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Vidart

Professor Vidart Appointed NBER Research Fellow

Posted on May 6, 2026 by McConnel, Mark

Professor Daniela Vidart has been named a Faculty Research Fellow in the Development of the American Economy Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

https://www.nber.org/people/daniela_vidart

The Development of the American Economy Program “explores the sources of long-run growth and fluctuations in the US economy. It considers the contributions of human and physical capital, as well as the role of public policy.”

Professor Vidart’s research bridges macroeconomics and economic history to study human capital accumulation and its impacts on labor market outcomes and economic growth.

2024 UConn Leafy LAEF Conference

Posted on March 7, 2024April 9, 2026 by McConnel, Mark

The Department of Economics is hosting the UConn Leafy LAEF Macro Conference in Storrs, CT, on October 25-26, 2024, jointly with the Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance (LAEF) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

LAEF was established in July 2005 to address important questions on growth and fluctuations in national, or aggregate, economies. It is directed by Professor Finn Kydland, Nobel Laureate (2004), Jeffrey Henley Professor of Economics at UCSB.

The conference will feature approximately 9 to 10 papers. Submissions from all areas of macroeconomics and adjacent fields are welcome. We hope you will find this conference of interest and will submit your work. The submission deadline is April 30, 2024.

You can find the call for paper and the submission portal here.