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Alumni Spotlight: Kofi Acquah
Alumni Spotlight: Kofi Acquah

12 January 2011 12:00AM Born and raised in Ghana’s capital city of Accra, Kofi Acquah (M.A. '10) came to the U.S. to study undergraduate economics at the University of Washington and enrolled in the Duke MA program in the fall of 2008. Upon earning his Master's degree, Acquah joined the research team of Dr. Frank Sloan as a Health Research Associate. Below he answers questions about his experience:  read more »

New Research Presented at the AEA Annual Conference in January
New Research Presented at the AEA Annual Conference in January

05 January 2011 12:00AM Recent faculty research in a wide range of fields was presented at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association on Jan. 6 - 9. Econometrics, choice theory, the history of economics, matching theory and environmental economics were among the topics showcased. In addition, Duke faculty members from nearly all fields participated in the conference as discussants or panelists. Our Ph.D. job market candidates had interviews throughout the three-day meeting. Following is a list of… read more »

Once Master's Students, Now Ph.D. Job Market Candidates This Year
Once Master's Students, Now Ph.D. Job Market Candidates This Year

Three graduates of the Master's in Economics program are now nearing completion of their doctoral studies. Nujin Prasertsom, Tae Bong Kim and Lirong Xia are expected to finish their Ph.D. studies in May 2011 and are now job market candidates. "Moving from college to a Ph.D is a big step. Duke's Master's program is a nice bridge that equipped me with the knowledge necessary to pursue a Ph.D. successfully," said Prasertsom, who came to Duke from Thailand and is now in the department's Ph.D. program in economics. Her… read more »

Industrial Organization Theory Conference This Weekend

15 November 2010 12:00AM The Departments of Economics and Business Schools at Duke and UT-Austin and the Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO) at Northwestern University will be holding the ninth in a series of annual jointly-sponsored conferences focusing primarily on theoretical work in industrial organization. The two-day conference is intended to serve as a forum for presentation and discussion of current research on theoretical industrial organization, with a special emphasis on work by younger… read more »

Frank Sloan Chairing IOM Committee on Medicare Payments
Frank Sloan Chairing IOM Committee on Medicare Payments

05 November 2010 12:00AM At the request of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a new committee has been created by Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to examine Medicare payments to doctors and hospitals. Chaired by Professor Frank Sloan, the group is charged with evaluating the accuracy of the geographic adjustment factors used by Medicare. The committee held their second meeting this week in Washington, D.C. read more »

Research Assistant Positions at the Federal Reserve Board

19 October 2010 12:00AM Message from Debbie Bruen, Research Assistant and Internship Coordinator at the Federal Reserve Board:  "Dear Professor Fullenkamp, I am writing to request your help in informing the students in your department about Research Assistant (RA) positions at the Federal Reserve Board. Our positions are highly competitive and each year we hire approximately 20-30 recent graduates as new RAs. While at the Board, RAs work on a broad range of topics and have the opportunity to increase their quantitative… read more »

TCRDC Holds Third Annual Conference and Opens New Center
TCRDC Holds Third Annual Conference and Opens New Center

19 October 2010 12:00AM The Triangle Census Research Data Center (TCRDC) Conference held this week explores social sciences research opportunities with the use of confidential microdata collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and other government agencies.  The conference also celebrates the opening of a second center at RTI International, the Research Triangle Park nonprofit.  The new center is a highly secure, 2,000-square-foot workspace for researchers with RTI, Duke and the UNC system, all of whom are… read more »

Important Dates 2011-12

14 October 2010 12:00AM Friday, October 14 Job market candidate materials due All job market candidates should submit an electronic copy of their application materials to Ashli Kjos.   Monday, October 17 Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship applications due The Graduate School is currently accepting applications for a number of fellowships for summer 2012 and the 2012-13 academic year, including the Summer Research Fellowship.  All Econ PhD students in Year 3 and 4 who wish… read more »

NBER-NSF Time Series Conference Held This Friday & Saturday

06 October 2010 12:00AM Duke University is enthusiastic to host the 2010 NBER-NSF Time Series Conference. This conference is the premier international meeting on the statistical analysis of time series data and attracts leading researchers from around the world. It has been held annually since the late 1970s at universities in the United States, Asia and Europe. This year's conference program highlights recent research contributions in the major fields of time series econometrics, including traditional time series… read more »

Rubio-Ramirez: Forthcoming Research
Rubio-Ramirez: Forthcoming Research

06 October 2010 12:00AM Professor Juan Rubio-Ramirez conducts research within the fields of dynamic equilibrium macroeconomic models and time series econometrics. His latest interests also include international economic issues, the relationship between volatility and macroeconomic fluctuations, and finance issues. Rubio-Ramirez has the following four articles forthcoming in various journals: “Cointegrated TFP Processes and International Business Cycles” with Pau Rabanal (IMF) and Vicente Tuesta (Central Reserve Bank of… read more »

Dr. John Komlos to speak at Duke
Dr. John Komlos to speak at Duke

04 October 2010 12:00AM "Economics and Human Biology: Why are Americans shorter and fatter?" Professor John Komlos, University of Munich  As part of the Allen Starling Johnson, Jr. Distinguished Lecturer Series, Professor Komlos will give a talk on "Economics and Human Biology: Why are Americans shorter and fatter?".   Thursday, October 28th at 4:00 pm in Soc Sci RM 111  Professor Komlos is an internationally recognized Professor of Economics and Chair of the Institute of Economic History at the… read more »

MA Students Helped by New Associate Director Garcia-Mosqueira
MA Students Helped by New Associate Director Garcia-Mosqueira

27 September 2010 12:00AM  Master’s students in the Department of Economics this semester are sure to find the program and its new associate director to be one of a kind. Lending a helping hand to the students is Adrian Garcia-Mosqueira, a recent graduate of the Master’s program himself.  Born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico, Garcia-Mosqueira moved to California to attend the University of California at Riverside. After attaining undergraduate degrees in history and economics, he found himself across the country in… read more »

Consulting Symposium - Tonight at 8 PM

22 September 2010 12:00AM This is a fantastic time to learn more about consulting if you're an underclassman, as you'll be able to hear from four companies in very different areas of consulting. If you're an upperclassman, this is a good chance to do the same thing and also network with recruiters. The four firms are: The Brattle Group  - Economic/Litigation Consulting IBM Global Business Services - Technology/Business Consulting L.E.K Consulting – Corporate Strategy Consulting Analysis Group - Economic/Litigation… read more »