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Four Groups of Duke Faculty Receive Collaboratory Grants for Research on Issues Affecting North Carolina and Global Communities
Thursday, September 26, 2019Professors Christopher Timmins and Marcos Rangel are part of a group that have received a collaboratory grant to assist with researching issues that affect North Carolina and beyond. Their group will be looking at the effects of housing insecurity on childhood development, in Durham specifically... Read More »
Nature's Solution to Climate Change
Tuesday, September 24, 2019Could whales help save the planet? Research by professor Connel Fullenkamp suggests they could play a big role in mitigating climate risk.
Hutchins Roundup: Households Respond to Monetary Policy Announcements, Deflation Bias, and More
Monday, September 23, 2019A new working paper by professor Francesco Bianchi and co-authors is quoted by The Hutchins Roundup, which looks at how households respond to changes in monetary policy.
For One Econ Major, Personal and Academic Fulfillment Comes from a Year in Ireland
Wednesday, September 18, 2019Katie Cassedy had only planned to do a semester at University College Dublin (UCD), but once she was there, she realized she had to stay the entire academic year. The economics major, who plans to graduate in spring 2020, realized in October that a semester wasn’t going to be enough. “Once October... Read More »
Duke Economics Welcomes Postdoctoral Associate Fernando Saltiel
Tuesday, September 10, 2019Duke Economics is excited to welcome Fernando Saltiel as Postdoctoral Associate for the 2019-2020 school year. Saltiel grew up in Argentina, where he lived until he was 14. He then moved to the Washington, D.C. area, where he spent the next 15 years of his life. Saltiel credits his childhood in... Read More »
Duke Professor Researches how Racial Makeup of Juries Impacts Criminal Trials
Friday, August 30, 2019Professor Patrick Bayer talks about his research involving racial make-ups of juries and how it affects outcomes in criminal trials.
Professors David Berger and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato Receive Grant from Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Tuesday, August 27, 2019Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Professors David Berger and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato have received a grant from The Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Berger's research focuses on the effects of corporate mergers, while Suárez Serrato's research explores how capital investments affect workers.
Professor David Berger Joins Duke Economics as Associate Professor
Friday, August 23, 2019David Berger may have been destined to go into academia. As the child of two psychology professors at Georgia State University, he always knew he wanted to take a similar path. Initially, when he started his undergraduate degree at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, he thought he might go into... Read More »
Duke Economics Welcomes 89 New Master's Students
Tuesday, August 20, 201989 new master’s students gathered on Monday, August 19th for their orientation. The students fall into one of four degree programs: M.A. Economics (MAE), which has 60 students, M.A. Analytical Political Economy (MAPE), 4 students, M.S. Economics & Computation (MSEC), 14 students... Read More »
Steven Medema Joins Duke Economics as Research Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the HOPE Center
Thursday, August 15, 2019Duke Economics is pleased to welcome Dr. Steven Medema to the department as Research Professor and Associate Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy (HOPE Center). Economics wasn’t really on Medema’s radar when he started his undergraduate degree at Calvin... Read More »