Economics
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Why do Indian-Americans win spelling bee contests?
An article by the BBC referenced research contributed by economics professor Nirvikar Singh.
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UC Santa Cruz senior paints a path to success
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a senior business economics major in an article about a painting service that uses college students.
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2016’s best cities for Hispanic entrepreneurs
Economics department chair and professor Robert Fairlie was featured in a study about 2016's best cities for Hispanic entrepreneurs published by Wallet Hub, a website based in Washington, D.C. aimed at small business owners.
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Study says Sarao may not have been responsible for flash crash
Bloomberg Business News wrote an article about a draft paper, "The Flash Crash: A New Deconstruction," by Eric Aldrich in economics, Greg Laughlin, astronomy and astrophysics, and a Stanford colleague that analyzes on a millisecond level the May 2010 “flash crash” that drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down nearly 1,000 points. Reuters and the…
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Racial Identity, and Its Hostilities, Are on the Rise in American Politics
A New York Times columnist in a piece on working class voters referred to research by economics professor and department chair Rob Fairlie.
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Women started smaller percentage of U.S. businesses in 2014
A Wall Street Journal article on female entrepreneurs was based on a study by economics department chair Rob Fairlie. MSN.comalso published the article.
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After recession, wave of 'accidental' entrepreneurs
Economics department chair Rob Fairlie was featured in a CNBC report on the growth of entrepreneurs as a result of the great recession.
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UC Santa Cruz student dreams in three dimensions
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of undergraduate Hasti Afsarifard, an economics major with a minor in technology and information management, who is working on 3-D printer technology.
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40 under 40: Professors Who Inspire
Nerd Wallet, an online personal finance site for millennials, selected assistant economics professor Alan Spearot as one of its "40 under 40: Professors Who Inspire" in its Nerd Scholar section.
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On their own: What explains the surge in self-employment?
The Economist interviewed Rob Fairlie, chair of economics, in an article on entrepreneurship. Separately, a report Fairlie authored for the Kauffman Foundation, the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, received widespread coverage nationally including a Dallas Morning News blog that mentioned Fairlie.
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Have Money, Won’t Travel: Why do investors prefer to put their money to work at home?
Writing in Nautilus magazine, associate professor of economics Thomas Wu explores the geographic choices investors make.
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Uncle Ben's secret recipe: Open the Fed's cookbook
Professor of economics Carl Walsh commented on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's legacy of transparency for a story on the radio program Marketplace.