Economics

Upcoming Events

Women in Economics and Economics Club

Thursday, March 12, 2026 • Econ 5 or Hybrid • 12:30–1 p.m.: The Future of Economics Consulting and Expert Services in the Age of Generative AI

Speaker–Collin Starkweather, PhD, CU Boulder | Stealth AI Startup 

How will generative AI change the work economists do outside academia? Join us for a conversation on how AI and machine learning are reshaping economic consulting, expert services, and data-driven decision-making.

2025–26 Seminar Series

Friday, March 27, 2026: Tim Armstrong, University of Southern California

For future seminars check out the seminar series calendar, all seminars are held 3–4:30 p.m. in Seminar Room 5 unless otherwise noted.

Spring Classes

Spring classes began Thursday, January 8. Important dates can be found on the university's Academic Calendar and watch the course schedule for the latest changes and updates to Economics courses. If you have any questions about courses or recitation schedules please email kit.colombo@colorado.edu.

Announcements

Main Office

The main office, ECON 212, is open 8:00 a.m.–Noon and 1–5 p.m. Monday through Friday except when noted for holiday closures. It will not be open Spring Break week, March 16–20, however staff will be available via email. In the event that something needs immediate attention when the front office is not available, please email the appropriate staff member for assistance. Email addresses and phone numbers are available under the People Tab. 

Department Highlights

• CARTSS Steering Committee has granted graduate student Bikalpa Baniya a $1200.00 seed grant award in support of his research.
• Jonathan Hughes'scampground reservation research in "Welcome to the Camping Games (now please show up)," Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• Chloe East's research featured in "How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Chills Organizing and Erodes Conditions for All Workers," The Nation. as well as in "How Trump's mass deportation efforts have affected families this year" on NPR
• Chloe East cited in "The $7,500 Self-Deportation" and "The Truth About Immigration That MAGA Doesn’t Acknowledge" in The Atlantic
• Joongsan Hwang's paper "Seller-buyer Bargaining Explained by Fixed Bargaining Costs, Risk Preferences and Value Discovery," conditionally accepted at Journal of Applied Economic Sciences
• Elizabeth Sorensen Montoya's (PhD '25), paper "Birth outcome effects of nitrate contamination in drinking water," has been accepted by the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management for publication September 2025.
• Harry Johnson prize for the best paper in the Canadian Journal of Economics in 2024 awarded to James Markusen: “Regional Specialization: from the geography of industries to the geography of jobs,” (with Antoine Gervais and Anthony Venables) Canadian Journal of Economics 57(4) (2024), 1236-1264.
• Pan Chen has been awarded a CU Graduate School Summer Fellowship. The fellowship provides a biweekly stipend to allow the student to pursue their research during the summer.
• LinkedIn: Economics 2025 BA Graduate Lucas Gauthier talks about presenting his honors thesis, "Airbnb Density, Housing Prices, and Short-Term Rental Restrictions in Hawaii," at the Carroll Round Economics Conference at Georgetown University
• Joongsan Hwang's Job Market Paper "Veto Bargaining with Incomplete Information and Risk Preference: An Analysis of Brinkmanship" submitted to Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy and received a revise and resubmit

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