The School of Economics at Georgia Tech provides a crucial link for solving the complex challenges facing our world. Our faculty and students look to solve human problems cost-effectively and sustainably, given the resource constraints that inevitably restrict what we can do. By bridging social concerns, technology, and economics, we make choices that lead to improvements in the human condition.
Conference on Challenges in Global Development held at Georgia Tech
An interdisciplinary conference on Challenges in Global Development: A Global-Local Perspective was organized by Associate Professor of …
Haigh Angell Elected Undergraduate Student Government Association's Executive Vice President
Haigh Angell, a third year Economics and International Affairs major from Savannah, Georgia has been elected the Undergraduate Student …
Giving ‘Value of a Statistical Life’ a Firmer Foundation, and a New Name
Laura Taylor’s work helps pin down a more precise estimate for the “value of a statistical life,” which is used as an estimate of the …
Shemyakina Selected to Join 2019-2020 Office of Provost’s Emerging Leaders Program.
Olga Shemyakina, Associate Professor in the School of Economics, has been selected to participate in the 2019-2020 cohort of the Office of …
Dhongde Awarded the Ivan Allen Jr. Faculty Legacy Award
Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde was awarded the Ivan Allen Jr. Faculty Legacy Award for 2019.
The School of Economics will host Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2013 to 2017) Professor of the …
Joseph B. Owens Jr. Named 2019 Distinguished Alumni by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Joseph B. Owens, Jr. (ECON B.S.1977) has been named a 2019 Distinguished Alumni by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Tinsley Invited to JUMP into STEM Finals
Sarah Tinsley, a third year Economics student, has been invited to compete in the JUMP into STEM Final Event for the chance to intern with …
School of Economics and College of Computing to Host Nobel Laureate Robert Aumann
The School of Economics and the College of Computing will host Prof. Robert Aumann, winner of the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics on …