How do the economies of urban areas affect the economies of rural areas? This is one of the key questions surrounding the regional sciences topic of urban influence. In a recently published article, SOE professors Todd Gabe and Thomas Wiesen and recent alumnus Lakshya Bharadwaj (MS in Financial Economics) propose a novel measure of urban […]
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Dr. Klein is an investigator on “STORM: Data-Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids in Communities Disproportionately Impacted by Climate Change,” a $6 million project funded by the National Science Foundation. The project team will conduct studies and create new tools that will grow research infrastructure and leverage data science to improve electrical grids and develop […]
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Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow and School of Economics associate professor Sharon Klein is leading research on community-led sustainable energy in Maine. Klein was recently awarded a $1.125 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to study how statewide local energy action networks (LEANs) can support community-initiated, community-engaged, and community-owned renewable energy and energy efficiency in underserved communities. The […]
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The School of Economics (SOE) congratulates M.S. student George Akandinge on his successful completion of graduate studies in Resource Economics and Policy. In addition to his academic accomplishments, George excelled as a research assistant for UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. As a research assistant, he examined the decision-making behind household travel choices in Maine’s […]
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SOE Professor Kathleen Bell recently shared her research at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Bell and colleagues Dr. Vanessa Levesque (University of Southern Maine) and Dr. Eileen Johnson (Bowdoin College) presented their work on rural community resilience. EES/SOE Alumna Dr. Vanessa Levesque presented their paper, Advancing understanding of rural resilience with real-time […]
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SOE Assistant Professor Jonathan Malacarne recently shared his research at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). Dr. Malacarne and colleagues Berber Kramer and Carol Waweru from IFPRI presented two papers: (1) Control Over Future Payouts and Willingness-to-Pay for Insurance: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Farmers and (2) Summing the Parts: […]
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Ana Ospina Tobar successfully defended her M.S. thesis. In her thesis research, The influence of framing and recent experience on farmer choices in experimental games depicting risk-reducing agricultural technologies, she innovatively integrated insights from microeconomics, experimental economics, and behavioral economics to better understand farmer decision-making and assess the effectiveness of games as public education tools. In […]
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WMTW News interviewed Dr. Kelsi Hobbs, an Assistant Professor in UMaine’s School of Economics and housing expert, about the Portland rent control rollback referendum on Monday, June 12th. When asked about the impacts of rent control policies, she said “Renters that are living in rent-controlled units, we’ve definitely seen in the literature that they are […]
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SOE Associate Professor Caroline Noblet recently presented her research at the 2023 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Summer Conference. Her talk, Information Priming and Willingness to Pay for PFAS Mitigation in Maine, summarized recent findings from research done in collaboration with SOE Graduate Student Charity Zimmerman, Dr. Keith Evans, and SOE Undergraduate Student Molly […]
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SOE Graduate Student Ben Cotton recently presented his research at the 2023 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Summer Conference. His poster, Paying for Coastal Water Quality: What turns the tide?, explored factors associated with willingness to pay for coastal water quality programs. Ben’s research, done in collaboration with his advisor Dr. Caroline Noblet […]
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