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Explore the fundamental economics of our current system and the dynamic tensions that create change.

The Department of Economics at Hopkins is a leader in economic theory and empirical analysis. We train undergraduates for successful careers in the academy, government, nonprofit, and private sectors. The programs we offer through the  Center for Financial Economics are designed to improve your understanding of important economic problems and to provide the tools you’ll need to critically analyze these problems and deal with them in practice.

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The Economic Experience of the BRIC Countries

In 2001, the Chief Economist at Goldman Sachs coined the acronym BRIC to identify the four large emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India and China. We discuss the reasons behind their exceptional growth rates and the challenges they face in their development process.

Game Theory in Social Sciences

Game Theory is the study of multiple person decision problems in which the well-being of a decision maker depends not only on his own actions but also on those of others. These problems arise frequently in economics, political science, business, military science and many other areas. In this course, we learn how to model different social situations as games and how to use solution concepts to understand players’ behavior.

Sex, Drugs and Dynamic Optimization: The Economics of Risky Behavior

We apply the tools of economic analysis to understand behaviors that are enjoyable today but may have negative consequences in the future.

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Prof. Laurence Ball

Professor, Department of Economics

Taming Inflation in the U.S.

Hopkins economist Laurence Ball discusses the Fed’s next move and whether it can achieve the sought-after ‘soft landing.’

Prof. Ying Chen

Associate Professor, Department of Economics

A Game Theory Strategy to Fight Political Gridlock

Associate Professor Ying Chen uses game theory to investigate effective long-term political actions, especially around the environment and sustainability.

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What Economists Really Do

More than just Wall Street types or stock market prognosticators, Hopkins economics faculty and students apply their tools to address the world’s most important issues.

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A Johns Hopkins postdoc, Herbert Baxter Adams, brought the seminar method of teaching from Germany, where he earned a PhD in 1876. The idea: That students would learn more by doing than by listening to lectures and taking exams.

That spirit of inquiry , of challenging the way things are done, lives on today in our nine academic divisions, all of which offer full-time graduate programs.

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Students get global perspectives on today’s critical issues, with programs in international affairs , international studies , economics and finance , and public policy

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More than 60 full-time and part-time graduate programs spanning the arts , humanities , and natural and social sciences

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Offers a Global MBA and other masters programs, with an emphasis on health care management , real estate and infrastructure, financial businesses , and enterprise risk management

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One of the nation’s top schools of education, according to U.S. News & World Report , with degree and certificate programs in teaching , special education , counseling , administration , and leadership

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Programs in fields of critical importance to the future, health, and safety of our world, including robotics , biomedical engineering , cybersecurity , and systems engineering

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Since 1893, Johns Hopkins Medicine has trained the next generation of great medical leaders and is widely regarded as one of the best med schools and hospitals in the world, with top programs in internal medicine , women’s health , HIV/AIDS , geriatrics , drug/alcohol abuse , and pediatrics

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The U.S. News & World Report top-ranked school prepares graduate level pre-licensure students and current BSN or advanced practice nurses to be health care leaders through a variety of MSN, DNP, and PhD programs. Students can focus on a wide range of advanced practice specialty areas – including health care organizational leadership , nurse anesthesiology , pediatric , adult/Gerontological , family , or critical care .

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The Bloomberg School, U.S. News & World Report ‘s top-ranked graduate school of public health for more than two decades, offers programs in health administration , health science , and public policy

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Dr. Liu is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. She joined Carey in 2020 after receiving a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Her area of expertise lies primarily in information and media economics, digital marketing, and the pricing of status goods. Utilizing both theoretical and empirical methods in her research, she investigates the impacts of competition and asymmetric information in a range of marketing and economic contexts. For example, she has conducted studies examining the potential for decentralized markets to motivate social media platforms towards increased content moderation. Furthermore, her research in pricing strategies has delved into the repercussions of AI algorithms that pair brands with influencers and how luxury brands should adapt their pricing and portfolio choices to counter high-quality counterfeit products.

She received the William Polk Carey Prize in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania's Economics Department. This award was established to recognize the best doctoral dissertation each academic year.

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Pennsylvania
• BA, Mathematical Economics, Fudan University

Selected Publication

• A Theory of Maximalist Luxury (with Pinar Yildirim and Z. John Zhang), 2022 Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 31(2), pp.284-323.

Working Papers

• "How Allowing a Little Bit of Dissent Helps Control Social Media: Impact of Market Structure on Censorship Compliance"
• "Asymmetric Impact of AI Matching on Influencer Marketing: Implications for Platform Revenue" (with Yi Liu)
• "Less Is More: The Case of Minimalist Luxury" (with Pinar Yildirim and Z. John Zhang)
• "People Are More Likely to Believe and Share Fake News on Smartphones (vs. PCs)" (with Minzhe Xu and Yang Yang)
• Customer Analytics

Honors and distinctions

• SNF Agora Faculty Grant Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2022
• William Polk Carey Prize for Outstanding Economics Dissertation, 2021
• AMA Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2019
• Mack Institute Research Fellowship, 2019

In the media

• " How Allowing a Little Bit of Dissent Helps the Chinese Government Control Social Media " (Jan 31, 2020), ProMarket
• " Why big spenders shun luxury brands when counterfeits hit the market " (Oct 11, 2018), World Trademark Review
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Johns Hopkins graduate programs again ranked among nation's best

'u.s. news & world report' includes 38 jhu programs among the top 10 in the u.s. in its annual rankings, including no. 1 ranked programs in nursing and public health.

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Johns Hopkins University has 38 graduate schools, academic programs, and specialties ranked among the top 10 in the nation, including nine with No. 1 rankings, according to the latest edition of "Best Graduate Schools" from U.S. News & World Report , published earlier today.

Two schools at Hopkins—the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Nursing —earned No. 1 rankings overall, and the School of Education entered the top 10, according to U.S. News & World Report .

Portions of the publication's annual list were released today but rankings for schools of medicine and engineering were delayed and will be released at a later date.

Among the new rankings released today:

The School of Nursing's DNP program ranked No. 1 for the third year in a row. Its master's degree programs tied at No. 1, up from No. 2 last year. In gerontology, the school moved up two spots to No. 1 for primary care, and up one spot to No. 2 for acute care. In other specialty areas, the School of Nursing's doctoral programs ranked:

• Psychiatric/mental health: No. 1
• Family: No. 3 (tied)
• Leadership: No. 4 (tied)
• Nursing Anesthesia: No. 36 (tie)

Public Health

The Bloomberg School retained its longtime No. 1 overall ranking among public health programs—it has held the top spot since 1994, the year the rankings began. In specialty areas, the Bloomberg School ranked:

• Environmental Health Sciences: No. 1
• Epidemiology: No. 1
• Health Policy and Management (Public Health): No. 1
• Social and Behavioral Sciences: No. 1
• Biostatistics: No. 2

Johns Hopkins tied at No. 8 in the Education category, up from No. 13 last year. The school also tied at No. 23 in higher education administration programs.

Public Affairs

Overall, Johns Hopkins programs in public affairs tied at No. 39. In subcategories, Johns Hopkins tied at No. 6 in Health Policy and Management (Public Affairs), No. 11 in International/Global Policy and Administration, and tied at No. 35 in Public Policy Analysis.

U.S. News & World Report updates some of its rankings each year and republishes the most recent rankings in other areas. Among the republished rankings for Hopkins, which are still current:

Biological Sciences

Hopkins is tied for No. 6 overall with six top 10 specialty rankings:

• Molecular biology: No. 3 (tie)
• Cell biology: No. 4
• Neuroscience: No. 4 (tie)
• Immunology: No. 5
• Genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics: No. 6 (tie)
• Biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology: No. 8

Biostatistics

Hopkins is ranked No. 1 (tie) for Biostatistics at the doctoral level. (Note: U.S. News & World Report also ranks biostatistics as a sub-category of public health, where Hopkins is No. 2.)

The university is tied at No. 20 in Chemistry and ranks No. 9 in the Biochemistry subcategory.

Computer Science

The university is tied for No. 24 overall and tied at No. 21 in the specialty of Artificial Intelligence.

Earth Sciences

The university is tied at No. 30 in Earth Sciences.

Johns Hopkins' program in economics is tied at No. 22.

English tied at No. 13 overall with the following specialty rankings:

• Literary criticism and theory: No. 3
• British literature: No. 10 (tie)
• American literature after 1865: No. 17

Health Care Management

The university is No. 7.

Johns Hopkins ranks No. 10 overall, with the following specialty rankings:

• African-American history: No. 3 (tie)
• Cultural history: No. 4 (tie)
• U.S. Colonial history: No. 5 (tie)
• Women's history: No. 6 (tie)
• African history: No. 7 (tie)
• European history: No. 7 (tie)
• Modern U.S. history: No. 16 (tie)

Mathematics

Johns Hopkins is tied at No. 20 in Mathematics with the following specialty rankings: + Analysis: No. 18 (tie) + Algebra: No. 23 (tie) + Applied Math: No. 25

Overall, the university is tied at No. 13 with the following specialty rankings: + Living Systems: No. 5 (tie) + Cosmology: No. 7 + Condensed Matter: No. 13 (tie)

Political science

Overall, political science is tied at No. 41. In sub-categories, Johns Hopkins ranked: + Political theory: No. 8 (tie) + International politics: No. 24 (tie)

The university's graduate program in psychology is tied at No. 12 overall and tied at No. 5 in the subcategory of behavioral neuroscience.

Overall, sociology is tied at No. 29. The sub-category of sociology of population is tied at No. 17.

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Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That’s because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation’s toughest challenges—and we’re committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We’re making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us.

This intern position seeks to develop students’ corporate finance and business management knowledge through hands-on assignments across MITRE’s Business Units. As a Finance intern, you will be challenged to demonstrate financial stewardship while working alongside MITRE leaders to maximize our value to our government sponsors. The variety of tasking and wide scope of this internship will provide a rich set of real-life experiences resulting in a comprehensive understanding of Finance’s critical role in executing MITRE’s mission.

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Join the Hopkins Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Services Center (HEADS) for an online seminar, April 17, noon–1 p.m.: “ Patient Portal Messaging: An Opportunity to Identify and Support Care Partners of Persons with Dementia .” Kelly Gleason, PhD, assistant professor at the Hopkins School of Nursing, is the featured speaker.

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