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• Economics Student Sarah Tinsley Named 2020 Joseph K. Heyman Scholarship Recipient

  February 4, 2020

  

  Sarah Tinsley, a fourth-year student in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics, was awarded the 2020 Joseph K. Heyman Scholarship from the Atlanta Economics Club.

• Besedes Publishes Research on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

  January 29, 2020

  

  The International Tax and Public Finance journal has accepted for publication a new paper by Tibor Besedes, an associate professor in the School of Economics, which examines the economic determinants of multilateral environmental agreements. The paper was co-authored with Erik P. Johnson, a former faculty member in SOE, and Xinping Tian, a Ph.D. alumnus of SOE.  

• Georgia Tech Economics Doctoral Student Co-Authors Paper on Solar Geoengineering in ‘Nature Communications’

  January 13, 2020

  

  Solar geoengineering—the intentional reflection of sunlight away from the Earth’s surface—may reduce income inequality among countries, according to a new paper co-authored by a Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics Ph.D. student who conducted his research while a visiting student at the University of California San Diego.

• Shatakshee Dhongde has been appointed as a Fellow with the Society for Economic Measurement.

  January 10, 2020

  

  Associate Professor, Shatakshee Dhongde, has been appointed as a Fellow with the Society for Economic Measurement. The Society for Economic Measurement (SEM) promotes research on economic measurement, using advanced tools from economic theory, econometrics, aggregation theory, experimental economics, mathematics, and statistics.

• Economics Faculty Present Research Across United States Ahead of 8th Atlanta International Economics Workshop Co-hosted with Emory and Atlanta Federal Reserve

  November 20, 2019

  

  Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics faculty showcased the breadth of the School's research this month as faculty presented on topics ranging from poverty to the future of education. In addition, the School will co-host the 8th Atlanta Workshop on International Economics with Emory University and the Atlanta Federal Reserve Board next month. 

• Southeastern Energy & Environmental Economics Workshop (SE3W) @ Georgia Tech

  October 29, 2019

  
  The School of Economics was pleased to host the inaugural Southeastern Energy and Environmental Economics Workshop on October 24th & 25th.

• Tinsley and Dong Present Posters at Georgia Transportation Conference

  September 23, 2019

  

  Two School of Economics students presented posters at a Georgia transportation expo, an event more typically associated with engineering students.

• Georgia Tech Partners with Universities, UN on Sustainable Development Goals

  September 23, 2019

  

  Three faculty from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts are among the representatives from leading world universities — including Georgia Tech and three Ivan Allen College facutly — will convene today, September 23, at Rutgers University - Newark to participate in the University Global Compact (UGC)’s 17 Rooms-U, hosted in partnership with the United Nations.

• School of Economics Emphasizes STEM Footing with New Degree Classification

  September 10, 2019

  

  Degrees earned in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Economics now count as STEM degrees, a classification that highlights the rigorous analytical nature of the school’s offerings and points to where new Chair Laura O. Taylor wants to take the program.

• An 'Interdisciplinary Ecosystem'

  September 9, 2019

  

  Two Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts teams move into the Coda building to continue their innovative research using data analytics to solve problems in health care, energy, and more.

• Oliver Publishes Research on Market Effects of Renewable Energy Penetration

  September 9, 2019

  
  A study by SOE associate professor Matthew E. Oliver and former SOE faculty member Erik Johnson has been published in the September 2019 issue of The Energy Journal, the flagship journal of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE).

• Ivan Allen College Strides Boldly Ahead Under Jacqueline Royster’s Leadership 

  August 27, 2019

  

  Jacqueline Jones Royster, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, concluded nine years of dynamic leadership on August 31, closing her term as the Ivan Allen Jr. Dean’s Chair in Liberal Arts and Technology. A leading scholar at the intersections of rhetorical, literacy, women’s, and cultural studies, she will remain on faculty in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication completing research and continuing also to work with undergraduate interns on her Building Memories project until she retires in August 2020. 

• Besedes Joins NPR’s 1A Show as Guest Panelist

  August 12, 2019

  
  Associate Professor Tibor Besedes joined a panel of experts to talk about the economy on 1a, a radio show syndicated by NPR. The episode, entitled "Smarten Up About the Economy," aired on July 30.

• Smarten Up About the Economy

  August 1, 2019

  

  Read the Article in The 1a

• Sandy Springs City School District Would Be Financially Feasible, Study Says

  July 22, 2019

  

  Read the Article in Reporter Newspapers

• Study Examines Diversity, Social Mistrust

  July 18, 2019

  

  Read the Article in Phys.org

• New Georgia Tech Study Examines Diversity, Social Mistrust

  July 11, 2019

  

  The study found that social capital increased in counties where one ethnicity dominates, but declined in communities with higher rates of diversity.

• Ivan Allen College Faculty Tour Georgia Communities for Emerging Leaders Program

  July 11, 2019

  

  Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts faculty enrolled in the 2018-2019 cohort of Georgia Tech's Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) were given a unique opportunity to visit some of the communities their students call home in a recent tour to Northwestern Georgia. 

• Georgia Tech Professor Conducting First-Ever Economic Impact Study of State’s Bicycling Sector

  May 29, 2019

  

  National Bike Month is about to wrap up, but there is still time to note that Georgia Institute of Technology economist Shatakshee Dhongde is conducting the first-ever project to measure the economic impact of bicycling in the state.

• School of Economics Professor Conducting First-Ever Economic Impact Study of State’s Bicycling Sector

  May 29, 2019

  

  National Bike Month is about to wrap up, but there is still time to note that Georgia Institute of Technology economist Shatakshee Dhongde is conducting the first-ever project to measure the economic impact of bicycling in the state.