EconOlympiad took place in April 2021!EconOlympiad took place in April 2021!

YEI EventEconOlympiad

Earn cash prizes while applying your knowledge in a team based competition to answer written questions & brainstorm solutions for current economic issues!

EconOlympiad is open to everyone, not just YEI members! If you want to become a YEI member, you can register your club here, and we’ll get in touch with you soon! You can sign up as soon as you fill out the form. Registration deadline is 3/31.

If your school is a YEI chapter, please select it in the dropdown.

EconOlympiad

Key Dates

The event spans a course of three weeks, from April 3rd to 17th. Scores and feedback for all competitors will be released around a week after the event.

April 3rd: FRQ test (synchronous). We'll update this page with practice FRQ exams soon.
April 3rd-9th: Prepare video presentations. Prompts are released right after the FRQ Test; submit by 11:59 pm PST on Friday (asynchronous).
April 17th: Award ceremony (synchronous). See cash prizes below!

Cash Prizes

1st: $
2nd: $
3rd: $

Judges

Professor Thomas A. Pugel
Professor Thomas A. Pugel has been on the faculty of New York University since 1978. Dr. Pugel's research focuses on international industrial competition, with emphasis...
Professor David Arnold
David Arnold is a professor at UC San Diego. He received his doctorate from Princeton University in 2020, and a paper of his has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Ec...
Professor Lawrence White
Lawrence White has been with New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business for more than 40 years. His primary research areas of interest include financial re...

About the Speaker

Our speaker for EconOlympiad is Professor Dix-Carneiro, Assistant Professor of Economics at Duke University.

Professor Dix-Carneiro received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University and has his work published in the Journal of Economics and American Economic Journal. His research specializes in international trade, labor markets, and economic development.

EconOlympiadEvent Information

EconOlympiad is a two-part competition. The first part is a written round in which you and your team will work together to answer four multi-part, open-ended free response questions. The second part is a presentation round. After taking the first part, the presentation prompt will be released. The scores from both parts will be added together to form your team’s final score.

Written Round

The written portion will count for 50% of your final score. Teams will have 45 minutes to answer the questions. Each of the four questions is worth 10 points for a total of 40 points. Parts of each question may be weighed differently. This portion of the test will be taken through a testing software. The questions will be a mix of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Any usage of outside materials during this portion of the test will result in disqualification.

This is a demonstration of what the test platform will look like.

Presentation Round

Competitors will have one week to create a presentation up to 10 minutes long. In the presentation, you and your team will research the prompt, take a position, provide evidence, and use reasoning to answer the prompt. After the video is uploaded, it will be scored.

Presentation Prompt: Describe your team’s ideal system of healthcare. Explain a feasible way to implement it in the United States.

Thesis: 10%
Evidence: 20%
Reasoning: 60%
Presentation: 10%

Here's a sample presentation.

Submit your presentation here.

Newly Piloted: A Way to Find Teams

If you don’t yet have a team but would still like to compete, hop into our Discord server and react to the “finding teams” message in the EconOlympiad channel! You’ll receive a special role that will allow you to join a channel specifically for team finding, where you will be able to meet others who are looking for teammates as well.

If you are not able to give yourself the role via the above process for some reason, please fill out this form so we can manually give you the role. Happy team finding!

Preparation

To prepare for EconOlympiad, we recommend you take our practice test and grade yourself with our test rubric.

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

Agenda

Written FRQ Testing (4/3)

Time	Event
9 am	Opening Ceremony
9:45	Taking the Test
11:00	Speaker Seminar
11:30 - 12	Closing Remarks

Award Ceremony (4/17)

Time	Event
9 am	Award Ceremony
9:15	Q&A with the Judges
9:45	Awards
10:15	End of Award Ceremony

All listed times are in PDT.

Frequently Asked Questions

: This is a team competition. Each team must have 1 to 4 members. If you haven’t found a team yet but would still like to compete, fill out this form for further information. This will enable you to join a channel within our Discord server, specifically for team matching.
: Anyone in middle or high school can participate. This includes all international students!
: No, EconOlympiad is open to everyone! If you would like to become a YEI chapter, you can fill out the club registration form .
: Competitors will meet only on the first and third weeks to take the test and attend the award ceremony. The second week of EconBowl is asynchronous.
: Every team will take the Written FRQ (free response question) test and submit a video presentation. Your final scores are calculated by combining the two scores on a weighted scale.
: You will need a Zoom account, if you don’t already have one.
: EconOlympiad is absolutely free to attend!
: Email events@theyei.org.