Bucknell Economics Department

22/01/2024

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22/01/2024

Applying for Admission to the Economics Major? Did you miss today's meeting? Information is available here.

The Economics Major at Bucknell Professor Chris Magee, co-chair (faculty-related issues) Professor Jan Knoedler, co-chair (student-related issues) “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. ....

21/03/2023

Peter Karl Kresl, Charles P. Vaughan Professor of Economics Emeritus has been given the "2023, Regional Studies Association (UK) Best Book Award" for his book, The City and Quality of Life, Edward Elgar, 2001. Congratulations Peter!

‘Under the challenge of global and regional economic restructuring, cities have to achieve high quality of life to attract skilled people and companies in the evolving new economy. This book is a systematic study on the concept of quality of life, its impacts on urban economy, and how demographics...

04/03/2022

Today's successful launch of Bucknell's Women in ECON Club

01/11/2021

Bucknell Economic Alumni Darryl Bowersox has the National Christmas Tree this year. 20 years ago they had the White House Christmas tree.

​Established by Albert Bowersox, The Hill View Christmas Tree Farm has been providing hand-crafted trees for the most particular buyers since 1954. Followed by his son Dennis and daughter-in-law...

29/04/2021

Congratulations to our 2021 Economics Honor Society Members

19/04/2021

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This panel features 3 recent Bucknell economics graduates working in 3 different industries. The alumni will discuss a variety of topics, including: What experiences they benefited the most from as students; what they wish they had done differently as a student; strategies for finding good internships and jobs; different career paths that students might not be aware of; industry trends; and more.

The panelists:
Alex Greene '17 is a senior analyst at NielsenIQ in Chicago. Alex is from Westport, CT and graduated from Bucknell in 2017 with an Economics and Political Science double major and an Environmental Studies minor. She is a Senior Analyst at NielsenIQ where she consults with CPG firms across food, beverage, and personal care on their pricing and promotion strategy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-greene-306129a9/

Kavi Mathur '17 is a data scientist for a hedge fund (Coatue) in New York. Kavi is from Cranbury, NJ and graduated from Bucknell in 2017. He’s currently a data scientist at Coatue Management, a hedge fund in New York City which focuses on the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. Before joining Coatue, he worked as a business intelligence consultant in the DC area.

Allie Blair '15 is pursuing her MBA at Kellogg (Northwestern Univ.) after working in market research and digital marketing. Allie is originally from Boston, MA and graduated from Bucknell in 2015. She majored in Economics and Environmental Studies and got a minor in Dance. After Bucknell, Allie moved to New York City, and started off her career at a boutique market research firm working with clients in CPG, financial services, and pharma. After 3 years, she moved to McCann, a global advertising agency, where she was on a consulting team doing digital marketing strategy work for clients in the pharma space. In 2020, she started her MBA at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She’ll be interning in consulting this summer at Bain and Company, and will graduate from business school in Spring 2022!

Moderator: Geoff Schneider, Presidential Professor and Co-Chair of Economics

http://economicsdept.blogs.bucknell.edu/?page_id=417

Amy WolaverBehzod AhundjanovChris MageeChristine NgoDavid Kristjanson-GuralErdogan BakirEsra KoseGeoff SchneiderJanet KnoedlerMarwil Dávila-FernándezMatias V

05/02/2021

Nina, Congratulations on this great accomplishment!

Nina Banks, who became president of the National Economic Association this week, has studied the work done by women that provided services to predominantly Black communities.Credit...Hannah Yoon for The New York Times

Tracing community activism back a hundred years, Nina Banks says this labor by Black women should be counted as part of the economy.

26/01/2021

https://www.dailyitem.com/region/janet-yellen-wins-senate-approval-as-treasury-secretary/article_6c82603b-7047-5d2c-bdc9-9369eeeed906.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th treasury secretary, making her the first woman to hold the

04/12/2020

Happy Holidays!!

24/08/2020

Need a place to eat outside? This map will show you places around campus.