Professor Scott Baier gives his thoughts on the employment situation, the sequester, and coming changes to higher education on the Carolina's leading television series devoted to business.
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Guibao Liu, Ph.D. 2004 and Mark Mitchell, Ph.D. 1987 will help establish two new graduate fellowships in honor of Emeritus Faculty in the John E. Walker Department of Economics, Professor Mike Maloney and Professor John Warner. Continue reading ›
Molly Espey received the 2012 Southern region United States Department of Agriculture Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award. Continue reading ›
At the Victor Hurst Convocation to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year, Provost Dori Helms announced that William Dougan has been named Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics. Continue reading ›
Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics and Dean Emeritus Bruce Yandle was presented the Adam Smith Award by the Association of Private Enterprise Education earlier this month. Continue reading ›
Paul Wilson's 2007 paper in the Journal of Econometrics with Leopold Simar, currently tops that journal's list of it's most cited papers published during the past five years. Continue reading ›
Dr. Matthew Martin, Executive Regional Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, visited Dr. Ralph Allen's Macro Principles class on September 13. Dr. Martin gave his views on the macro policy options and the state of the economy. Continue reading ›
An alumnus has created a new graduate fellowship for Ph.D. students in The John E. Walker Department of Economics. The fellowship will support students who are doing research in financial economics. Continue reading ›
Raymond Sauer, Professor and Chair of The John E. Walker Department of Economics, has been elected president of the North American Association of Sports Economics. Continue reading ›
Bryson Smith, a senior majoring in Economics (BA), is the 2011 recipient of the Wallace Dabney Trevillian Award of Merit from the College of Business and Behavioral Science. The award is named after the founding Dean of the College.. Continue reading ›
Emily Burchfield (2010 Economics (BA)) was interviewed at the U.S. Embassy in Brussels regarding her participation in our dual degree program with Université catholique de Louvain. Continue reading ›
Assistant Professor of Economics Dan Miller was an invited participant at a conference co-sponsored by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland in September on Household Heterogeneity and Household Finance. Continue reading ›
Papers written in honor of Bob Tollison are noted in "Recommendations for Further Reading" in the current issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Continue reading ›