Welcome Professor Ed Barbier to CSU and to the Economics Department! Dr. Barbier is a world renowned environmental economist coming to us from the University of Wyoming. He is also the Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability and was elected a 2015 Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Dr. […]
The gig economy has created new opportunities for work just as it has opened new options for consumers for everything from ride-hailing and travel accommodations to grocery shopping and meal delivery. But its effect on the overall economy remains a matter of debate due to inconclusive or contradictory data. For example, does gig-economy work reduce […]
Econ Seminar Series, Fall 2017 Location: Fridays, 3 pm, Room 103 Behavioral Sciences Date Speaker Friday, September 8 Tony Underwood – Dickinson College Field(s): Environmental, Health Friday, September 15 Ryan Levitt – Colorado State University Field(s): Environmental Friday, September 22 Steve Fazzari – Washington University, St Louis Field(s): Macro, Monetary Friday, September 29 John Kennan – University of Wisconsin, Madison […]
Please congratulate Dr. Anita Alves Pena on being appointed the Interim Chair of the Department of Economics, effective July 1, 2017. This is Dr. Pena’s 11th year at CSU. She came to CSU in Fall 2017 from Stanford University where she received her MA in Economics in 2004 and PhD in Economics in 2007. Dr. […]
Interdisciplinary Special Symposium Borders and Borderlands: Culture, Society, and Economics during Changing Times Presented by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program Morgan Library, Event Hall Thursday, April 20, 2017 Day programming is free and open to the public. Program 9:00am-9:05am Welcome and Overview of the Symposium – Anita Alves Pena (CSU, Economics) 9:05am-10:15am Barriers […]
“Rural areas are surprisingly entrepreneurial.” That is one of the findings from Colorado State University Professor Stephan Weiler and his fellow researchers who recently studied startups and business creation in both rural and urban areas. The findings also showed that the businesses created in these rural areas tend to be more resilient than urban startups […]
Please help us congratulate Dr. Cher Li’s Faculty Development award on Tuesday, April 11 from 3 to 5 pm in the Long’s Peak Room in Lory Student Center (Spring Faculty/Staff Meeting & Awards Ceremony). She is receiving this award from the College of Liberal Arts for her research project on the Under-representation of Women in […]
By Brian Thiede, Lillie Greiman, Stephan Weiler, Steven C. Beda and Tessa Conroy Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We asked sociologists, economists, geographers and historians to describe the divide from different angles. The data […]
by Anna Gerber | January 30, 2017 12:27 PM On Jan. 5, nearly 600 college students from around the world set sail on the educational journey of a lifetime – a global learning expedition for a Semester at Sea[1]. Over 105 days, participants traverse the globe, taking classes onboard while at sea, and stopping at 12 ports […]
Why inequality is the most important economic challenge facing the next president By Steven Pressman Finding a way to reduce inequality is key not only to solving a host of other problems but also to rescuing America’s fast-disappearing middle class. Radio interview on the Matt Townsend Show can be heard online at: https://www.byuradio.org/episode/0fab7b1b-99cc-4907-beb4-f54b342db2d2/the-matt-townsend-show-income-inequality-psychology-of-scary-films-parent-previews?playhead=968&autoplay=true
