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Professor Grace Ts’ao retires

By Department of Economics on August 31, 2017

Grace Ts’ao, Senior Lecturer in Economics, retired from Colgate University in 2017. Well known for her lively personality and ready laugh, Grace taught accounting to generations of Colgate students, beginning in the summer of 1981. She held masters degrees in mathematics and accounting and was a long-time member of the accounting faculty at the State University of New York at Oneonta, where she retired several years ago. The economics department wishes Grace a healthy and happy retirement!

Professor Jay Mandle retires

By Department of Economics on August 22, 2017
After a teaching career of over 45 years, most of it spent at Colgate, Professor Jay Mandle retired as the W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics, Emeritus. Jay earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and joined the Colgate faculty in 1990 as the premier holder of the W. Bradford Wiley Distinguished Chair in Economics. He arrived at Colgate after a 20-year teaching career at Temple University where he established himself as a leading scholar in the fields of African American economic history, economic development, and the effects of globalization. More recently he turned his attention toward American Democracy and Equality. Jay also taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College, Lincoln University,and the University of the West Indies; he taught as well as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Guyana and Nankai University China. Jay is a highly prolific scholar and author of 14 books and over 100 articles and book chapters; he is also the co-editor of the “Globalization” issue of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences (July 2000).  The Economics department wishes Jay and his wife Joan a wonderful retirement!

Class of 2017 Honors Students in Economics

By Department of Economics on August 21, 2017

The following 10 students from the Class of 2017 have earned the honors designation in the Economics Department after successfully completing their honors thesis (2 of which earned high honors):

Annie Conway, “The Impact of Charter School Laws Strength on School Closures” (Faculty Sponsor: Yang Song)

Emily Gu, “The International Transmission of the US Monetary Policy Shock” (Faculty Sponsor: Richard Higgins)

Gina Joseph, “The effects of India’s Panchayati Raj Institutions on child marriage” (Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla)

Troy Kelly, “Effects of TV Contracts on NBA Salaries” (Faculty Sponsor: Benjamin Anderson and Carolina Castilla)

Meagan Klebanoff, “Analyzing the Effect of the Common Fisheries Policy on the UK’s Fishing Industry: Better with Brexit?” (Faculty Sponsor: Bob Turner)

Kayla Oliver, “Accounting for Hysteresis: Incorporating Invariant Output Targeting into the Three Equation Model” (Faculty Sponsor: Tom Michl and Carolina Castilla)

Santa Ramirez Rijo, “Effects of Violence Prevention and Attention Units on prevalence and perceptions of intimate partner violence in the Dominican Republic” (Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla)

Ieva Steponaviciute, “Carbon Pricing in Input and Export Markets: Multinational Firms and Carbon Leakage using Bernard et al’s Model of Global Firms” (Faculty Sponsor: Bob Turner and Richard Klotz)

Irene Zhao, “The Role of Money in a Real Business Cycle in an Open Economy” (Faculty Sponsor: Richard Higgins)

Zoe Zhong, “Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes: Is Culture Relevant?” (Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla and Yang Song)

 

 

The Economics Department welcomes two new faculty members

By Department of Economics on August 21, 2017

Isla Globus-Harris received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Mathematics and Romance Languages with Honors from the University of Oregon and completed her Ph.D. in Economics with a specialization in Interdisciplinary Environmental Research from the University of California, San Diego.  Her primary research interests include environmental economics, microeconomic theory, and mechanism design.  Isla will be teaching Introduction to Economics this fall.

 

Erik Lillethun received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Science and Certificate in Finance from Princeton University with Honors, his Masters of Arts in Economics from Duke University and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego. His primary research is in microeconomic theory, game theory, law and economics, and industrial organization. Erik will be teaching Intermediate Microeconomics this fall.

Economics Department Award Winners-Class of 2017

By Department of Economics on August 21, 2017

The Economics Department awarded the following three students from the Class of 2017 with awards:

Marshall-Keynes Award for Excellence in Economics:  Kayla Oliver
Awarded by the department to the senior with the strongest, sustained performance in analytical economics.

Chi-Ming Hou Award for Excellence in International Economics: Gina Joseph
Established by past and present department members in honor of the late Chi-Ming Hou, who was a member of the Colgate economics department from 1956 to 1991, for outstanding achievement in International economics.

J. Melbourne Shortliffe Prizes: Zoe (Hua) Zhong
Established in honor of the late J. Melbourne Shortliffe, chair of the economics department emeritus, and awarded to outstanding graduating seniors who have concentrated in economics.

Congratulations to our award winners!