Department of Economics Blog

Aug 08, 2017
  • ECU Economics

Inaugural Troxler Visiting Distinguished Professor of Economics, 2017

Under the generous support of the Harold C. Troxler Endowment, John C. Whitehead will be the inaugural Troxler Visiting Distinguished Professor of Economics this year. Dr. Whitehead is a highly...

Feb 23, 2017
  • ECU Economics

Rising Economics Stars Ceremony

Economics faculty recognized its high-achieving students at its inaugural Spring recognition ceremony on Feb. 23. The first group of students recognized are the “Rising Economics Stars”. These are the students...

Nov 01, 2016
  • ECU Economics

Dr. Hochard receives major grant from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Dr. Jake Hochard today received a major grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Lead Principal Investigator (PI). He and his collaborators have been awarded $400,000 for a three-year...

Oct 03, 2016
  • ECU Economics

Symposium on the State of the Economy, John Seater (featured speaker)

Sep 21, 2016
  • ECU Economics

Professor Jamie Kruse elected to the Board of Trustees of the Southern Economic Association

Professor Jamie Kruse has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Southern Economic Association.  The Southern Economic Association is one of the oldest economics associations in the United...

Jul 25, 2016
  • ECU Economics

WITN: ECU economic professors react to Verizon buying Yahoo for $4.83B

By Lindsay Oliver/Megan Hucks | Posted: Mon 9:31 PM, Jul 25, 2016 | Updated: Tue 8:22 AM, Jul 26, 2016 The number one wireless carrier in the country will be...

Jun 27, 2016
  • ECU Economics

WCTI12: Dr. Rothman comments on Brexit

Video of Dr. Philip Rothman giving interview to Channel WCTI12 regarding Brexit. (credit to: NewsChannel 12, New Bern, NC, WCTI Website, WCTI YouTube Channel ) https://youtu.be/G83N8o85lUU

Mar 21, 2016
  • ECU Economics

Dr. Howard’s paper accepted by Economics Letters

Congratulations to Dr. Greg Howard. His paper “On Linking Risk Preferences and Time Preferences when Estimating Incentive Effects” has been accepted by Economics Letters.

Mar 11, 2016
  • ECU Economics

Dr. Rothman interviewed by Public Radio East on real estate prices in North Carolina

Oct 29, 2015
  • ECU Economics

Dr. Lee’s paper accepted by the International Journal of Industrial Organization

Congratulations to Dr. Lee. His paper "The Effect of Coal Combustion Byproducts on Price Discrimination by Upstream Industries”  with Qingxin He, has been accepted by International Journal of Industrial Organization.