About the Department of Economics

Welcome to the Department of Economics of the University at Albany, State University of New York. Our Department has a strong* faculty engaged in a wide range of applied and theoretical research. Our strengths include econometrics, macroeconomics, microeconomic theory, labor economics and public economics.

We offer programs leading to the B.A., B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Our graduates obtain positions throughout the world in academia, business, government and other agencies and organizations.

We invite you to browse the links on these pages to become acquainted with our people, programs and activities. Please feel free to contact us using the address on the right side of every page.

*In a recent ranking of U.S. economics departments (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 1998), UAlbany placed twenty fourth among public universities and forty fourth overall on the basis of per capita pages published in top economics journals.

News & Events
Edward F. Renshaw: 1933 - 2010 Professor Emeritus Edward F. Renshaw, who taught in the Economics Department for over 30 years, died on January 14, 2010. A remembrance can be found on the university website.  To send a message of condolence, click here.	Kajal Lahiri and Pinka Chatterji Awarded $1.1 million from NIH As part of the successful NIH Center grant for UAlbany's Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities, Professors Kajal Lahiri and Pinka Chatterji, along with UAlbany Ph.D. Zulkarnain Pulungan, received $1.1 million to examine health differences among racial and ethnic groups in small cities and towns.	John Jones Awarded MRRC Grant Professor John Bailey Jones was recently awarded a grant from the Michigan Retirement Research Center (MRRC) to study how medical expenses and bequest motives affect the saving of elderly singles.
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