The Department of Economics blog @ Wesleyan University
Jennifer Raynor just published (with D.J. Phaneuf) “Can native species compete with valuable exotics? Valuing ecological changes in the Lake Michigan recreational fishery” in Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.03.012 Abstract: The Chinook salmon population in Lake Michigan is declining precipitously due to ecological changes, and the impact on recreational fishing value is unknown. … Read more
Read Richard Grossman’s comments in Newsweek on Sen. McConnell’s proposal that blue states declare bankruptcy to get out of the corona virus-linked fiscal crisis.
Gary Yohe published “Climate Action and Policy – Parallels with COVID-19”, Earth Day 2020, Springer Nature, https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/sdg-programme/earth-day.
Wesleyan’s Andrews Professor of Economics (and President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges) contributed her insights to “FOCUS: Tips for Surviving and Thriving as an Academic Economist,” published by Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession.
Professor Gillian Brunet published a piece on Vox.com entitled “5 lessons from World War II for the coronavirus response” You can read it at: https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21214980/coronavirus-economy-jobs-ppe
The Economics Department is proud to acknowledge our majors who have been elected into Wesleyan University’s Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Spring 2020. Congratulations! Luke Francis Forsthoefel Jake Yi Jie Kwang Lance Forrest Lepelstat Zheng Mao Joshua Kwok Hei Ng Saki Ohashi Jesse Sage Sandler Samantha Nicole Smith Kaitlyn Elise Thomas-Franz Morgan Lindsey … Read more
Richard Grossman was quoted in an Associated Press article entitled “Buddy, can you spare a dime? Echoes of ’30s in viral crisis?” by Marcy Gordon on March 24, 2020.
Richard Grossman was interviewed by Lauren Rubinstein on mitigating the economic fallout from the corona virus” for News @ Wesleyan.
Richard Grossman was cited in US News and World Report talking about the recent Fed rate cut and its effect on consumers.
Professor Jennifer Raynor recently published an article in Nature Communications, titled “Impact of two of the world’s largest protected areas on longline fishery catch rates.” As of today, it has already been accessed over 5000 times! The full cite and abstract are below: Lynham, J., Nikolaev, A., Raynor, J. et al. Impact of two of the world’s … Read more
