is known about how their construction varies globally or what drives those differences over time. This column examines patterns and variation in global skylines. After controlling for income and population, the aut...

10/14/2022

The Social Security Administration announced Thursday that Social Security checks will get an 8.7% boost next year. According to GW economist Joe Cordes, “It certainly will have positive impacts, particularly for those retirees who really have to depend on the Social Security check as their main source of income.” He adds that the purpose of the COLA is to balance out changing costs. “It’s going to hold their spending power from Social Security constant in the face of inflation,” Cordes said.

Read the article to learn Joe’s prediction for how this boost will impact the economy.

Social Security recipients will soon get more money to help deal with the costs of inflation.

10/12/2022

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Columbian College of Arts and Sciences GW Alumni Capital Weather Gang

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10/10/2022

We are very excited and proud to share that our very own Professor Tara Sinclair will be the new Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomics in the Office of Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury. Warmest congratulations, Tara!

10/03/2022

Research co-authored by GW economist Remi Jedwab, “The Economic Impact of the Black Death”, (with Noel D. Johnson and Mark Koyama of George Mason University Department of Economics) is featured in a new Sydney Morning Herald piece by Ross Gittins

Economic historians are discovering pandemics can also have benefits for those who live to tell the tale. Take the Black Death of the 14th century, for example.

09/28/2022

We’re proud to share that GW Economics alum Ruoyu Chen (PhD ‘22) is a finalist in the U.S. Association for Energy Economics Young Professional Best Paper Award Competition for his job market paper “Evaluating Power Sector Emissions Under China’s Regional Carbon ETS Pilots: A View From Space”. He is now an Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Windsor.

Learn more at https://www.usaee.org/aws/USAEE/pt/sp/yp_best_papers

09/28/2022

GW Economics PhD student Jonah Coste presented his research, “Capitalization of Property Tax Incentives: Evidence From Philadelphia”, at our Microecon seminar series today