The Youth Economics Initiative is proud to present our flagship program, EconBowl 2021, in collaboration with the Wen & Yung Family Foundation!

This competition offers high schoolers the chance to compete against like-minded individuals and apply real world economics knowledge in a fast-paced environment. Compete for glory, represent your high school, and win cash prizes!

Registration for both the Team and Individual Track will close on November 10, 2021 at 11:59 PST (UTC−8). The competition will be held on November 13, 2021

ECONBOWL 2021

What's New?

In a step-up from the past two years, two different competition tracks are now open to EconBowl competitors: Team & Individual. Please keep in mind that you have the option of participating in the team track, the individual track, or both! To ensure that all competitors are on a level playing field, teams will only be competing against teams, and individuals against individuals. Separate prize pools, which are now larger than ever, have been established for each track!

Competition Structure

The Written Round

Team Track: For the team tracks, competitors will have 1 hour to collaboratively complete 50 questions. Each team will submit only one exam.
Individual Track: For the individual track, each competitor will also have 1 hour to finish 50 questions. No discussion or collaboration is permitted, and each person must submit their own test.

The QuizBowl

(Only for Team Track)

The top 4 teams: It's a battle for the top! The top 4 teams from the previous track will finish off their opponents in a quiz bowl competition.
Who will win?: The team with the most questions correct after 19 questions are exhausted, wins!

Contest Details

Competition Info

Date: November 13th, 2021
Times: 9:00am - 12:00pm PST, Team Track, Written
1:00pm - 2:30pm PST, Team Track, QuizBowl
5:00pm - 7:15pm PST, Individual Track
Location: Zoom.

About the Speaker

The speaker for our Third Annual EconBowl is Professor Pascual Restrepo, Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University.

He received his Ph.D in economics from M.I.T., and his work has been published in the American Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy, among various others. His research focuses on the impact of technology on inequality, labor markets, and growth, and his talk will specifically examine the impact of automation on employment and the economy.

Team Track (11/13)

Time (PST)	Description	Edit
9:00 am	Event Begins
9:20 am	Opening Ceremony
9:40 am	Q&A
10:00 am	Testing Begins
11:00 am	Speaker Seminar
12:00 pm	Awards Ceremony
1:00 - 2:30 pm	QuizBowl & Award Ceremony

Individual Track (11/13)

Time (PST)	Description	Edit
5:00 pm	Event Begins
5:20 pm	Opening Ceremony
5:40 pm	Start Test
6:40 pm	Finish test
7:00 pm	Awards Ceremony
7:15 pm	Event Closes

Cash Prizes (Team)

Champion: $
2nd Place: $
3rd Place: $

Cash Prizes (Individual)

Champion: $
2nd Place: $
3rd Place: $

Preparation Resources

Take our practice tests (3 total practice sets) to prepare for the competition. For more resources, we’d suggest the YEI curriculum, other AP prep material, or National Economics Challenge sample tests.

If you have any questions, message in the YEI Discord, or email events@theyei.org!

EconBowl 2021 Sponsors

Frequently Asked Questions

: Absolutely not. You can have people from different schools and different grade levels.
: Yes!
: Nope! Everyone is welcome.
: Absolutely
: 3 - 4 students
: Any middle or high school student around the world
: EconBowl is absolutely FREE to compete in.
: Registration will close on November 10th at 11:59pm PST.
: Under normal circumstances, EconBowl would be in-person. However, it will be online this year due to the pandemic. Please make sure you have a zoom account. You will need to sign up with the email associated with your zoom account.
: You'll need internet connection and Zoom installed on your computer (with a Zoom account). For the QuizBowl track, you'll need headphones/earbuds, and we suggest you also have a second device (e.g. phone).
: Yes -- please create one if you don't have one. In the sign up form, it’ll ask you for an email associated with your zoom account. We will be using the email you submit to assign breakout rooms. We will also send information about EconBowl to the same email so make sure it’s one you check often.
: Email events@theyei.org

EB 2020 Recap

Thank you to our 330+ competitors and proctors!

On November 8th, 2020, over 330 competitors (nearly 100 teams!) applied their economic knowledge and competed virtually for the chance to earn cash prizes and become Champions of the 2nd Annual Econbowl. It was amazing to see such passion for economics from all across the world. Whether this is your first time hearing about EconBowl, or if you’re already a seasoned competitor, we look forward to seeing you this November!

Recordings: QuizBowl recording ∙ Professor White’s talk on Anti-Trust

2nd Annual EconBowl Podium

#	Team Name	School	Members
1	Elau Musk	Dublin High	Grace Liu, Evan Ai Frank Xiao, Anna Hsu
2	Sandwich	Dublin High	Ethan Lau, Maggie Guan Kyle Shi
3	Toga 1	Saratoga High	Andy Chen, Sajiv Shah Nila Mishra, Marcus Kuo
4	This isn't OSB	Lynbrook High	Jonathan Huang, Jonathan Qin Richard Niu

Recap Video