Departmental Information
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Susan Elmes
1006 International Affairs Building
854-9124
se5@columbia.edu
Director of Departmental Honors Program
Dr. Susan Elmes
1006 International Affairs Building
854-9124
se5@columbia.edu
Departmental Office
1022 International Affairs Building (IAB)
854-3680
Department Web Site
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/economics/
Economics Advisers
Please see the department
Web site.
Premedical Concentration Adviser:
Please see the department
Web site.
Economics-Mathematics Adviser
Please see the department
Web site.
Economics–Operations Research Adviser
Please see the department
Web site.
Economics-Philosophy Adviser
Please see the department
Web site.
Economics–Political Science Adviser
Please see the department
Web site.
Economics-Statistics Adviser
Please see the department
Web site.
| Professors
Kyle Bagwell
Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Patrick Bolton (also School of International
and Public Affairs)
André Burgstaller (Barnard)
Alessandra Casella
Yeon-Koo Che
Pierre-André Chiappori
Graciela Chichilnisky
Richard Clarida
Janet Currie (chair)
Donald Davis
Padma Desai
Phoebus J. Dhrymes
Prajit Dutta
Ronald E. Findlay
Glenn Hubbard
W. Bentley McLeod (also School of
International and Public Affairs)
Perry Mehrling (Barnard)
Massimo Morelli (also Political Science)
Robert Mundell
Serena Ng
Brendan O'Flaherty
Edmund S. Phelps
Michael Riordan
Jeffrey Sachs
Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Bernard Salanié
Joseph Stiglitz
Edward Vytlacil
David Weiman (Barnard)
David Weinstein
Michael Woodford
Associate Professors
Alan Dye (Barnard)
Lena Edlund
Sharon Harrison (Barnard)
Rajiv Sethi (Barnard)
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Assistant Professors
Stefania Albanesi
Douglas Almond (also School of
International and Public Affairs)
Massimiliano Amarante
Mariana Colacelli (Barnard)
Katherine Ho
Wojciech Kopczuk (also School of
International and Public Affairs)
Dennis Kristensen
Leigh Linden (also School of International
and Public Affairs)
Kristin Mammen (Barnard)
Lalith Munasinghe (Barnard)
Alexei Onatski
Bruce Preston
Wolfram Schlenker (also School of
International and Public Affairs)
Randall Reback (Barnard)
Sanjay Reddy (Barnard)
Eric Verhoogen (also School of
International and Public Affairs)
Till von Wachter
Lecturers
Susan Elmes
Sunil Gulati
Adjunct Faculty
Seamus O’Cleireacain
Carl Riskin
On Leave
Profs. Almond, Amarante, Chichilnisky,
Mundell, O’Flaherty, Phelps, Pop-Eleches,
Stiglitz, Verhoogen, Weinstein, and
Woodford for the academic year
Prof. Casella for the fall semester
Profs. Davis and Desai for the spring semester |
Economics is the study of the ways in which society allocates its scarce resources among alternative
uses and the consequences of these decisions. The areas of inquiry deal with a varied range of topics
such as international trade, domestic and international financial systems, labor market analysis, and
the study of less developed economies. Broadly speaking, the goal of an economics major is to train
students to think analytically about social issues, and as such provide a solid foundation for not only
further study and careers in economics, but also for careers in law, public service, business, and related
fields.
The Economics Department offers
a general economics major in addition to five interdisciplinary majors structured to suit the interests
and professional goals of a heterogeneous student body. All of these programs have different specific
requirements but share the common structure of core theoretical courses that
provide the foundation for higher-level elective courses culminating in a senior seminar. Students are
urged to carefully look through the details of each of these programs and to contact an appropriate departmental
adviser to discuss their particular interests.
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