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Professor John Solow speaking with a student
Integrity

Explore the Possibilities

Students receive individualized attention from faculty and instructors. Seeking assistance from an instructor is a great way to gain insight and a greater understanding of challenging
topics you're studying.

Professor John Solow speaking with a student
Integrity

Explore the Possibilities

Students receive individualized attention from faculty and instructors. Seeking assistance from an instructor is a great way to gain insight and a greater understanding of challenging
topics you're studying.

Continued Excellence
Innovation

Continued Excellence

At Tippie, we continue a long tradition as one of the country's leading economics departments. Our economics program combines a very active and productive research environment with the feel of a small program.

Continued Excellence
Innovation

Continued Excellence

At Tippie, we continue a long tradition as one of the country's leading economics departments. Our economics program combines a very active and productive research environment with the feel of a small program.

Ph.D. students in the Pomerantz Business Library
Impact

The Advantages

Our Ph.D. program is relatively small and delivers all the advantages you'd expect of a small program. Doctoral candidates can expect a low student-faculty ratio. They can expect to be encouraged and challenged by faculty members who are committed to student training and placement.

Ph.D. students in the Pomerantz Business Library
Impact

The Advantages

Our Ph.D. program is relatively small and delivers all the advantages you'd expect of a small program. Doctoral candidates can expect a low student-faculty ratio. They can expect to be encouraged and challenged by faculty members who are committed to student training and placement.

Apply Now

Apply Now

How to apply to the undergraduate or Ph.D. program in economics.

Job Market Candidates

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce the Job Market Candidates for 2011-12

Forecast Summary

Institute for Economic Research

Forecasts Iowa economic conditions and tax revenues

IEM

Iowa Electronic Markets

The IEM is more accurate than polls in predicting the outcome of elections.

The Impact Zone

Bethany Patten

International travel helped her realize that economics is present everywhere. Read more...

The Impact Zone

Economics

The Department of Economics provides both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Economics students and faculty are exposed to diverse departments in the Tippie College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and benefit by working with faculty members in both colleges. Our conferences and seminars feature outstanding speakers from academic as well as non-academic institutions. We invite you to explore our department further.

Economics Faculty Recruiting 2011-2012

Applications are invited for tenured, tenure track, and non-tenure track faculty positions beginning August 2012.

Department News

Anson HoAnson Tai Yat Ho (Ph.D. 2011)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Kansas State University

Brent HickmanBrent Hickman (Ph.D. 2010)
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Chicago

Piyusha MutrejaPiyusha Mutreja (Ph.D. 2010)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Syracuse University.

Latchezar PopovLatchezar Popov (Ph.D. 2009)
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Virginia

Michael WaughMichael Waugh (Ph.D. 2008) is
Assistant Professor of Economics at
Stern School of Business
New York University

Andriy NoretsAndriy Norets (Ph.D. 2007)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Princeton University

Laura NassEconomics major Laura Nass was awarded the 2010 Hancher-Finkbine medallion, The University of Iowa's top undergraduate honor. She will be joining the master's program in NGOs and Development in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rachel NathansonIowa economics major Rachel Nathanson was named a 2009 Truman Scholar.