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Davies Fellow Thomas Burr Studies Teach for America Peer Effects
Davies Fellow Thomas Burr Studies Teach for America Peer Effects

08 September 2011 10:58AM When I signed up for Dr. Michelle Connolly’s honors thesis seminar in the spring of my junior year, I knew only broadly that I was interested in the subfield of the economics of education, an interest that developed out of being a tutor for America Reads and Counts in Durham and a teaching assistant for the Duke Talent Identification Program. The thesis seminar was the perfect place for me to get an introduction to the field, narrow my interests to a specific issue, and then bounce ideas for… read more »

New Staffer Ashli Kjos Helps Graduate Students, Offers Advice
New Staffer Ashli Kjos Helps Graduate Students, Offers Advice

06 September 2011 10:00AM Ashli Kjos joined the Economics Department as Staff Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies in July. In a recent interview, Ashli shared the following information about herself and her experiences before relocating here to Duke.Tell us about yourself. As for my educational background, I went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an undergrad and majored in Chinese and French. While I was in school, I began working at the Center for South Asia and also worked in the summer… read more »

Visiting Speakers coming to the Financial Econometrics Lunch Workshop in Fall 2011

01 September 2011 11:00AM The Fall 2011 semester of the Financial Econometrics lunch workshop welcomes Roel Oomen from Deutsche Bank on September 19th, here to present his paper “Fact or Friction: Jumps at Ultra High Frequency”, and Asger Lunde from Aarhus University, Denmark, on October 24th. The workshop is held from 11:40am-12:55pm in room 113 of the Social Sciences Building.  read more »

Viktor Todorov awarded early tenure at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management

31 August 2011 3:54PM Viktor Todorov, a 2007 PhD alum who worked in Duke's financial econometrics research group, was awarded very early tenure at Kellogg-Northwestern.  Kellogg-Northwestern decided that Viktor’s research record was so strong that they awarded him tenure only four years after graduating from Duke.  Dr. Todorov was a student of Professor George Tauchen, and was also mentored by Professor Tim Bollerslev. read more »

Charles Clotfelter on “Big-Time Sports at American Universities”
Charles Clotfelter on “Big-Time Sports at American Universities”

25 August 2011 9:55AM "If you think about it, it’s a little bit strange—to have institutions that are dedicated to research and teaching and service to also be in the commercial-sports business," said Professor Charles Clotfelter, who teaches economics and law at Duke. "Well, they’ve been this way for almost a century. And in fact, the U.S. is the only country in the world that has universities that do commercial sports." Clotfelter's new book "Big-Time Sports in American Universities" has been called "remarkable… read more »