All economics majors are invited to the department’s faculty-student happy hour Thursday, March 24 from 4:30-6:30 pm at Donovan’s Pub.  Come enjoy refreshments with your favorite economics professors!

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Fun in Scotland with Director, Don Waldman and the London Economics Study Group

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Director: Don Waldman

Spending time in Hampton Court

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All economics majors are invited to the department’s faculty-student happy hour Friday, December 4 from 4:30-6:30 pm at Donovan’s Pub.  Come enjoy refreshments with your favorite economics professors!

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Want to study abroad in one of the fastest growing economies in the world?  Come learn more about Colgate’s new exchange program with Xiamen University in China.  This is a great opportunity to take economics courses in English while learning Chinese.  For more information about the exchange program, view the flier.  The deadline to apply is November 6; the application is here. Please contact Professor Simpson (nsimpson@colgate.edu) if you are interested. Pictures of Xiamen and details of the program are here.

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All economics majors are invited to the department’s faculty-student happy hour Thursday, October 15 at 4:30 pm at Donovan’s Pub.  Come enjoy refreshments with your favorite economics professors!

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Professor Carolina Castilla teaches a class in Persson Hall. Photo by Gerard Gaskin

Research by Colgate Assistant Professor Carolina Castilla was recently featured on World Bank Blogs.  The post discusses the importance of the findings in her paper, “Trust and Reciprocity between Spouses in India” (gated).  The working paper version can be found here.

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After 30 years of dedicated service to the Economics Department and the Women’s Studies Department, Professor Ulla Grapard retired after the Spring 2015 semester. Ulla earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University and joined the economics department in 1985.  Her involvement with Women’s Studies began in 1987 and she is a founding member of the International Association for Feminist Economics, and has played a key role in shaping the interdisciplinary field of feminist economics. Her 1995 Feminist Economics article “Robinson Crusoe: The Quintessential Economic Man” became a classic in the literature, and has influenced many scholars. At Colgate, Ulla created a Gender in the Economy course that served as a model for other institutions. She received a joint appointment in Economics and Women’s Studies in 2004. Ulla served as Affirmative Action Director and as Director of WMST. Her teaching included leading the London Economics Study Group multiple times, and an extended study course on The Scandinavian Welfare State: A Gendered Perspective, that she led on 10 occasions. Ulla will be greatly missed in the department but we wish her all the best in her retirement!

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The Economics Department awarded the following three students from the Class of 2015 with awards:

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

Chi-Ming Hou Award for Excellence in International Economics: Sagar Saxena
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: Kenzie Hume
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.

The broadcast is available here. Congratulations to our award winners!

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The following ten students from the Class of 2015 have earned the honors designation in the Economics Department after successfully completing their honors thesis (two of which earned high honors):

Kathy Chao, ” The Political Economy of the Second Migration: Fair Employment Laws and Black Interstate Migration Decisions, 1940-1970” (Faculty sponsor: Michael Haines).

Mia Goldstone, “Access to Healthcare and Obesity: An International Investigation of Healthcare Systems” (Faculty sponsor: Jyoti Khanna).

Wesley Gross, “The Extent of Income Disparities Based on the Intersections of Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Education” (Faculty sponsor: Michael O’Hara).

Kenzie Hume, “Chilean Economic Growth and Mapuche Integration” (Faculty sponsors: Jay Mandle and Michael O’Hara).

Ayman Khondker, “The Factors Affecting the Yield of International Students at a Private Liberal Arts University” (Faculty sponsor: Nicole Simpson).

Matthew Knowles, “The Effect of the National Input Voucher Scheme on the Technical Efficiency of Rural Farmers in Tanzania” (Faculty sponsor: Ben Anderson).

Lydia Mesler, “A Bank-Level Analysis of Regulation Q and Commercial Bank Portfolio Risks” (Faculty sponsor: Matt Jaremski). High Honors.

Zach Pitkowsky, “A Production Function of Chronic Diseases” (Faculty sponsor: Jyoti Khanna).

Sagar Saxena, “Separation & Satisfaction: Evidence from Korea” (Faculty sponsor: Takao Kato). High Honors.

Tianyi Wang, “Industrial Output and Air Pollutant Emissions: A Study of Chinese Cities” (Faculty sponsor: Jay Mandle).

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