Welcome to the UC Berkeley Department of Economics

Founded in 1903, our department is well-known for the excellence of its teaching and advising, with a strong reputation for producing outstanding Ph.D. graduates, as well as rigorous and innovative economic research. We are consistently ranked among the world's leading departments. Berkeley faculty have won five Nobel Prizes and five John Bates Clark Medals, and twenty-three Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships (including an average of one per year since 1995). The impact Berkeley faculty have had on various fields of economics has been enormous. Our department is currently at the forefront of many exciting new developments in economics. This year we are pleased to add Professors Frederico Finan and Demian Pouzo, to our dynamic and diverse faculty.

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Announcements

Christina Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers for the Obama Administration, will be returning to the department during the Fall 2010 semester. (Press Release)
Emmanuel Saez was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for 2010
Yuriy Gorodnichenko was awarded (jointly with Klara Sabirianova Peter and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez) the Russian National Prize in Applied Economics.
Ulrike Malmendier and Adam Szeidl received Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships for 2010
In a new worldwide ranking of the Top 100 Economics Departments done by Tilburg University in Holland, our department is ranked 4th.
Oliver Williamson wins Nobel Prize in Economics
Carl Shapiro is named chief economist in the US Department of Justice's antitrust division
Joseph Farrell will serve as the Director of Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission
Emmanuel Saez receives the John Bates Clark Medal for 2009
George Break, a Professor Emeritus in the department, has died
James Pierce, a Professor Emeritus in the department, has died