Department of Economics at Temple University

The Economics Department will host the 8th Annual Economics Nobel Lecture honoring the winners of the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. The event is co-sponsored by the Temple University chapter of the International Honors Society Omicron Delta Epsilon, and the student organizations Women in Economics and Temple Economics Society.

This year’s lecture will be presented by Economics Department faculty member Dr. Jack Liang, on Friday, October 31, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM, in Mazur Hall, Room 14. Everyone is welcome.

This week's teach-in will be this Friday, September 26, at 3:00pm in Gladfelter Hall 914:
Economics professor Christopher M. Swann will be giving a talk on “Trump, the Treasury, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics”

Dr. Olga Timoshenko from our department will present her paper, "Learning and Inventory Dynamics", at the 26th Annual European Trade Study Group Conference, the largest annual trade conference in the world. See link for more details. https://etsg.org/conferences/etsg-2025-milan/

Congratulations to 2025 cohort of inductees of Omicron Delta Epsilon, one of the largest academic honor societies in the world. The inductees are Gracee Clark, Grace Conuel, Zachary J. Creel, Riria Kamamura, Alexander Kitsmarishvili, Radhey S. Patel, and Teshima Ryuichi. They received their graduation chords from Madeline Ruder and Cecilia Schleinitz at the induction ceremony.

Our chapter, Pennsylvania Theta, has been a long standing tradition, thanks to our faculty advisor, Dr. Dimitrios Diamantaras.

The Econ department hosted our Annual End of Year Luncheon. The Who's Who of the Economics Department was there. Here's a recap of our annual get together.

Members of Temple Economics Society and our very own Prof. Chris Swann attended the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.. The annual conference provides students with an opportunity to learn from and network with industry leaders. This year, students gained insights on timely and pressing matters of global economy, AI, monetary policy, and sustainable growth.

We are glad to see Temple Economics represented every year at this conference. Kudos to TES and Prof. Swann for making this an annual tradition.

New research by our Shreyasee Das and co-author Shatanjaya Dasgupta on how the 2001 Gujarat earthquake impacted marriage patterns in affected regions. The earthquake led to a decrease in marriage age for both men and women, particularly in severely affected districts. The study also found that women in affected areas were less likely to marry into economically advantaged households following the disaster. Evidence indicates that families in affected regions may have opted for earlier marriages to reduce dowry expenses, highlighting the inpact of economic shocks on social and economic decisions. This research contributes to understanding how natural disasters can affect long-term demographic changes through social institutions like marriage, and has important implications for disaster response planning and social policy in regions vulnerable to natural disasters.

Marriage Market Responses in the Wake of a Natural Disaster in India - Shreyasee Das, Shatanjaya Dasgupta, 2025 This article examines the impact of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake on age at marriage and other marital matching outcomes. Using the 2004–2005 wave of the India Hu...

Hot off the press: Our very own Viviane Sanfelice and her co-author Umair Khalil, have published a new paper titled, "Housing Improvement and Crime" in the Journal of Public Economics. Their work examines Chicago’s Micro Market Recovery Program (MMRP), designed to enhance private housing stock in distressed neighborhoods. The program led to an increase in housing renovations and occupancy and decreased foreclosures in treated areas. These areas experienced substantial declines in burglaries and robberies. Additionally, neighborhoods with more housing renovations experienced the largest reductions in property crimes. Areas adjacent to these neighborhoods observed similar but smaller crime reductions. The authors do not find any evidence that these reductions were due to gentrification or resident displacement.

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Information about our upcoming research seminar on Friday.

Here's information about our upcoming research seminar on Friday.

On Friday, October 25th, Dr. Dimitrios Diamantaras will be delivering the 7th Annual Economics Nobel Lecture honoring the work of the recent awardees: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson.