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Welcome
to the Business Economics and
Public Policy Group web site.
Our
faculty comprises applied microeconomists whose areas of expertise span a
range of fields. Our primary concern is the study of markets and firm
behavior, with a strong commitment to the study of relevant public policies. Our Group has evolved to include experts in
the areas of antitrust, contracting, environmental economics and regulation,
health, labor, law and economics, organizational economics, productivity,
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DEPARTMENT NEWS
Marek
Zapletal and
Bo Zhao,
both PhD students in our program, have received 2012
Kauffman
Dissertation Fellowship in the amount of $20,000. each. Marek is
receiving this fellowship for his work on "The Impact of Occupational
Licensing Regulation on Entrepreneurship." Bo's dissertation is on "The
Effects of State Innovation Programs on Entrepreneurial Firms: Three
Essays" Fellows will be officially recognized at a reception at the
upcoming Allied Social Science Association/American Economic Association
annual meetings in Chicago, Illinois, January 6-9, 2012.
Martin Zimmerman- was elected to the position of
Vice Chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research. The term is
for three years.
Kyle Handley - a new assistant professor joining
in Summer 2012, is one of the winners of the WTO Essay
Award for Young Economists 2011. See the
complete article.
His paper "Trade and Investment under Policy Uncertainty: Theory and
Firm Evidence" (with Nuno Limao) also won the Jacquemin Chair Prize for
Best Paper on Heterogeneous Firms and Trade Policy.
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