<p>I’ve got a quick question about the Cornell two-faculty structure at the Department of Economics. What exactly are the advantages of having this system? I suppose you get exposed to more faculty, but what exactly is the purpose?</p>
<p>The purpose is primarily for graduate students, so that they can utilize economists across other departments in the University – AME, PAM, LE, Johnson, etc – as their advisers. </p>
<p>Additionally, many undergraduate courses taught by professors in these other departments will be cross-listed in the department. Cornell has some of the most eminent labor, health, and resource economists in the world, but they aren’t being paid by the economics department.</p>