Rutgers Masters Program in Economics

Professor Coate's recent article entitled "Improving the GOP’s Free-Market Pitch" was featured on The Wall Street Journal.

Improving the GOP’s Free-Market Pitch In The Wall Street Journal, economist Douglas Coate writes that capitalism’s virtues don’t easily reduce to sound bites, but that isn’t a reason to give up.

Professor Mundra's recent paper “Immigrant Homeownership during the Great recession and beyond: Role of Birth Networks” was cited by the Washington Post, US News, NPR Marketplace, and NAHB Eye on Housing Blog.

Why immigrants weathered the housing bust better than the U.S.-born population Two studies show that homeownership rates for immigrants did not suffer -- and may have increased -- in the recession's aftermath.

Seminar Series in the Economics Department for Spring 2015

All Seminars this semester will be held in the Economics
Department's Conference Room (Hill 815).

Monday, March 23, 11:30-12:30pm
Morris Davis (Rutgers Business School)
“Default when House Prices are Uncertain"

Monday, April 6, 11:30-12:30pm
Zhutong Gu (Rutgers University, New Brunswick)
"Testing for improved efficiency of Average Structural Functions for Nonseparable Models"

Monday, April 13, 11:30-12:30pm
Alex Abakah (Rutgers Business School)
“Religious Beliefs, Political Orientation, and Municipal Finance”

Monday, April 27, 11:30-12:30pm
Saurabh Singhal (World Institute for Development Economics Research)
“Spillover Effects of Agriculture Extension Services: Evidence from Malaria Reduction in Uganda”