UT-Austin Economics

@UTAustinEcon

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Austin, TX liberalarts.utexas.edu/economics Joined May 2019

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UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon Apr 8, 2025

UT Austin jumps to #21 in the latest US News rankings of Economics programs. 🤘
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www.usnews.com The Best Economics Programs in America, Ranked Explore the best graduate programs in America for studying Economics.

UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon Feb 18

Congratulations to Hassan Afrouzi (PhD 2017) on being selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Economics.
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sloan.org 2026 Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.

UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon Dec 10, 2025

Congratulations to Wayne Geerling, who received the 2025 Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award during the November 23, 2025 during the recent Annual SEA Meeting in Tampa, FL. It's the second time in 5 years that a department instructor has won! 🤘🏆

UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon Dec 1, 2025

A study co-authored by PhD student Francisco Pardo Pajuelo has been published in @JPubEcon. A long-term randomized evaluation of Peru's One Laptop Per Child program finds no significant effects on educ attainment and low utilization of computers in class.
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UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon Oct 27, 2025

A new textbook by Professor Jason Abrevaya (Probability and Statistics for Economics & Business) is forthcoming from @mitpress. Publication on November 25, 2025. Companion website probstats4econ.com. The manuscript for the book has already been used by 2,000+ UT Econ majors!