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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Penn Economics is a very "theoretical" department. Heavy on the math with some level of disdain for public policy matters. If your DC is keen on public policy, I would suggest Duke over Penn. If interested in a mathy exposure to economics, with a future PhD in mind, Penn may have the edge by a little bit. Other than that, they are both about the same really.[/quote]

+1 on the "theoretical," quantitative aspect of Penn's Econ department. Although I suspect Duke's Econ program will be pretty quantitative too, because most top programs are these days.

But disagree strongly that Penn has a "disdain" for policy. They have classes in Econ and policy, also your kid can probably (it's been a while since I was there) take public policy classes at Wharton (yes, they have policy classes and a pretty liberal faculty despite the Trump connection) and in other departments at Penn.

I also disagree with the poster who said there's little micro at Penn's Econ department. That's just not true. Even from a business perspective, micro is really important--think marginal costs and benefits, optimization problems, and so on.

That said, Wharton tends to dominate Penn's campus in terms of money and glitzy buildings, and some Penn students resent it. [/quote]

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