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Celebrating the Life of Robert D.Tollison (1942-2016)

October 24, 2016

Robert D. Tollison’s life began and ended in Upstate South Carolina. After attending Spartanburg High School and graduating Wofford College, Bob began a career that carried him to great international academic acclaim and all across the country. However, to those of us at Clemson who had the great privilege and delight of interacting with him […]

How Would the Policy Proposals of Clinton and Trump Impact SC’s Economy?

October 24, 2016

Scott Baier was interviewed in The State newspaper on the impact of this year’s presidential candidates policy proposals. One key concern is the growing anti-trade rhetoric in politics. SC imported over $9 billion of goods from China and Mexico in 2015. Many of these imports are intermediate goods used in manufacturing. Making these imports more […]

Matt Lewis op-ed: Price-gouging laws are counterproductive

October 3, 2016

A leak in the Colonial Pipeline in Alabama in September reduced the flow of gasoline to Georgia and the Carolinas. In a Charlotte Observer op-ed, Economics Professor Matthew Lewis argues that price-gouging laws make a bad situation worse. The threat and history of legal action by state AGs exacerbates the problem, in part by inducing […]

Washington Post column devoted to Fleck and Hanssen paper on Movie Stars

September 21, 2016

A new paper by Clemson Economics Professors Rob Fleck and Andy Hanssen is the subject of an extensive “Wonkblog” column in today’s Washington Post. Their paper, “Persistence and Change in Age-Specific Gender Gaps: Hollywood Actors from the Silent Era Onward”, studies gender differences in leading roles in Hollywood films since 1905. While starring roles for […]

Hazlett on Public Spending on Internet Access and Educational Attainment

August 24, 2016

President Obama’s recently proposed $4 billion per year in public spending on the E-rate program, to increase internet access in schools. These programs have a long history of support from politicians on both sides of the aisle. But do they work? Research by Clemson economist Thomas Hazlett says no. Internet penetration is already widespread, and […]

No April Fools: Economics Ph.D. Student Wins Thesis Competition

April 18, 2016

Ph.D. student Leah Kitashima won Clemson’s Three Minute Thesis Competition on April 1 for her presentation on her dissertation, “The Effects of ADHD Treatment on Children’s Educational and Criminal Outcomes”. Leah was one of three finalists in the competition among our PhD student cohort, along with Tim Bacon and Mahjuja Taznin. In addition to this […]

Economics Senior Wins Multiple Clemson and National Awards

April 18, 2016

Darby Voisin, a senior majoring in Economics, has won multiple Clemson and National Awards during her time at Clemson. Last year, Darby was part of a five person Clemson team that won The Fiscal Challenge, a national competition in which students present solutions to stabilize the Federal budget. This year, Darby participated in a Case […]

Myles Wallace, 1946-2016

March 29, 2016

Professor Emeritus Myles Wallace passed away on Tuesday March 22. Born in West Virginia, with BA, MA, and PhD degrees from the University of Colorado followed by service in the U.S. Air Force, Myles was a Clemson man for most of his career. He will long be remembered for his his love of economics, his […]