Do oil booms reduce rural poverty and inequality? To study this Brock Smith measured rural poverty by counting people that live in darkness at night: combining high-resolution global satellite data on night-time lights and population from 2000-2013.
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Philip Grossman will talk about a paper considering if a leader’s reputation, earned by prior actions, increases the perceived credibility of a leader’s cheap talk invest message.
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College of Business and Public Policy Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods and Economics, Angie Zheng, investigated Chinese consumer preference for Alaska salmon to learn the potential of the product in China’s markets.
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After paying for tuition, books and living expenses, it’s not hard for students to be short on cash, but the Experimental Economics Laboratory at the College of Business and Public Policy might be a solution for a quick buck.
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The University of Alaska Foundation announced that Gunnar Knapp will receive the 2017 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence. Knapp, professor emeritus of economics at the College of Business and Public Policy, will receive $10,000 for his significant contributions to the University of Alaska.
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