Department of Economics

Spring Seminar – Rick Hornbeck, April 27, 2018-Engines of Growth: Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing” (joint with Martin Rotemberg)

Friday, April 27, 2018, 3:30 pm 302 Sirrine Topic: Engines of Growth:  Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing” (joint with Martin Rotemberg) We examine the impacts of market integration on the development of American manufacturing, as railroads expanded through the latter half of the 19th century.  Using county-by-industry data from the Census of […]

IEP Presents Tullock Lecture – Dorothy Robyn – February 27, 2018

Information Economy Project Big Ideas Lecture Tuesday, Feb 27th 2018, 05:00 pm Tillman Hall, Memorial Auditorium Congress is hotly debating whether to privatize the air traffic control system – the most significant potential change to aviation since airline deregulation. Embracing a reform that President Clinton pursued unsuccessfully in the 1990’s, the Trump Administration has made […]