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Ph.D. candidate Hoang earns Best Paper in Applied Economics award
Dec. 19, 2020—Ph.D. candidate Trang Hoang’s job market paper, “The Dynamics of Global Sourcing,” has been selected for the Best Paper Award in Applied Economics at the Econometric Society Winter School 2020. A panel of 20 experts from different fields selected 162 papers for the presentation out of 254 papers submitted. In the second round, only 25...
Kevin Huang’s article to be published
Dec. 7, 2020—Kevin Huang’s paper, “Economic Dynamics of Epidemiological Bifurcations,” has been accepted for publication in Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics. The paper is coauthored with David Aadland and David Finnoff, associate and full professors of Economics at the University of Wyoming, respectively.
Myrna Wooders publishes papers and gives invited lecture
Nov. 30, 2020—Myrna Wooders has recently published two papers, “Subgame Perfect Cooperation in an Extensive Form Game” in the Journal of Economic Theory (with P. Chander), and “Own Experience Bias in Evaluating the Effort of Others, in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (with Edward Cartwright). The first paper is pure theory while the second is a...
Econ majors complete two-month long Fed Challenge
Nov. 23, 2020—Economics majors Edward Ding, Alex Feye, Paul McDougald, Christian Moran, and Karl Wirth have just completed a two-month long Fed Challenge. The Fed Challenge involves students studying the state of the U.S. economy, and making forecasts and policy recommendations (on video), all modeled after real world Federal Reserve research and policy analysis, culminating in the...
Kevin Huang has two papers accepted for publication
Nov. 12, 2020—Professor Kevin Huang’s paper, “Financial Cycle and Business Cycle: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Data from the U.S.,” was recently published in Economic Modelling (Volume 93, 2020). The paper is coauthored with C. Yan from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. In addition, his paper entitled “Lending Competition and Loan Sales: A Macroeconomic Analysis...
Econ major Lucas Ludgate has successful pandemic summer
Oct. 26, 2020—Lucas Ludgate, an Economics and Spanish double major, has been featured in a College of Arts and Science article highlighting his activities during the pandemic summer of 2020. Good for Lucas for making the most of a difficult situation!
Ph.D. candidate Brandyn Churchill has paper accepted for publication
Oct. 14, 2020—Ph.D. candidate Brandyn Churchill’s paper, “Insurance Coverage, Provider Contact, and Take-Up of the HPV Vaccine,” has been accepted at the American Journal of Health Economics.
Tong Li’s research with former Ph.D. student Zhang cited in Nobel statement
Oct. 13, 2020—Professor Tong Li’s work, co-authored with Bingyu Zhang (Ph.D. ’09 and now with Freddie Mac), was cited in the statement on the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics, awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson. Li and Zhang’s article, published in 2010 by the International Economic Review, is entitled, “Testing for affiliation in first-price...
Kitt Carpenter named as program director at NBER
Oct. 7, 2020—Kitt Carpenter has been named the new Director of the Health Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. The announcement is here.
William Collins presents research on racial disparities in US history
Oct. 7, 2020—William Collins’ research was cited in The Economist and the Wall Street Journal, and he recently participated in a panel discussion on racial disparities in US economic history hosted by the University of Warwick.