Welcome, new Mustangs! 🐎 In the Fall semester of 2025, a new cohort of students will be starting their Ph.D. training at the SMU Economics Department. Here, you can learn a little bit about these young scholars from around the globe: www.smu.edu/dedman/acade...

🥳Another PhDone!🧠 Today, we celebrate Dr. William Cunningham on his dissertation defense on 7/2, titled "Essays in Applied Microeconomics." William will remain in the DFW area as a Senior Analyst for Model Development at Santander! Congratulations, William!💙

🥳PhDone!🥂 We are proud to announce the dissertation defense of Dr. Shuo Qi ‪@shuoqi.bsky.social‬, titled "Essays on Econometric Analysis of Network Data." She will join William & Mary Global Research Institute ‪@global-wm.bsky.social‬ as a Postdoc Fellow in the fall. Congratulations Shuo!💙

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT📰 On the latest number of the J. of Econ. Perspectives @‪aeajournals.bsky.social‬, our own @dlmillimet.bsky.social published an insightful paper about Yair Mundlak's (1927–2015) contribution to econometrics. Congrats to Dan and Marc Bellemare! www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

🐎@SMU GIVING DAY - ECONOMICS✌️ The economics department runs the largest major at Dedman College and actively produces high-quality research in many fields. This year, you can directly donate to the Economics Department in SMU's Giving Day campaign! givingday.smu.edu/campaigns/de...

🐎@SMU GIVING DAY - ECONOMICS✌️ The economics department runs the largest major at Dedman College and actively produces high-quality research in many fields. This year, you can directly donate to the Economics Department in SMU's Giving Day campaign! givingday.smu.edu/campaigns/de...

🐎SMU GIVING DAY IS TODAY✌️ ... and you can directly support the Economics Department. Every gift, big or small, makes a difference and supports us in our educational and research endeavors. Please consider donating to our department here: givingday.smu.edu/pages/dedman...

🚨DEADLINE TODAY🤠 Send your applications, y'all!

It was great to see so many familiar faces doing great research! Thanks to everybody who presented and attended!

🐎PhD APPLICATION DEADLINE👩‍🏫 Time is running out to apply to the economics PhD program at SMU! Join an exciting and international group of students in Dallas, one of the most dynamic cities in the US. Apply until January 15! www.smu.edu/dedman/acade...

🚨DEPARTMENT NEWS📰 What a way to end the year... Our PhD student Fangzhou Sha was awarded an Outstanding Graduate Student Instruction Award at SMU! Congratulations, Fangzhou! We're so proud of this well-deserved achievement! 🥳😍 blog.smu.edu/economics/20...

🚨FACULTY JOB 👩‍🏫 SMU is hiring a senior faculty for the Scurlock Endowed Chair of of #Ethics and #AI. Economists are encouraged to apply! More info and application: apply.interfolio.com/159481 #econtwitter #Philosophy

🥰DEPARTMENT NEWS👩‍🏫 We proudly announce that our colleague Mea Ahlberg has been nominated for the 2025 HOPE Award at SMU. HOPE is the highest recognition students can bestow on a faculty member at SMU! Congratulations, Mea! 🥳

🚨SEMINAR MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS🌿 On Friday, 12/6, we will have the pleasure of hosting Sewon Hur, an economist at the. He will present his work on the macroeconomic impacts of climate policy on income inequality. ⏲️12/6, 3 PM 🏦ULEE 303, SMU

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🗞️ We are thrilled to share the publication by our own Alipio Ferreira @alipiof.bsky.social in Scientific Reports. 🌳Using a field experiment in Brazil, the paper finds little advantage of VR relative to 2D messaging to promote conservation attitudes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨CAREER INFO🤠 Econ Students: Goldman Sachs is doing a session for internships in the summer of 2026. Open to sophomores and especially targeted towards business, finance, economics, math, and stats majors. ⏲️Wed 12/4/2024, 6 PM 🏛️Cox School | George's Auditorium, Room 0002

The Southerns are here! Come see or meet up with loads of faculty: Ömer Özak, Rocio Madera, Hao Dong, Prasanthi Ramakrishnan, Tim Salmon, Dan Millimet. Or our PhD students *on the market* : Jun Nie, Shuo Qi, Weihong Li, Hsin-Wei Chang, William Cunningham. And future: Rouzhi Liang, Javier Gonzalez.

🚨IO/ELECTRICITY ECONOMICS SEMINAR💡 On Friday, 11/15, the economics department will host Shaun McRae, professor at ITAM. He will talk about the reliability of electricity supply in the presence of renewable electricity sources. 🪫 🏛️ULEE 303, SMU ⏲️3 PM, 11/15

My former student @smueconomics.bsky.social !! If you are hiring in empirical micro (health, labor, public), check Travis out!

📈📉 #EconSky Reminder! We are hiring in econometrics or applied econometrics (but capable of teaching econometrics at all levels). Applications should be in by Nov 15. Reach out with questions! 🙏

The economics department of Southern Methodist University is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in econometrics. Please share our ad widely with your network, and apply! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph… Come join us in the dynamic DFW metroplex! 🐎

We are excited to announce that Dylan Zlatinski is the recipient of the Economics Department’s Fall 2023 Lovejoy Award.  Congratulations Dylan! #PonyUp

End of semester celebration and adjunct award ceremony. Congrats to Carlos Zarazaga and thank you for all your contributions to the department! Enjoy the winter break, Mustangs!

The dept is pleased host Manuel García-Santana (sites.google.com/view/manugar...) from @WorldBank this Friday. Manuel will present "Understanding the Local Bias in Procurement: Evidence from National and Subnational Governments" in UL 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Join us!

This week (Wednesday) Prof. Saltuk Ozerturk will present his latest research "Credit Attribution and Team Incentives with Spillovers" in our *internal* brown bag series, 12-1 in ULee 303. We're not sure if he did most of the work or his coauthor, but we will after the talk!

The dept is pleased host Xi Yang (xiyangecon.github.io) from @UNTsocial this Friday. Xi will present "More Credit, Fewer Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, House Prices, and Fertility" in UL 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Join us!

This week (Wednesday) Hsin-Wei Chang will present her current research "Kids’ Health and Household Bargaining" in our *internal* brown bag series from 12-1 in ULee 303.

I am excited to announce that I will be joining Yale School of Public Health this April as a Post-Doctoral Associate. I am grateful for all of the support I’ve gotten from @smueconomics.bsky.social and my partner during this search process. #EconSky

This week (Wednesday) we are hosting our first joint *internal* Economics-Finance seminar @SMU. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (www0.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/svan...) will present "The Remote Work Revolution: Implications for Real Estate Values, the Urban Environment and Beyond" 12-1 ULee 243.

The dept is pleased host Hidehiko Ichimura (eller.arizona.edu/people/hideh...) from @uarizona this Friday. Hidehiko will present "Stochastic Compliance and Identification of Local Average Treatment Effects (LATE)" in UL 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Join us!

#EconSky 📉📈 Please reach out if you have questions about any of our openings, or I can tell you how awesome and fun we are!

This week (Wednesday) Ph.D. student, Hang Chen, will present in our *internal* brown bag seminar: "The Plight of the Middle Manager" 12-1 ULee 303.

#EconSky 📉📈 In addition to the *three* TT positions below, we are also hiring *two* non-tenure track lecturers. The ad is now posted online www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.... Economics is among the two most popular majors @SMU and we have teaching needs in all areas! #PonyUp

#EconSky 📉📈 We are holding a virtual information session on Wednesday, November 8, for those interested in applying to our Ph.D. program! Scan the QR code to register. We have done the (real) analysis and the conclusion is: you want to be part of our productive and fun department!

#EconSky 📉📈 We are holding a virtual information session on Wednesday, November 8, for those interested in applying to our Ph.D. program! Scan the QR code to register. We have done the (real) analysis and the conclusion is: you want to be part of our productive and fun department!

REMINDER we have an atypical Monday seminar this afternoon!

💥JOB ALERT💥 A reminder: @smueconomics.bsky.social is hiring 3 TT economists this cycle (macro, micro theory, urban). We also will be advertising a full-time lecturer position in the near future as well. Contact me with any questions! 📈📉 www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

REMINDER of TODAY's seminar ... But also the dept has a special seminar next week on MONDAY as we host Piero Gottardi (sites.google.com/view/pierogo...) from U Essex. Piero will present "Time Trumps Quantity in the Market for Lemons" in UL 303 from 3-4:20. Join us!

The dept is pleased host Zach Bethune (www.zachbethune.com) from @RiceEcon this Friday. Zach will present "Consumer Credit Regulation and Lender Market Power" in UL 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Join us!

This week (Wednesday) Christopher Busch @LMU_Muenchen (chrisbusch.eu) will present in our *internal* brown bag seminar: "Stage-Based Identification of Policy Effects" 12-1 ULee 303.

Congrats to our Dr. Helen Reynolds on her recent recognition on inclusive teaching! Dr. Reynolds is an immense asset to our Mustangs! #PonyUp blog.smu.edu/economics/20...

The dept is pleased host Yang Lu (yanglu.people.ust.hk) from @hkust this Friday. Yang will present "The Signaling Effects of Sovereign Borrowing" in UL 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Join us!

Attention, Mustangs on Blue Sky ... Are you interested in networking and planning your future?! We will have an amazing event on 10/17 with Dr. Pia M. Orrenius, VP & Senior Economist at the FRB of Dallas (www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...). See attached flyers for the information and to register!

The dept is pleased to be hosting @chloeneast.bsky.social (www.chloeneast.com) from @CUDenver this Friday. Chloe will present "The Effects of Means-Tested Transfers on Work: Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned SNAP Caseworkers" in UL 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Join us!

This week (Wednesday) @TravisWhitacre (traviswhitacre.github.io) will present in our *internal* brown bag seminar: "Hidden in Plain Sight: The Prevalence and Impact of ADHD Underdiagnosis" 12-1 ULee303. Travis is on the job market. Come support Travis!

The dept is pleased to be hosting Rob Johnson (sites.google.com/view/robertc...) from @notredame.bsky.social this Friday. Rob will present "Supply Chain Constraints and Inflation" in Umphrey Lee 303 on FRIDAY from 3-4:20. Please join us!

#EconSky 📉📈 Hello! In anticipation of this lasting, we are pleased to be free of the bird, yet still among the skies. We are hiring *three* TT faculty this year! We will be recruiting a new cohort of Ph.D. students this year! Do not hesitate to contact us. #PonyUp www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....