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In the News
- Robert M. Townsend ('75) an expert in the ways financial systems and practices can contribute to the growth of developing economies, has been named winner of the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize in economics for 2011.
- Congratulations to Thomas Holmes who has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society.
- Kook-Shin Ahn ('82) has been appointed to serve as the 13th president of Chung-Ang University in Korea.
- Jun-Young Kim ('84) has been appointed to serve as the 19th president of Sungkyunkwan University.
- Rebecca Blank, who received her undergrad degree at Minnesota, is featured on the University's web page. The article, "Tracking The Economy," can be read here (.pdf.).
- Hugo Sonnenschein (Faculty Member 1964-1970) and Andreu Mas-Colell (Ph.D. '72) share the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Managemnt for extending the reach and applicability of general equilibrium analysis and for establishing the modern theory of aggregate demand. According to the jury's citation, their work has helped achieve better models for the overall behavior of the economy, and particularly to interpret and empirically measure consumer behavior. Read the full article here (.pdf.).
- Ed Prescott and Bob Lucas addressed Tim Kehoe's Fall 2009 "Current Economic Issues: Financial Crises and Depressions" course. Read about it here (.pdf.).
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