arshadrahman25 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I have got a full funding at UCI. Was thinking, is it worth to go UCI for a PHD. Request you to please give your feedback> Thanks a Ton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubtful Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 why not? what is the problem with Irvine and the Uc-system? as long as you feel that the department interests match yours.. I don't see why you should be worried about it. then sure if you have an offer from MIT.. maybe... ehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constrainedoptimizer Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Are you drawn towards one area of specialization yet? Full funding is quite lucrative. The bulk of their faculty are fairly young and productive, and the older faculty are well-established in their respective fields, so I am thinking this program is continually improving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okcash Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Congrats arshadrahman!! how did you hear that? and when? thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arshadrahman25 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 I got the offer around 10th of february'08......social science merit award.....also was informed from UCR...that they are considering for full fellowship for 5 years..... but ahvent got an offer from east coast...where my heart lies.... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italos Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I have a friend there among the faculties: Fabio !!!! If you want to do monetary economics and applied macro research he is very good and very promising.Have a look in his web page FABIO MILANI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroeconomicus Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 They also have Prof Branch, also assistant prof, who edits some journal in monetary economics. So, Irvine seems like a reasonable school to study monetary economics among the lower ranked departments. I also heard you can take classes at UCLA, but that's 60 miles away in LA traffic, so I am not sure how useful is that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckykatt Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I don't know a lot about the department, but it's on my list to investigate as a possible safety for two reasons: Don Saari's Home Page UCI Economics Faculty: David Neumark I saw Saari present his work on voting recently and he was both crystal clear and entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jansen Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 One caution on doing macro at Irvine. Both of their macro people, while good, work in the fairly narrow area of bounded rationality. You should be sure that you like this type of macro being going there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italos Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 One caution on doing macro at Irvine. Both of their macro people, while good, work in the fairly narrow area of bounded rationality. You should be sure that you like this type of macro being going there. Fabio is working mostly on Bayesian Econometrics,monetary policy and DSGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apropos Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 They also have an assistant professor who studies business cycles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italos Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I have a friend there among the faculties: Fabio !!!! If you want to do monetary economics and applied macro research he is very good and very promising.Have a look in his web page FABIO MILANI I am going to meet him to the RES 2008 conference .If you want I can ask him somethings on your behalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signal08 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 on econphd, Irvine is ranked top 10 for public economics, social choice theory, and political economy. and a few of you mentioned some macro stuff, but do they have any other strengths? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churchill Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I'm applying there because they have some excellent people for defense economics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroeconomicus Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 on econphd, Irvine is ranked top 10 for public economics, social choice theory, and political economy. and a few of you mentioned some macro stuff, but do they have any other strengths? Looking at the recent hires (4 recently hired assistant professors, most published papers by now) they're probably trying to build a good group for macro, but I don't think macroeconomics is their strength right now. It's certainly an active field there. But you're right about political economy, public economics, and public choice. Also, they have Dale Poirier and several assistant professors who specialize in Bayesian econometrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balgor Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 On spring break now, so I'd thought I'd drop my 2:2cents:. So far, I love it here in Irvine. Don Saari is almost like a fictional character in that he is almost too good to be a real person. Neumark is also a really cool guy and if you're into macro and you visit talk to Branch or Garfinkel 2 of my favorite profs here. So far, I haven't found the coursework except for Porrier's Bayesian econometrics class to be that challenging. I take off 2-3 days a week to go the beach, hiking/mountain biking, dim-sum, sushi, Vegas whatever you get the point the possibilities in LA are pretty much endless. I do have to cram for finals/midterms, but the beauty of a quarter system is that cramming works. The weather is doesn't need any more superlatives, but coming from the East Coast I don't miss my morning ritual of hacking my car free from its patina ice. The department is very strong in the applied micro fields (Labor, Political Economy, etc) and is aggressively hiring more macro faculty. If, you have any questions drop me a PM or reply to this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I'm applying there because they have some excellent people for defense economics. Sorry for the following question and maybe it's 100% clear for most of you buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut: What is defense economics???:hmm::hmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italos Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Sorry for the following question and maybe it's 100% clear for most of you buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut: What is defense economics???:hmm::hmm: Defence Economics is the field of Economics that undertakes research into all aspects of the economics of conflict, defence, disarmament, conversion, peace and conflict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp3690 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Defence Economics is the field of Economics that undertakes research into all aspects of the economics of conflict, defence, disarmament, conversion, peace and conflict Check out Stergios Skaperdas' profile. I'm not really in the know, but he seems to be doing some really innovative stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenizaro Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Sorry for the following question and maybe it's 100% clear for most of you buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut: What is defense economics???:hmm::hmm: Harvard University Press: The Strategy of Conflict by Thomas C. Schelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italos Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I just gave a brief description of what is defence economics replying to Valhalla's question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I just gave a brief description of what is defence economics replying to Valhalla's question. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appl2007 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 the type of work on national security marty feldstein does, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arshadrahman25 Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 Placements:UC Irvine Do anyone has any idea about the placemensts at UC Irvine? Also, what are options that can be explored for a summer job? How tough it is to get a good summer job? Would really appreciate your responses, even mean ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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