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Department News Archive
Econ Professor Wins Prize for Paper Forecasting Recession
Economics Professor Kajal Lahiri won the prestigious Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award of the National Association of Business Economics for a paper using new prediction models and co-authored by former PhD student Cheng Yang.
Professor Lahiri Wins the 2022 Edmund A. Mennis Award
Professor Kajal Lahiri's paper with a former PhD student Cheng Yang is selected as the winner of the 2022 Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award. The award comes with a cash prize and a commemorative plaque.
The award-winning paper is entitled as "ROC Approach to Forecasting Recessions Using Daily Yield Spreads." It will be published in an upcoming issue of National Association for Business Economics' journal. There will be a dedicated session to present the paper at the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting, which is held on October 9-11 in Chicago.
Mapping Innovation, Output in the Publishing Life Cycle
A first-of-its-kind study, co-authored by economists at the University at Albany, shows that scientific creativity peaks earlier among biomedical researchers, with quality declining as authors get older.
Joint Project by Professors Win NIH Grant
A joint research project by Professor Pinka Chatterji and Professor Chun-Yu Ho is awarded a research grant of %150,000 by National Institute of Health. The research project studies the effect of decline of hospital-based obstetric care in rural areas in the U.S. on maternal health. Their research project is expected to have important policy implications on hospital and medical industry.
Professor Takayama Receives Murata Science Foundation Research Grant
Professor Haruka Takayama is selected as a recipient of the Murata Science Foundation Research Grant. The Murata Science Foundation funds 2,960,000 Japanese Yen (which is over 20,000 US dollars) for Professor Takayama's research project. In the project, she studies how responsible sourcing initiatives by multinational fashion companies affect the environmental efficiency of local Bangladeshi firms.
Xue Wu Receives ASHEcon Diversity Scholarship
Economics doctoral student Xue Wu is selected as one of the recipients of the 2022 Diversity Scholarship by the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon). She will be financially supported to attend and present her research at the 2022 ASHEcon health economics conference in Austin, TX in June.
Quan Qi Receives the Karen R. Hitchcock New Frontiers Fund Award
Economics doctoral student Quan Qi has been selected for one of the Karen R. Hitchcock New Frontiers Fund Awards. The award is one of the Initiatives for Women. The fund will support her research project, presentation and publication.
Two Economics Faculty Members Get Promoted
The Economics Department is pleased to announce the promotion of two faculty members. Laurence Kranich has been promoted to a full professor and Chun-Yu Ho has been promoted to an associate professor. Congratulations!