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2015
2015
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Message from the Chair
The Department of Economics is pleased to provide news and updates on department activities in this Newsletter. This edition highlights accomplishments and…
Facts and Figures
Ohio State’s Department of Economics ranked 9th among public universities and 27th among all U.S. universities (U.S. News & World Report, 2013). A world-wide ranking of economics programs by…
Department News
Faculty Retirements Stephen Cosslett Stephen Cosslett received his PhD in economics from the University of California Berkeley, and taught at Northwestern University and at…
New Sports and Society Initiative
The Sports and Society Initiative is moving to create a national platform for research into issues ranging from revenue to compensation and beyond. With the…
CHRR Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR) celebrates 50 years as a pioneer in the development of survey methodology and as a world leader in groundbreaking social science research CHRR, a…
Department Advisory Board
ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD The Ohio State Department of Economics Advisory Board held its first meeting October 8-9 at the Ohio Union. The board is the primary alumni…
Faculty Profile: Mehmet Caner
Mehmet Caner and Big Data Economics professor Mehmet Caner arrived at Ohio State in August as part of a group of newly-hired faculty affiliated with Ohio…
Graduate Student Profile: Joe Staudt
Joe Staudt, PhD candidate in economics, has a long relationship with Ohio State. He developed a passion for economics after reading Thomas Sowell's Basic…
Undergraduate Student Profile: Nima Dahir
Nima Dahir, a senior honors student majoring in economics and mathematics, has been accumulating honors and awards for some time now. The daughter of Somali…
Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
20th Denman Undergraduate Research Forum The Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, now in its 20th year, is coordinated by the Undergraduate Research Office…
Undergraduate Student Awards
The Undergraduate Economics and the economics department hosted its annual Autumn Undergraduate Reception on September 3 in the Cartoon Room at the Ohio Union. The reception was an opportunity…
2015 Graduate Student Placements
Korie Amberger, Pompeu Fabra-Spain, 3-year postdoc Advisor: Julia Thomas Andrzej Baranski, Maastricht University, Netherlands, Assistant Professor Advisors: Jim Peck and John Kagel…
Graduate Student Awards
The department's graduate student teaching award selection board, the Director of Graduate Studies and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, screened Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA) records to…
Do you know...
. . . or do you doubt that ghosts haunt arts and sciences buildings? In what Ohio State building have people claimed that a woman in a pink party dress walks across a room to a window and then…
Learn About Economics as a Career
LEARN ABOUT ECONOMICS AS A CAREER The AEA video “A career in economics... it’s much more than you think" gives the perspectives of four people who use economics in different ways. Their discussion…