Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Notre Dame.

Hot off the presses in the December edition of the Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social, "Migration, Specialization, and Trade: Evidence from Brazil’s March to the West" from our own Heitor Pellegrina, coauthored with Sebastian Sotelo. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

We had a great time on Saturday at our annual Christmas party with faculty, staff, graduate students, and significant others. Photos below:

We have completed a semi-regular update of our "Featured Faculty Publications" wall, featuring recent publications from Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and grad student Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social, Chris Cronin, Enrique Seira, and Cesar Sosa-Padilla.

Our colleague Davin Raiha's paper, "House Search Traffic: Does it Matter?" (joint with Kim and Seo), was just published in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. Check it out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Some of our graduate students at the Graduate Student Government Jingle Bell Ball.

While some of our younger colleagues are out in California running a marathon, Eric Sims and Jim Sullivan just represented the department in the Saint Nick Six 6K run back home in South Bend.

Good luck to our colleagues Vicky Barone, Patrick Turner, and Lauren Schechter, all of whom are running the California International Marathon in Sacramento this weekend.

Please consider submitting your research papers here! We have an excellent real estate institute (Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate) with several scholars across fields working on urban, housing, and real estate. realestate.nd.edu

The department is decorated for Christmas

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We are very excited about the launch of the Strengthening Families Research Initiative, led by our colleague Melissa Kearney . Read all about it here @artslettersnd.bsky.social news.nd.edu/news/notre-d...

Ahead of print at the Journal of Political Economy (JPE), "Migration, Specialization, and Trade: Evidence from Brazil’s March to the West" from our colleague Heitor Pellegrina (joint with Sebastian Sotelo). Have a look: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Tailgating

Several of our colleagues celebrating Chris Cronin’s birthday.

Grace Ortuzar studies topics in public, urban, and health. Her JMP is "Is There a 'Scarlet E'? The Effects of Public Eviction Records on Low-Income Households." She has another publication and received an @nber.org graduate fellowship. Learn more: www.graceortuzar.com

Dario Cardamone is a macroeconomist interested in monetary and fiscal policy. His JMP is "The Macroeconomic Effects of Sovereign Risk: New Evidence from U.S. Debt Ceiling Episodes." In addition, he has a publication, an R&R, and two other working papers. www.dariocardamone.com

Alex Houtz is a macroeconomist. His JMP is "How Government Debt Shocks Impact the Economy." He has another completed working paper that is R&R. He has extensive teaching experience and a great set of codes posted on his website. Learn more! ahoutz.github.io/index.html

Samson M'Bouke studies macro and international economics, with a particular focus on emerging and developing economies. His JMP is "The Importance of Commodity-Price Shocks." He has teaching experience in Statistics and Econometrics. Learn more: samsonmboueke.com

Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social is an applied microeconomist with interests in demography, health, history, and labor. Her JMP is "After the Cut: Cesarean Delivery and Subsequent Fertility." She also has a publication in Explorations in Economic History. sites.google.com/view/haleywi...

Anqi Chen is a post-doc with the Center for Insurance Policy and Research, having received her PhD from @nd_econ last spring. She is on the market, with JMP "Medicare's Home Health Benefits and Elderly Living Arrangements." Learn more: ac106.github.io/job_market/

Ge Sun is on the market and works on issues at the intersection of macro, development, and labor. Her JMP is "Expected Fertility, Labor Market Contracts, and the Gender Wage Gap." She has served as a TA for both Statistics and Econometrics. sybil-sun.github.io

Chris Monjaras studies topics in public, labor, and education. His JMP is "Credit Crunch in the Classroom: School District Financing Under Liquidity Constraints." He has taught Principles of Micro as a lead instructor. Learn more: cmonjaras.github.io

Victoria Consolvo's JMP studies the response of household shopping behavior to the recent inflationary period. She also has a working paper on the Fed and average inflation targeting. She has taught Intro to Linear Regression and Statistics. victoriaconsolvo.com/home

Andres Perez Corsini graduated from @ndecon.bsky.social last year and is currently a post-doc at USC. His JMP is "The Competitive Effects of Imports." He has extensive teaching experience, including sole instructor in Principles of Micro and Macro. Check him out: sites.google.com/view/andresp...

Soo Kim is one of our graduate students on the market this year. His job market paper is titled "Structural Transformation and the Role of Financial Frictions." He has taught undergraduate Statistics and served as TA for our PhD micro sequence. Learn more: sookim-econ.github.io

Three of our current students and one of our alums today at the APPAM 2025 conference (from left to right, Chris Monjaras, Virna Vidal Menezes, alum Brianna Felegi, and Emily Davis).

Check out our colleague Melissa Kearney on Kara Miller's new podcast, "It Turns Out," discussing how marriage has become a luxury good. www.youtube.com/@ItTurnsOutp...

Last week, our department chair, Eric Sims, was awarded a University named chair. We had a surprise celebration with our dean, faculty, graduate students, and staff. Here are some pictures.

New working paper from our colleague Cesar Sosa-Padilla, "The Perils of Bilateral Sovereign Debt," (with Francisco Roldan). IMF working paper. Check it out: www.imf.org/en/publicati...

We are delighted to introduce our job market candidates for the 2025–26 academic year. You can learn more about them on our website: economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu... For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).

Former @ndecon.bsky.social major (Class of 2011) Steve Botsford is running for US Senate in the state of Illinois. Check out his campaign website: www.botsfordforillinois.com

New paper from our colleagues Melissa Kearney and Jim Sullivan, "Beyond the Myths: A Clearer Path to Poverty Alleviation in America." @aspenecon.bsky.social. Check it out: www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/...

New @voxdev.bsky.social article from our colleague Heitor Pellegrina (along with Sebastian Sotelo). “Migration, knowledge, and comparative advantage: How Brazil’s March to the West Transformed Long-Term Trade Patterns.” Check it out: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...

Heitor Pellegrina's working paper, “Public R&D Meets Economic Development: Embrapa and Brazil’s Agricultural Revolution,” is highlighted in the November NBER Digest @nber.org. Check it out: www.nber.org/sites/defaul...

Great new paper from our former PhD student Beth Munnich forthcoming in the American Economic Review. Check it out!

Our grad students are in the Halloween spirit @ndecon.bsky.social

Congratulations to the members of our Fed Challenge team. Based on video submissions from teams in the region, they were just selected as one of three semifinalists in the Chicago Fed district @chicagofed.bsky.social. fedandfiscalchallengend.weebly.com

Out in the most recent edition of American Economic Journal: Economic Policy @aeajournals.bsky.social, "Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients," from our colleague Bill Evans (along with Daysal, Pedersen, and Trandafir). www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

We have completed another semi-regular update of our featured faculty publications wall in the department. This go-round, we are highlighting publications from Taryn Dinkelman @taryndinkelman.bsky.social; Lakshmi Iyer + grad student @colesonweir.bsky.social; @cmatthes.bsky.social; and Davin Raiha.

Melissa Kearney was on @npr.org not once but twice yesterday! Go here for a longer conversation with Melissa on the "Here and Now": www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Our colleague Melissa Kearney was featured on @npr.org yesterday to discuss the economic implications of fertility declines. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

Our colleague Jeff Campbell was recently interviewed by "Cheddar's Big Business This Week" about the current government shutdown. bbtw.cheddar.com/p/how-will-t...

Our dedicated staff have decorated the department for Halloween

ReStud Tour @reveconstudies.bsky.social

Our colleague Kasey Buckles is quoted extensively in this Newsweek article @newsweek.com @kaseybuckles.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/white-house-....

We are very excited to be hosting the Review of Economic Studies @reveconstudies.bsky.social North American Tour this coming Monday (October 20). Agenda below! restud-na-tours.netlify.app

Last week, we had a great panel discussion for our Women in Economics Club featuring our colleague Kasey Buckles, @kaseybuckles.bsky.social, and our former colleague Abigail Wozniak of the @oiginstitute.bsky.social. See below for some photos:

Our colleague Jim Sullivan, director of LEO, offered some commentary on Pope Leo's recent apostolic exhortation, Delexi Ti. Sullivan said: "the care of the poor is not peripheral to the Church, but central to her life.” news.nd.edu/news/jim-sul...