Department of Economics and Related Studies
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Graduate with the skills to succeed in your career and make a positive impact on society.
We offer a wide range of courses from pure economics to combined courses including econometrics, finance, mathematics, history, philosophy and politics.
Our research
We tackle issues that matter on a local and global scale.
Our innovative research spans nearly all areas of economics. We aim to advance our understanding of how market economies operate and develop pioneering solutions for economic and social issues.
As one of the largest economics departments in the UK, we offer diverse, high-quality research and teaching expertise, which complements the vibrant, international perspective of our student community. We aim to challenge and excite our students about economics-a core social science discipline that demands intellectual rigour but in return offers important practical insights into the real world.
Professor Michael Thornton, Head of Department
Notable international alumni
Include former President of Portugal, Professor Anibal Cavaco Silva, former Prime Minister of South Korea, Han Seung-Soo and Professor Daron Acemoglu who was awarded the Erwin Plein Nemmers prize.
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"Does real-time macroeconomic information help to predict interest rates?" - Caruso, A. & Coroneo, L. available in the E:Pub - Journal of Money Credit and Banking onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jm…
"Canonical correlation-based model selection for the multilevel factors"- Choi, I. Lin, R. Shin, Y. out now in the Journal of Econometrics - sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Delighted to welcome Matias Cattaneo to the department today, delivering a talk based on two of his papers, 1pm in A/D/271 - find out more here 👉york.ac.uk/economics/abou…
Today we welcome Hideshi Ito for our Thursday Workshop, presenting "Delegation and Decision Process in Organizations" 1pm in A/EC/202
york.ac.uk/economics/abou…