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 ›
This fall we welcome Associate Professor F. Andrew Hanssen to the Department. Andy's research focuses on institutions, law and economics, industrial organization, and political economy. Continue reading ›
Kevin Tsui was awarded the John V Krutilla Research Stipend from Resources for the Future for 2010-2011. The award is to support Kevin's research on human adaptation to changes in climate. Continue reading ›
Bill Dougan has been named Associate Editor of the journal Public Choice. Bill will be responsible for editing North American manuscripts along with Peter Leeson, BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at George Mason University. Continue reading ›
We welcome Assistant Professors Daniel Miller and Daniel Wood to the Department for Fall 2009. Dan Miller is a University of Minnesota PhD; his field is industrial organization. Dan Wood is a Harvard PhD. He specializes in behavioral economics. Continue reading ›