Economics Archives

October 26, 2022

Experience of the pandemic shifts attitudes toward the function of the government and market

Professor Sandra Goff’s paper “Support for Bigger Government: The Principle-Implementation Gap and COVID-19” with John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Alex Reents, and Patrick…

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September 30, 2022

Four new faculty members join the Bates economics department

Dr. Sam Bird, Dr. Sandra Goff, Dr. Amanda Lindsay, and Dr. Austin Smith joined the faculty in the economics department…

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September 19, 2022

Professor of Economics Daniel Riera-Crichton delivered the Convocation address

Professor Riera-Crichton quoted his favorite poet from his homeland of Spain, Antonio Machado: “Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada…

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August 24, 2022

Yanying (Sophie) Sheng (class of 2016) publishes research on racial animus during the COVID pandemic

Yanying (Sophie) Sheng (class of 2016) and her coauthor, Running Lu, published a new paper “How Racial Animus Forms and…

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June 9, 2022

Last-class Takeover in Professor Michael Murray’s Econometrics Class

After serving 35 years at Bates College as the Charles Franklin Phillips Professor of Economics, Professor Michael Murray will retire…

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June 9, 2022

2022 Economics Student Awards and Announcements

The annual Department Awards as decided by the Economics faculty. Congratulations to the following students:  Chances Prize, awarded to a…

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June 9, 2022

An Evening with Dr. Cecilia Rouse

Cecilia Rouse, who serves as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and is a professor of economics…

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June 9, 2022

Economics faulty of 2021-2022

Professor He:   “I am studying how trade and immigration affect COVID-related xenophobia; whether Amazon raises its prices after its…

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