Department of Economics

Welcome!

Welcome to the Department of Economics. We are part of the College of Arts and Science on the flagship campus of the University of Missouri. Our faculty conduct research that impacts both scholarly thought and policy at the international, national, and state levels.

Many faculty members serve in editorial capacities for academic journals, receive external research funding, and consult for businesses and governments. The Economic and Policy Analysis Research Center (EPARC) provides research support to the business community; local, state, and federal government agencies; and the University of Missouri system.

The department delivers instruction to a broad cross-section of the campus, including students in journalism, business, public affairs, and agricultural economics. Our undergraduate programs offer degrees in both the College of Arts and Science and the College of Business.

At the graduate level, we offer M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics as well as joint M.A. degrees with mathematics, statistics, and joint M.A. and J.D. degrees. Our students have gone on to successful careers in government, private industry, and academia. Many have achieved national and international prominence.

Please take a moment to learn more by exploring our web site.

David Mandy
Professor and Chair

Seminars/News Briefs

UPCOMING SEMINARS
February 19, Christopher Otrok (News Shocks and the Slope of the Term Structure of Interest Rates)

March 5, Rick Harbaugh (TBA)

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The Deparment of Economics has one non-tenure track Academic Position open.

On Dec. 19, President Obama nominated MU alumnus Kevin Wolf (B.S. '88) for the position of assistant secretary for export administration in the Department of Commerce.

Michael Podgursky, professor of economics, along with researchers from five universities in Kansas and Missouri, is working with school districts in the Kansas City area to create an education research laboratory

The Deparment of Economics has two Faculty Positions open. The Sam B. Cook Chair in Economics, a fully endowed chair in macroeconomics and one tenure-track position at the assistant professor level.

In Memoriam Beryl W. Sprinkel, BS, BA ’47, a high-ranking economic adviser in the Reagan administration, died Aug. 22 in Beecher, Ill. He was 85.

Economics Department to Host Annual Undergraduate Open House, Wednesday, September 16th – Thursday, September 17th, 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m

Michael Podgursky, professor in the Department of Economics; Shawn Ni, Middlebush Professor of Economics; and Cory Koedel, assistant professor, have secured two additional grants

In Memoriam, Dr. Timothy O’Neal Smith, Economics Department Graduate (MA in Economics, 1997, PhD in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, 1999).

A recent article of Education Week in which MU professor, Dr. Cory Koedel, defends the methods for measuring the competency of schools and teachers but suggests some modifications.    

The Missouri P-20 Center for Education Policy Research hosted a conference recently to discuss data tracking of students from preschool through college. The conference, the first of its kind in the state, was attended by about 100 legislators, researchers, and educators. 

Michael Podgursky, professor in the Department of Economics, was mentioned this week in the publication, Education Week.

Anthony Dubis, a sophomore majoring in economics has been selected to participate in the Undergraduate Research Mentor (URM) Program

MU Economics Professor, Michael Podgursky Quoted in The New York Times about the possibility of a teacher shortage

Economic Students Awarded Scholarships during Arts & Science Week

 

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