UMaine’s School of Economics (SOE), Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center (MCSPC), and Native American Programs will host a seminar by Dr. Joseph Kalt on Wednesday March 8th. Dr Kalt is the co-director of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development at Harvard University’s Kennedy School and the author of the recent report, The Economics […]

Dr. Kelsi Hobbs, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics (SOE), presented her research on residential instability at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association in New York, New York. Her talk, The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Residential Instability: Evidence from the Household Pulse Survey, explored the impacts of unemployment insurance on […]

SOE is excited to be hosting Dr. Hanchen Jiang from University of North Texas for a research seminar. His talk, Measuring the Value of Rent Stabilization and Understanding its Implications for Racial Inequality: Evidence from NYC, will take place via Zoom from Noon 1 to 1 PM. To learn more more about Dr. Jinag, click […]

Dr. Kelsi Hobbs, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics, continues to advance her research program on housing evictions and affordable housing. She has multiple active research projects focused on housing evictions and the impacts of public policies, such as unemployment insurance, on housing evictions. During a recent tour of The Advanced Structures and Composite […]

Dr. Tim Waring, Associate Professor in the School of Economics, gave an open webinar, The Role of Cooperation in the Evolution of Cooperatives, in the Prosocial World seminar series. Waring delivered his talk to a global audience on February 10, 2023. His webinar explored the fundamental question – How do organizations evolve? Dr. Waring generally […]

School of Economics (SOE) Professor Jonathan Rubin recently spoke about the economic impacts of climate change in Maine as part of The Maine State Chamber of Commerce’s Economics of Climate Change Webinar Series. The January 18th Webinar in this series focused on the current impacts of climate change on the Maine economy. Dr. Rubin contributed […]

Dr. Kathleen Bell, Professor in the School of Economics (SOE), recently presented her research on community resilience at the 69th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International in Montreal, Canada. Her talk, Learning about rural community resilience and capacity from municipal actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, focused on local government participation in […]

Dr. Jonathan Malacarne, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics (SOE), recently presented at American Economic Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. His talk, Locus of Control as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Experience and Learning. explored agricultural technology adoption and beliefs about the perceived returns to adoption using the lens of locus […]