The Economics Club in Action
The UMW Economics Club sponsored the movie “Too Big to Fail” in November.
Special shoutout to economics major Ravi who got the opportunity to present his research on The Effect of State Income On the Supply of Primary Care services at the recent IPE Conference! His study was done in ECON 490, an independent research class required for all Economics majors, taught by Professor Dhar who also accompanied […]
Dr. Rycroft recently had his book that he co-authored on Income Inequality in America published! His book highlights the increasing problem of uneven wealth distribution in America. Despite the United States being considered a prosperous nation, many still struggle and live in poverty. Dr. Rycroft’s book is a very important topic that needs to continue …
This past November, our very own Dr. Dhar attended the 92nd annual meeting for the Southern Economic Association. Many accomplished economic scholars from all over the world traveled to this conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to present findings from their own economic research. Dr. Dhar presented her research on Social Openness and Capital Flows. Congratulations […]
On October 21st, a group of eight students from the Economics department, Dillon Durocher, Tara Fitzgerald, Paige Harrington, Matthew McGlynn, Jason Mueller, Dana Smith, Peter Smith, and Shane Stutton with Dr. Amrita Dhar, Associate Professor of Economics at UMW, attended the 16th Annual Economics Scholars Program Conference for Undergraduate Research at the Dallas Federal Reserve […]
On Friday, 3/25, Dr. Dhar presented her paper titled “State Higher Education Funding and Preferences for K-12 Equalization” at the Midwest Economics Association (MEA) Conference. Dr. Dhar was also chairing a session on Saturday at the MEA conference. Go Dr. Dhar!