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Economics Department ranked top in Nation (US News)

MIT ranked as top graduate school for Economics in the US News and World Report on the best graduate schools in the nation.
Paul Joskow wins the 2009 USAEE Award

Paul Joskow has been presented with the 2009 USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award, by the United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE), for unique and innovating contributions to the field of energy economics.
Brandon Lehr awarded the James A. and Ruth Levitan Award

The first annual James A. and Ruth Levitan Award for Excellence in teaching has been awarded to Ph.D. student in Economics Brandon Lehr.
Esther Duflo wins the Calvó-Armengol International Prize

The Calvó-Armengol International Prize, promoted by the Barcelona GSE, the Government of Andorra, and the Crèdit Andorrà Bank Foundation, has been awarded to Professor Esther Duflo.
Headlines Archive
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Jonathan Gruber in Will Obama Tax Employer-Provided Health Benefits? (Time.com)
Josh Angrist in So Long and Thanks for All the F-Tests (Freakonomics|NYTimes)
David Autor on In the New Job Market, Who Wins? (CBSNews.com)
Nancy L. Rose on At Chicken Plant, a Recession Battle (WSJ.com)
Jonathan Gruber on The Unhealthy Accounting of Uninsured Americans (WSJ.com)
Jonathan Gruber on Promises, Promises: Obama's Health Plan Guarantee (The Assoicated Press)
Abhijit Banerjee on In India, a Mandate and a Test (CSMonitor.com)


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