Economics

New Social Sciences research award honors Martin Chemers

The new Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research in the Division of Social Sciences recognizes senior faculty members who have made major impacts through their research.

Economists evaluate impacts of Proposition 209

Eleven years after California voters banned the use of affirmative action in the state, two UCSC economists discuss the impacts of Proposition 209 on minority-owned firms.

UC Santa Cruz economists discuss global capital markets during free public workshop Nov. 9 at NASA Research Park

Four economists will discuss the implications of turmoil in global capital markets, during a free public workshop Nov. 9 at UCSC's Silicon Valley Center.

Global affairs expert to deliver UCSC's 2007 Maitra Lecture at Montalvo on Nov. 2

Philip Bell, founding provost of UCSC's Merrill College, dies at 82

Philip Wilkes Bell, founding provost of Merrill College at UC Santa Cruz, died August 1. Bell, who was 82, lived in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania at the time of his death. Named provost of ""College

UCSC economics grad reconnects with campus to help others

Santa Cruz native Stephen Bruce recently reconnected with UCSC, where he is opening doors for students by funding a fellowship for aspiring high school math and science teachers, and creating a fellowship for graduate students in politics.

Richard Musgrave, renowned pioneer of public finance, dies at 96

SANTA CRUZ, CA--Richard A. Musgrave, widely regarded as the founder of modern public finance and an adviser on fiscal policy and taxation to governments from Washington to Bogota to Tokyo, died Monday, Jan. 15.