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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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.
Read: Economics Lab Featured in The Northern Light
College of Business and Public Policy’s Dr. Alexander James, explains what economics is about.
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Dr. Christina McDowell, College of Business and Public Policy Associate Professor of Marketing and Business Communication, explains what marketing is about.
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