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Dr. Daniel Karney presents the paper titled “U.S Residential Electricity Demand Elasticity Estimation Accounting for State-level Heterogeneity and Cross-sectional Dependence.” This Economics Seminar is Friday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. in Bentley Annex 302. Karney is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University. Summary: This study estimates the long-run, own-price […]

Dr. Joshua Austin presents a paper titled “Controlling for selection bias: The role of firm size in acquisition gains.” This Economics Seminar is Friday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. in Bentley Annex 302. Austin is Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University. Abstract: It is well documented in the […]

An Ohio University Economics alum, Scot Millen, is one of five new board members announced by the Community Foundation of Howard County, which raises, manages and distributes funds to support Howard County, MD, nonprofits, reports citybizlist. Scot Millen is the director of investments for Brightworks Wealth Management in Columbia, which […]

Watch Vedder’s Café Conversation on A&S TV. Dr. Richard Vedder, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, made his Sept. 30 presentation on Capitol Hill half an hour early so he could catch a plane back to Ohio University to talk with students […]

Ohio University’s Master of Financial Economics program is ranked #9 in the Financial Engineer’s 2015 Master of Financial Economics Rankings, the most comprehensive rankings for graduate financial economics programs in the United States. The ranking methodology includes: 30% Mean GMAT Scores 25% Mean Starting Salary and Bonus 15% Mean Undergraduate GPA 15% Acceptance […]

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra J. Saunders quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article on “Forgive and forget college debt.” The article discusses an Obama administration decision to forgive as much as $3.5 […]

Ohio University Economics alum and renowned Kenyan scholar and economist Mwangi Samson Kimenyi died June 6, 2015, in Maryland. Kimenyi earned an M.A. in Economics in 1982 from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. “Dr. Kimenyi was a former director and senior research fellow at the Africa […]