Professor Klaus Desmet’s groundbreaking work on carbon taxes garners international attention

Dr. Desmet, along with coauthors Bruno Conte and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, discuss how a unilateral carbon tax introduced by the United States or the European Union may be a boon for the world, even in the short run. This Vox EU column goes into more discussion.

PhD Alumnus, Punarjit Roychowdhury, receives Prof. M.J. Manohar Award

Former PhD student, Punarjit Roychowdhury, has been awarded the prestigious Prof. M.J. Manohar Rao Award 2021! The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) – the oldest and largest body of professional quantitative economists and econometricians with more than 2000 members from all over India and abroad – gives this award once a year to an Indian economist under the age of 35 years who has made outstanding contributions to quantitative economics while working in India.