economics
January 27, 2016
Served key roles with White House Council of Economic Advisers and Department of Commerce
As they interact with Susan Helper in the classroom and on research, students at APP are getting a chance to learn first-hand what goes into national economic policy-making at the…
October 27, 2015
CWRU Weatherhead School of Management Economics Professor Susan Helper has key role in collaborative national research Weatherhead School of Management Economics Professor Susan Helper will play a lead role on a team that began developing the research the past two years, while Helper was on…
October 09, 2015
Roman Sheremeta, assistant professor of economics, shares the first and second place ranking of Forbes' 2015 list of Top Economic Thinkers of Ukrainian descent. Forbes uses three categories to assess each candidate: citations, number of publications and popular vote. Sheremeta placed first in…
May 20, 2015
How health care is obtained, provided and paid for in America is increasingly vital to the national economy. In the face of health care reform, urgent and practical responses on behalf of providers are essential. Panelists from Northeast Ohio leading medical centers and DHG Healthcare will discuss…
May 08, 2015
Mariana Carrera and Justin Gallagher, assistant professors of economics in the Weatherhead School of Management, recently published an op-ed in The Plain Dealer on the economic benefits of vaccinating children. Carrera and Gallagher’s approach examined why people opt out of vaccinating children,…
March 18, 2015
U.S. Department of Commerce Chief Economist Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics at Weatherhead School of Management, will present “Re-investing in America’s Supply Chain Innovation,” building on President Barack Obama’s remarks in Cleveland this week. Her talk is Monday,…
March 16, 2015
Helper also will present economic outlook for manufacturing at CWRU event Two nationally prominent economists associated with APP Weatherhead School of Management will be featured speakers at the 41st annual David A. Bowers Forecast Luncheon on Friday, March 20. U.S.…
February 03, 2015
Kelvin Smith Library will host presentations by the 2014 Freedman Fellows: Melvyn Goldstein, the John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet, and Justin Gallagher, assistant professor of economics. The fellows will discuss their research and…
January 29, 2015
Silvia Prina, associate professor of economics, will lead the next Public Affairs Discussion Group, addressing the topic “Encouraging Savings by the Poor in Developing Countries.” In the uncertainty of poverty in poor countries, saving is not easy. Banking systems in poor countries tend to be…
November 10, 2014
John A. List, the Homer J. Livingston Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, will present “Using Field Experiments in Economics” at The Howard T. McMyler Memorial Lecture on Friday, Nov. 14, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Ballroom in the Tinkham Veale…