Economics

Economics is an exciting field of study, forever changing and adapting to the modern world while retaining scientific objectivity. The School of Economics, UNSW Australia Business School is a leader in research and teaching in most areas of economics.

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PhD Candidates on Job Market: 2017-2018

School announcements

Economics at UNSW has ranked 4th in Australia, in ShanghaiRankings Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018. The ranking places us within the top 75 worldwide. 8 other UNSW subjects ranked within the top 10 within Australia. Read More...

31st PhD Conference in Economics and Business

Wednesday 31 October 2018 - Friday 2 November 2018
Chemical Sciences Building F10, (Rooms M18, M10, and M11)

For more information please email Sue Hickey, sue.hickey@unsw.edu.au

2018 UNSW-Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Undergraduate/Honours Workshop

The workshop is a jointly sponsored by School of Economics (UNSW) and SKK Business School, South Korea, with students from both institutions to present and discuss current applied and theoretical research.

For more information visit Seminars & Conferences.

PASS leader applications

We need bright, enthusiastic and responsible students to run PASS groups in the Quant courses ECON1202 , ECON1203, ECON2206 and similar postgraduate courses and in the Economics courses ECON1101 and ECON1102 in 2018.

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2017 PhD Awards

John McMillan Prize for the Best Paper in Economics by a PhD Student: Johannes Hoelzemann, for his paper Bandits in the Lab, with Nicolas Klein (U de Montréal).

The 2017 Best PhD Presentation Award: Asha Gul, for her presentation Women Favor Women: Evidence from Local Community Organizations in Rural Pakistan, in the Empirical Micro Workshop.

Seminars

There are no upcoming seminars at this time for the requested criteria.

People

Our academics and staff at the School of Economics are highly qualified with a broad range of skills, expertise and interests.

Research

The School of Economics always ranks in the top 3 positions in Australia within a variety of research performance criteria.

Student support

We provide various resources to current students to help enhance their learning experience

News

More reform needed for superannuation insurance

Senior Lecturer Gordon Mackenzie says the Banking Royal Commission has made it clear that superannuation insurance needs reform.

UNSW team launching the 'Spotify of the fintech world'

Investors daunted by the stockmarket will soon be able to choose investment options in the same way as songlists.

New powers to embed enforcement staff in banks welcomed

Enforcement staff from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) could be embedded in banks by the end of the month and could even start in the CEO’s office.