Christine Ries joined the faculty at the School of Economics in 1999. Throughout her time here, Professor Ries has taught a wide variety of courses, including The Global Economy, The Economics of Corporate Strategy, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Global Financial Economics, and the School of Economics Capstone Course. Her work focuses on global corporate financial management, economic development, and tax policy.
By: Aselia Urmanbetova
In a joint paper recently accepted by Econometric Theory, Assistant Professor Karen Yan and co-authors Zheng Fang and Qi Li consider nonparametric estimation of a conditional quantile function.
I am Head of Commercial Operations at Speakap. This means that I design and implement business processes and systems that directly impact our revenue growth.
The variety! One day I might be designing a process to improve the way that we turn customer feedback into action; the next, I might be working on an updated revenue forecast for the year based on sales and marketing data.
By: Aselia Urmanbetova
Name: Rupkatha Banerjee
Year: 4th year
Major/minor: B.S. Economics, B.S. Mathematics
Hometown: Johns Creek, GA
Favorite class: Game Theory or Strategy of Information
Favorite professor: Dr. Shemyakina, Dr. Burkett
By: Aselia Urmanbetova
In joint research with Jeffrey Racine and Qi Li (research paper published by the Journal of Nonparametric Statistics), Assistant Professor Karen Yan considers nonparametric estimation of smoothed probability mass functions for ordered categorical data.
By: Aselia Urmanbetova
I am a Finance Director and I lead the Agency Economics team. We are responsible for designing the incentive compensation programs for our agencies and sales employees.
The coolest part of my job is using complex economic and financial analysis to convert corporate goals like “generate more sales” and “increase growth” into tangible compensation programs that lead to those results.
By: Gita Smith
By: Aselia Urmanbetova