UT-Austin Economics

@UTAustinEcon

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Austin, TX

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UT-Austin Economics
@UTAustinEcon
Apr 8, 2025
UT Austin jumps to #21 in the latest US News rankings of Economics programs. 🤘
The Best Economics Programs in America, Ranked
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UT-Austin Economics
@UTAustinEcon
Feb 18
Congratulations to Hassan Afrouzi (PhD 2017) on being selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Economics.
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2026 Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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UT-Austin Economics
@UTAustinEcon
Dec 10, 2025
Congratulations to Wayne Geerling, who received the 2025 Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award during the November 23, 2025 during the recent Annual SEA Meeting in Tampa, FL. It's the second time in 5 years that a department instructor has won! 🤘🏆
UT-Austin Economics
@UTAustinEcon
Dec 1, 2025
A study co-authored by PhD student Francisco Pardo Pajuelo has been published in @JPubEcon. A long-term randomized evaluation of Peru's One Laptop Per Child program finds no significant effects on educ attainment and low utilization of computers in class. bit.ly/4it8MTX
UT-Austin Economics
@UTAustinEcon
Oct 27, 2025
A new textbook by Professor Jason Abrevaya (Probability and Statistics for Economics & Business) is forthcoming from @mitpress. Publication on November 25, 2025. Companion website probstats4econ.com. The manuscript for the book has already been used by 2,000+ UT Econ majors!