Economics

Upcoming 

2025–26 Seminar Series

Friday, March 27, 2026: Tim Armstrong, University of Southern California, "Asymptotic Efficiency Bounds for a Class of Experimental Designs" UPDATE: This seminar will be held in room 205 of the Economics building (ECON 205). 

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

The last day for Spring classes is Friday, April 24. The university commencement ceremony and the Economics ceremony will both be held on Saturday, May 2. 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.

Economics Spring 2026 Commencement Ceremony

Saturday, May 2, 2026 • Doors Open at 4 p.m. • Ceremony at 4:30 p.m. • Rec Center (REC) • Upper Gymnasium

A reception will follow the ceremony. The commencement address will be given by David Hummels, Distinguished Professor of Economics PurDue University, CU Boulder, Economics and Political Science 1990.

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. 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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