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Economics Graduate Student Committee Prepares for 2018-19 School Year
Monday, August 13, 2018The start of the academic year is approaching, and the heads of the Economics Graduate Student Committee (EGSC) are gearing up for another year of networking opportunities, peer mentoring, and, of course, happy hours. For the 2018-19 school year, Luke Fesko, Erica Liu, and Gabor... Read More »
A Company Owner Asks His Customers for Understanding—and Help—After Raising Prices In the Wake of Trump’s Steel Tariffs
Monday, July 30, 2018The New Yorker
Professor Allan Collard-Wexler commented on the recent steel tariffs and the potential impact they may have on prices going forward.
Fighting Tax Dodgers Can Kill Economic Growth
Monday, July 30, 2018Bloomberg
What are the economic consequences when corporations are not able to use tax havens? Professor Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato's recent paper on the unintended results of the elimination of tax havens is used by Bloomberg to examine the negative effects.
Making a Federal Jobs Guarantee Work
Friday, July 27, 2018Bloomberg
Professor William Darity sits down with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal to discuss the federal jobs guarantee.
Real Estate Agents Steer People of Color to Neighborhoods With Heavier Pollution, Study Finds
Friday, July 20, 2018ThinkProgress
A new study by Professor Christopher Timmins and co-author Peter Christensen confirms observations made by environmental justice experts about the correlations between race and pollution.
25 Top Behavioral Economists
Thursday, July 19, 2018The Best Schools
Professor Dan Ariely has been recognized as a top behavioral economist by The Best Schools for its list of "influential and vigorously" active faculty researchers in the sub-discipline.
Corporate Tax Cuts Don’t Boost Incomes for Majority of Americans: Study
Wednesday, July 18, 2018The Fiscal Times
In a working paper published in May, Professor Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and coauthors found that corporate tax cuts do not provide an income boost to those making under $200,000.
The Wage Gap Between White and Black Men Is Growing Wider
Tuesday, July 17, 2018The Economist
"While highly educated African-Americans are now more successful than ever, the bottom appears to have fallen out for poor blacks." The Economist cites a working paper by Professor Patrick Bayer and co-author Kerwin Kofi Charles (University of Chicago).
Why States Are Raising Less Revenue From Corporate Taxes
Friday, July 6, 2018Chicago Booth Review
How do state corporate tax cuts actually impact tax revenue and economic activity? Professor Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and co-author Owen Zidar (University of Chicago) "reject the hypothesis that tax cuts tend to pay for themselves." The Chicago Booth Review spotlights their... Read More »
American Market Architect Reflects on Mexico's Reforms
Friday, June 29, 2018RTO Insider
Duke Economics alumnus and Chicago native Jeff Pavlovic (B.S. '99) has spent the last decade in Mexico, where he helped to design the country's deregulated electricity markets.