Teddy Mekonnen, Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor of Economics, was selected to receive the Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship.

Professor Glenn Loury was interviewed for an episode of Uncommon Knowledge hosted by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution. Check out Glenn's interview, "Glenn Loury’s Journey From Chicago’s South Side to The Ivy League And Beyond".

The Bravo Center is currently accepting funding requests for research projects. Interested parties should submit an application at least one week before the following decision date: December 10, 2021. Please follow the guidelines for research grants at the Bravo Center. Applicants may...

Guido Imbens, a Stanford University economist who earned his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1991, is one of three recipients of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday, Oct. 11, in a live-streamed presentation.

The MacArthur Foundation has named Economics Professor Jesse Shapiro one of the 25 MacArthur Fellows, also known as the 'Genius Grant', for 2021.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 13th at 4pm for the Bernard I. Fain Lecture titled “Budget Analysis in the Pandemic”, delivered by Phill Swagel, Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

Professor Emily Oster, with her research team, launched the COVID-19 School Data Hub on September 15.

Professor John Friedman has been named Editor of American Economic Review, one of the top academic journals of the profession.

The Bravo Center is currently accepting funding requests for research projects. Interested parties should submit an application at least one week before the following decision dates: September 2, 2021 and December 10, 2021. Please follow the guidelines for research grants at the Bravo Center. Applicants may...

Professor Andrew Foster's Research Cited In Times Article, Contraceptive Access May Not Be as Life-Changing for the World’s Poorest Women as Previously Thought, According to a New Study.

Professor Matthew Pecenco has been appointed as the Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor of Economics as of July 1, 2021. More info...

We are excited to announce the appointment of John Friedman as the next Chair of the Economics Department.

Professor Kareen Rozen has joined The Review of Economics and Statistics as Editor. Congratulations!

The Economics of Creative Destruction Conference honoring Peter Howitt and Philippe Aghion will take place from June 9 until June 12 from 5pm to 11pm (Paris Time) on zoom.

Sylvia Kuo will be presenting “Lessons Learned from Teaching in a Pandemic” at the 2nd annual virtual economics education conference, TeachECONference2021, co-organized by Parama Chaudhury (UCL), Cloda Jenkins (UCL), and Doug McKee (Cornell University).

The Bravo Center is currently accepting funding requests for research projects. Interested parties should submit an application at least one week before the following decision dates: May 6, 2021, September 2, 2021, and December 10, 2021. Please follow the guidelines for research grants at the Bravo Center. Applicants may...

Please save the date to join us for our next upcoming Seminar on Race and Inequality on 4/6 featuring Kerwin Charles of Yale. He will be presenting, Avoiding Prejudice: Islamophobia and the Labor Supply of Muslims and Arabs in the U.S. from 4-5:30 PM.

Brown Economics is excited to announce faculty appointments of Amy Handlan from Minnesota, Peter Hull from Chicago, Soonwoo Kwon from Yale, and Elisa Macchi from Zurich (joining January 2023). Welcome to all!

Research by Brown Economics Professor Anna Aizer cited in recent New York Times Editorial, Mitt Romney Has a Plan, and Joe Biden Should Borrow From It, on how to address child poverty.

The Brown Economics AMA Series seeks to introduce Brown students to members of the economics community from diverse backgrounds. This first video in the series features Bryce Steinberg, IJC Assistant Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs. In it, Prof Steinberg discusses how qualitative observations inform her quantitative research, what got her into economics, the impact of gender on her work, and much more.

Who is Janet Yellen, Biden’s pioneering pick to lead the Treasury amid a deep crisis?
Yellen brings an impressive résumé as a top economist and policymaker. Her leadership style is sometimes compared with that of Mary Poppins: firm but kind, and always prepared.

During summer 2020, the Bravo Center supported 5 graduate students to further develop their own dissertation research and/or work with faculty on joint research projects. More info on the students and their projects...

Join us for the Seminar on Race and Inequality featuring Randall Kennedy, What Is Racial Equality and How Can It Be Achieved?, on Wednesday November 18, from 4-5:30.

The Bravo Center welcomes scholars in the Department of Economics to contribute to the Orlando Bravo Working Paper Series. All faculty members are welcome to release their papers to the Series, while graduate students must obtain and acknowledge a faculty member as a sponsor. Faculty sponsors should evaluate graduate papers based on whether the paper is about to be submitted to a journal and whether the paper is...

After 63 years of teaching, Borts retired from Brown at the start of the academic year. Borts has mentored renowned alums including Janet Yellen ’67, current vice chair of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

Professor Teddy Mekonnen has been appointed as the Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor of Economics as of July 1, 2020. More info...

John Friedman's research featured in Washington Post article, "The recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered".