Penn in the News

Wendy De La Rosa of the Wharton School says that national levels of whiplash relating to tariffs and their effect on domestic industries are making consumers nervous.

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the U.S. birth rate.

Morris Cohen of the Wharton School explains how tariffs on semiconductor chips will affect the price of finished products.

Paul H. Robinson of Penn Carey Law and law student Jeffrey Seaman write about an effect of essentially decriminalizing gun possession.

Josef Wegner of the Penn Museum and School of Arts & Sciences discusses the discovery of an Egyptian king’s tomb by Penn archaeologists.

A 25% tax on imported cars “adds to the uncertainty facing all automakers as the industry’s supply chain is inherently global,” says John Paul MacDuffie of the Wharton School.

A report by Kent Smetters of the Wharton School finds faster economic growth, less federal debt, and higher wages for all income groups if more visas are allocated to college-educated immigrants and those working in STEM-related fields.

Scott Moore of the School of Art & Sciences says that intensifying climate change places stress on food systems, worsens existing tensions within countries, and exacerbates the scale of extremist or terrorist threats.

Josef Wegner of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum led a team of American archaeologists working with Egyptian researchers to unearth the tomb of an unknown pharaoh at an Egyptian necropolis in ancient Abydos.

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that housing markets have historically led the way out of recessions, as interest rates typically fall in response to expansionary monetary policy and house prices fall as a result of a decline in aggregate demand.