A new report breaks down the impact of North Carolina’s rail system on the state’s economy. The North Carolina Department of Transportation study, produced in partnership with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education, looks at annual contributions from rail […]
“While there is uncertainty about how effective interest rates are, there is consensus among economists that raising interest rates does lower inflation somewhat. However, interest rates are a blunt tool and rising interest rates can have widely varying impacts on households and businesses depending on […]
“That’s exactly what I’m talking about in terms of creating confusion in the market for rhino horns using the synthetic horns,” said economics professor Fred Chen, who shared that the confusion caused by synthetic rhino horns could bring the value of the real horns down. […]
In business, the million-dollar question is how to get people to buy stuff. But in wildlife conservation, the challenge is: how do we get people to not buy stuff? How do we bring down demand for fur, ivory and rhino horns? Today on the show, the story […]
Coal jobs have been declining for generations. Now in the town of Keyser, West Virginia, there’s a different energy source on the horizon. Full article/Video
“While there is uncertainty about how effective interest rates are, there is consensus among economists that raising interest rates does lower inflation somewhat,” said Assistant Professor of Economics Aeimit Lakdawala. “However, interest rates are a blunt tool and rising interest rates can have widely varying […]
Professor Aeimit Lakdawala was featured in WalletHub’s recent article about Changes in Inflation by City. You can find it here
Drs. Leung and Strumpf and their paper, Disentangling Demand and Supply of Media Bias: The Case of Newspaper Homepages, were mentioned in Marginal Revolution article. Read article
On December 1, 2023, North Carolina became the 40th state, along with the District of Columbia, to expand Medicaid. Economics professor Tina Marsh Dalton said understanding the health impacts of Medicaid expansion is complicated, but one positive short-term measure was found: declining money worries. “Out-of-pocket medical bankruptcy […]
“The people most likely to enter [the energy workforce] are younger workers, generally more educated workers,” said economics professor Mark Curtis, who has studied how coal miners transition into clean energy jobs. And despite its reputation as an energy powerhouse due to coal and natural […]
