{"id":155,"date":"2020-08-01T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/home-page\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:32:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tLatest News\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/05\/29\/zheng-zhongxi-wins-best-poster-at-the-abfer-conference-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/05\/29\/zheng-zhongxi-wins-best-poster-at-the-abfer-conference-2026\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Zheng Zhongxi wins best poster at the ABFER Conference 2026<\/a><\/h3>The Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research awarded his poster on Regional Financial Crises\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/newshub\/news\/2026\/2026-05\/2026-05-09\/WORKER-bt-9may-p29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/newshub\/news\/2026\/2026-05\/2026-05-09\/WORKER-bt-9may-p29.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">The modern worker in trouble<\/a><\/h3><p>Georgios Georgiou writes for the Business Times on the challenges of workers today<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moneyfm-afternoon-show\/viewpoint-is-singapore-moving-fast-enough-away-fossil-fuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moneyfm-afternoon-show\/viewpoint-is-singapore-moving-fast-enough-away-fossil-fuel\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">The risk is moving too slowly &#8211; Singapore energy and oil<\/a><\/h3><p>Alberto Salvo speaks on MONEY FM 89.3 on what a genuine energy transition away from fossil fuels needs to look like for Singapore.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/04\/18\/nus-places-in-top-5-at-the-econometrics-game-2026-hosted-by-uchicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/04\/18\/nus-places-in-top-5-at-the-econometrics-game-2026-hosted-by-uchicago\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">NUS places in Top 5 at the Econometrics Game 2026 hosted by UChicago<\/a><\/h3><p>Congratulations\u00a0to\u00a0Cai Mun Jia, Jeron Tan Kang, Jeremy Toh En Jie and Yang Yihan on this achievement!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/newshub\/news\/2026\/2026-05\/2026-05-12\/OIL-st-12may-pB1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/newshub\/news\/2026\/2026-05\/2026-05-12\/OIL-st-12may-pB1.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Singapore&#8217;s hidden bill: From the Middle East oil shock to your wallet<\/a><\/h3><p>Alberto Salvo writes for the Strait Times on the need to speed up the shift to clean energy<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/the-ninth-asian-historical-economics-conference-ahec-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/the-ninth-asian-historical-economics-conference-ahec-2026\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">The Ninth Asian Historical Economics Conference (AHEC 2026)<\/a><\/h3><p>NUS Economics is excited to host this year&#8217;s conference<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enterprisesurveys.org\/en\/david-dollar-memorial-prize-2026-winner-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enterprisesurveys.org\/en\/david-dollar-memorial-prize-2026-winner-announcement\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Martin Mattsson wins The World Bank&#8217;s David Dollar Memorial Prize 2026<\/a><\/h3>The prize encourages high-quality, policy relevant research on private sector development\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/singapore-cannot-be-passive-in-a-volatile-world-nus-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/singapore-cannot-be-passive-in-a-volatile-world-nus-dialogue\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Singapore cannot be passive in a volatile world, says Minister K Shanmugam at NUS dialogue<\/a><\/h3><p>Minister K Shanmugam speaks at this year&#8217;s Singapore Post-Budget Dialogue, hosted by the NUS Economics Society<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/faculty0\/\" title=\"Our Faculty\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\tOur Faculty\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/seminar-this-semester\/\" title=\"This week&#039;s  Seminars\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\tThis week&#8217;s <br \/> Seminars\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/undergraduate-introduction\/\" title=\"Undergraduate Studies\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\tUndergraduate Studies\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/general-information\/\" title=\"Graduate Studies\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\tGraduate Studies\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest News Zheng Zhongxi wins best poster at the ABFER Conference 2026 The Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research awarded his poster on Regional Financial Crises The modern worker in trouble Georgios Georgiou writes for the Business Times on the challenges of workers today The risk is moving too slowly &#8211; 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