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Introduction
The Department of Economics has 32 permanent faculty members, with research and teaching interests that span a broad range of fields.
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In addition to strengths in micro theory, macroeconomics and econometrics (Bayesian
and classical), the department has expertise in many applied fields, including economic
history, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, public
choice and public finance, transportation economics, and urban economics. The department
offers programs leading to both a B.A. and Ph.D. degree, and this website provides
more information about those programs, the faculty, and the department's research
activities.
The department's main administrative offices are located on the third floor of Building
B in the Social Science Plaza (rooms SSPB 3229 and 3231).
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“Economics studies the allocation of scarce resources; the way that individuals, groups, governments, and businesses make choices; and the consequences of those choices for people, nations, and society.”
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Can Opportunity Zones ever meet their poverty-fighting promise?
Work by economists Matthew Freedman, Shantanu Khanna and David Neumark, Governing, Dec. 3, 2025 (Opinion)
Economics for social goodUC Irvine economics graduate student Cassie Zhang - who earned her undergraduate degrees in economics and international studies as an Anteater - aims to help consumers and support students
Foreclosures are surging under Donald TrumpJan Brueckner, economics, Newsweek, Nov. 14, 2025
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