Welcome to the Department of Economics
The Department of Economics at the University of Connecticut is the home to 33 faculty members, nearly 1100 undergraduate majors and approximately 60 graduate students. We are proud of the success of our students after graduation. Many of our undergraduate majors have gone on to careers in insurance, banking and government both at the state and federal level. Our Masters graduates have continued in the Ph.D. program or distinguished themselves in business and government positions. Numerous colleges and universities in the region and around the world are staffed with faculty members who received their doctorate degree from the Department.
The department prides itself on the diversity of interests and fields of its faculty. All of the faculty are actively involved in research and publication activities, and are active in international, national, and regional professional societies. Faculty members have also served in positions with the national and state governments, and international institutions.
The department also welcomes private support, which helps us reward top scholarly effort and to competitively recruit students and faculty. For more information on donating to departmental efforts, click the "Giving" link above.
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Department News
- Professor Kenneth Couch featured on “Where We Live”Professor Kenneth Couch is a featured guest on a recent Connecticut Public episode of “Where We Live”: Social Security is one of the most widely-used government programs in the country, but how much does the average American know about how it works? From eligibility and benefit amounts to how the trust fund is structured, […]
- Professor Sung Hoon Choi to be Published in the Journal of Business & Economic StatisticsProfessor Sung Hoon Choi’s recent article, “Matrix-based Prediction Approach for Intraday Instantaneous Volatility Vector”, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, one of the leading scholarly journals in econometrics. Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a novel method for predicting intraday instantaneous volatility based on Itô semimartingale models using […]
- Professor Coşgel in UConn Today: Reimagining Writing Courses in the Age of AIProfessor Metin Coşgel is featured in the most recent UConn Today: Economist Reimagines Writing Courses in the Age of AI Professor Metin Coşgel is piloting a new AI-integrated writing curriculum in economics, one of UConn’s largest majors, with the potential to shape how writing is taught across disciplines. As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes classrooms and […]