The Atlantic Covers Study by Prof. Daniele Paserman
An NBER Working Paper by our own Professor Daniele Paserman, joint with Stefano Gagliarducci of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, that examines how gender affects bipartisanship was covered today in The Atlantic. Article author Andrew McGill spoke with Paserman about their interesting conclusion: “…women are indeed more likely to cooperate across party lines, but […]
PhD ’16 Grad Finalist for Nevins Prize
Recent PhD graduate Elisabeth (Bitsy) Perlman has been chosen as a finalist for this year’s Allan Nevins Prize in American Economic History. The Prize is awarded annually by the Economic History Association on behalf of Columbia University Press for the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history completed during the previous year. The 2016 […]
Launch of BU Women in Economics Organization
The BU Women in Economics Organization (WEorg) will launch in the fall of 2016. WEorg is a graduate student-led organization dedicated to the advancement of women in all stages of research in economics. Through various departmental events, WEorg gives women economists a collective voice and invites both men and women to take part in a […]
Prof. Tandon: Economist, Numismatist
Associate Professor of Economics Pankaj Tandon was featured today in BU Research not for his economics expertise, but for his passion: ancient Indian coins: “Pankaj Tandon is a Boston University associate professor of economics by training and, by passion, a scholar of ancient coins—or numismatist. In 2010, Tandon, who specializes in coins of ancient India, […]
2016 Rosenstein-Rodan Prize awarded to Mesay Gebresilasse
The Institute for Economic Development awards the Rosenstein-Rodan Prize for the best original research on development economics or a related discipline among PhD students. This year there was an extraordinarily large number of high quality submissions, making the problem of selection particularly difficult. The papers were read and evaluated by a committee of six IED […]
PhD Student’s Summer Class Talks Poverty
Current Ph.D. student Lee Tucker is teaching a summer course called Economics of Poverty and Discrimination in the United States. An article in BU Today featured Tucker’s fascinating course on this complex topic, which includes discussions on gender, race, age, and more. Tucker is inspiring his students to bring their questions around poverty into their […]
PhD Student Bitsy Perlman is Finalist in GRS 3MT
The Graduate School held the preliminary rounds for the first BU 3 Minute Thesis competition and our own Bitsy Perlman (PhD ’16) is a finalist. No, 3 Minute Thesis competition doesn’t mean it takes three minutes to write the thesis, though certainly many PhD students are wishing that was feasible. Instead, it means presenting the […]
2016 Rosenthal Lecture with Jonathan Levin, Stanford
This year’s Rosenthal Memorial Lecture will be given by Stanford University’s Holbrook Working Professor of Price Theory Jonathan Levin. The talk is titled “Internet Markets: Search, Pricing and Trust”. DATE: Friday, April 1 TIME: 5:00-6:30PM LOCATION: Room 203 in the Photonics building, 8 St. Mary’s St. The lecture will be followed by a dinner and […]
Prof. Randy Ellis Featured in WalletHub ACA Study
Professor Randall Ellis was featured in WalletHub’s recent study showing 2015’s rates of uninsured by state before & after the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Read Prof. Ellis’s expert opinion at https://wallethub.com/edu/rates-of-uninsured-by-state-before-after-obamacare/4800/#randall-p-ellis.
Master’s Program Prize Winners for Academic Excellence
(L-R: Guangzhi Ye, Yiming Cao, Teerapat Jirasirikul) This year’s winners of the MA Prize for Academic Excellence were Teerapat Jirasirikul (MA ’16), and Yiming Cao (MA ’16) and Guangzhi Ye (MA ’16). Teerapat was awarded for his overall academic performance in the department. Professor Pankaj Tandon said: “Beyond his solid good grades I feel Teerapat […]