Economics Department Information | Columbia

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Upcoming Prize Deadlines

Sanford S. Parker Prize • The Parker prize is a cash prize that is awarded to a graduating CC student who majored, joint majored or concentrated in economics that is planning on attending graduate school in economics. Any student that intends to pursue a Ph.D. in...

Fall 2018 TBA Courses

Most of the courses for Fall 2018 have been scheduled. By Monday, April 16, the schedule for these courses should be reflected in the DOC. Below are the instructor names and schedules for most of the TBA classes in the DOC: UN2029 Fed Challenge...

Departmental Prizes

The department of economics annually awards 3 undergraduate prizes to senior majors (CC and GS) and 5 summer research prizes to CC underclassman. Brief descriptions and eligibility information for each prize is given below. Sanford S. Parker Prize • The Parker prize...

Fed Challenge Info Session

The College Fed Challenge is an economics competition sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in partnership with the Eastern Economic Association. Five-member teams from colleges and universities in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York district make 20...

Celss Lab Consultant (Applications for this position are now closed)

The Columbia Experimental Lab for Social Sciences (Celss) is looking for a sophomore or junior with experience in programming and interest in experimental economics. After training, the student will act as consultant to lab users on running experiments and surveys...

Honors Thesis Information Session (Postponed due to weather – it will be rescheduled)

Students interested in writing a senior thesis in economics in the academic year 2018-19 must attend the upcoming information session on March 21 (details below including a link to RSVP). Prof Elmes will be on hand to present general information regarding the honors...