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November 14, 2024

Greater New York Metropolitan Area Econometrics Colloquium

The 17th Greater New York Metropolitan Area Econometrics Colloquium will be held Friday, November 22, 2024 at the University of Rochester

May 10, 2024

Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Public Policy Conference

The Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference on Public Policy is soliciting papers for a conference on "The Consequences of AI Use on Society and Policy" to be held May 2-3, 2025 at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Rochester’s economics PhD program—in existence since the 1950s—was created in part by Lionel McKenzie, one of the leading economists of the time.

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The Economist: Rochester research points to trade war lessons from Reagan era

A new paper by economics professor George Alessandria and co-authors suggests the way Chinese exporters responded to President Ronald Reagan may inform future trade policy.

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