PARUSH ARORA
ECONOMIST
ECONOMIST
Welcome to my personal/professional website. I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Ashoka University since Aug 2024. I have a Ph.D in Economics from the University of California, Irvine. My primary fields of interest are Econometrics, Bayesian Inference and Empirical Macroeconomics.
Check out my recent updates by scrolling down or using the links at the top for my CV, research, teaching, and contact info.
Aug 2024: Started as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Ashoka University.
June 2024: Officially received my Ph.D. in Economics from UC Irvine! Many thanks to my advisors as well as my friends and family for their support over the past 5 years.
Mar 2024: Received the Justine Lambert Prize from the Dept. of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC Irvine.
Nov 2023: Passed my Prospectus exam.
Aug 2023: Presented my paper "Combining Density Forecasts using Bayesian Opinion Pools" at the NBER-NSF SBIES Conference held on Aug 18-19 in the Federal Bank of Philadelphia.
June 2023: Interned as an Economist at Amazon.com Inc in Seattle.
June 2023: Presented my paper "Combining Density Forecasts using Bayesian Opinion Pools" at the 2023 North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society held on June 22-25 in UCLA.
June 2023: Received the Best Econometrics Paper Award from the Dept. of Economics at UC Irvine for my paper "Bayesian Forecasting, Opinion Pools and Survey of Professional Forecasters".
June 2022: Received the Best Teaching Assistant Award from the Dept. of Economics at UC Irvine.
Sept 2021: Passed my Advancement exam in pursuit of my Ph.D.