{"id":149,"date":"2016-08-24T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:41:24","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leading the Way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Department Head:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/people\/dpellet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Denis Pelletier<\/a>, Department Head and Professor of Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The faculty of the Department of Economics at North Carolina State University in the Poole College of Management has a <strong>national reputation for excellence in research and teaching<\/strong>.&nbsp;In their teaching, the economics faculty members prepare students for careers in finance, public policy, government, law, and international trade. Many pursue graduate studies and work in academia, research and private industry as consultants and analysts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/about-us\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">Meet our faculty<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PhD Job Candidates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are pleased to present our current job market candidates. As a group, they have much experience in presenting and publishing their research and in teaching. Please feel free to review each candidate&#8217;s personal webpage&nbsp;by clicking on the student&#8217;s name. You may contact the candidates directly via email, or contact the Graduate Economics Program Director <a href=\"mailto:economics-dgp@ncsu.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\">Umut Dur<\/a>&nbsp;for more information about the candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"layout-one-column is-text wp-block-ncst-link-list\">\n        <ul class=\"link-list__container\">\n      \n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/career-resources\/job-candidates\/\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">View our PhD Job Candidates on the Graduate Economics Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading the Way Department Head:&nbsp;Denis Pelletier, Department Head and Professor of Economics The faculty of the Department of Economics at North Carolina State University in the Poole College of Management&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11164,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/split-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"backgroundColor\":\"red_400\",\"imageID\":978,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2020\/12\/img-pcom-1500x844-21.jpg\",\"pageIntro\":\"Department of Economics at Poole College of Management\",\"imageAlt\":\"Nelson Hall\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-149","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1803,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions\/1803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}