The results of a comprehensive new study of the economic impact that Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site operations have on the state reveal that INL is responsible for more than 24,000 Idaho jobs and generates a total economic impact exceeding $3.5 billion. Boise State University’s Department of Economics was awarded a research contract by INL [...]
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Research Details Positive Economic Impacts from Idaho National Laboratory Operations
December 9, 2010 – 3:01 pm
Economics Students Come in Second Overall in the International Economics Summit
November 5, 2010 – 2:40 pm
On Thursday, October 28 a group of Economics students participated in the International Economic Summit in conjunction with the Frank Church Institute at Boise State University. The three man team, which included Economics majors Barry Bakke and Steve Canty as well as Finance Major Jon Fulcher, represented Iceland. They won Top High Income Country, Best [...]
Sîan Mooney to co-chair CAST report
October 8, 2010 – 11:09 am
Dr. Sîan Mooney has been invited to serve as Co-Chair for a CAST Report entitled, “Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes in US Agriculture: Challenges and opportunities”. The final report will be an important document that will have significant impact on agriculture and its involvement in greenhouse gas mitigation. CAST plans are to widely distribute [...]
Faculty Spotlight- Charlotte Twight
August 27, 2010 – 8:10 am
Dr. Charlotte Twight made three presentations at “Cato University,” an annual program of the Cato Institute held July 25-30. Her presentations were titled, “How Government Works and Grows: Elements of Public Choice Theory,” “Grasping Government: Public Choice at Work,” and “You’re Being Watched and Other Nightmares: The Growth of the Surveillance State.”
Sîan Mooney to take part in President’s Leadership Academy
August 25, 2010 – 1:49 pm
Dr. Sîan Mooney has been invited by President Bob Kustra to take part in the inaugural class of the President’s Leadership Academy. The President’s Leadership Academy was developed to capitalize on the synergies of experienced Boise State University leaders who are responsible for strategic initiatives. The Academy will provide a forum for these leaders to [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Kelly Cobourn
July 28, 2010 – 8:58 am
Department of Economics Assistant Professor Dr. Kelly Cobourn was elected as secretary of the Committee for Women in Agricultural Economics which is part of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. Dr. Cobourn was nominated and selected by a vote of the members.
Faculty Spotlight – Don Holley
July 21, 2010 – 8:46 am
Economics Department Chair Don Holley was quoted in an Idaho Business Review story about how restaurants are focusing on happy hour to attract and reward customers. Holley noted that, given the economic situation, restaurants may be better off reducing prices for happy hour and getting more customers in the door.
Economics Student Finishes in the Top Three at the National Economics Insider Symposium
June 22, 2010 – 9:34 am
Hannah Vinson, a senior economics major, placed in the top three in a national contest aimed at generating new ideas to solve pressing economic issues. Hannah was one of 12 students in the country invited to share her ideas with a panel of the nation’s most prominent economists at the 2010 National Economics Insider Symposium [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Sîan Mooney
June 22, 2010 – 9:27 am
Department of Economics Professor Dr. Sîan Mooney is a co-author on a paper titled “Comparison of Carbon Pools and Economic Profitability for Managed Ponderosa Pine Stands in Wyoming, USA” in the Journal of Forestry Research.
Faculty Spotlight – Samia Islam
June 22, 2010 – 9:24 am
Economics professor, Samia Islam, had a recent article titled ‘An Examination of the Differential Impact of Highway Capital Investment on Economically Disparate Appalachian Counties’ accepted for publication in the journal Transportation Planning & Technology (Taylor and Francis -UK). The editor, David Gillingwater, says the following about the paper: “The reviewers considered (this) paper to be [...]