The School of Economics (SOE) congratulates M.S. student Ana María Ospina Tobar on her successful completion of graduate studies in Resource Economics and Policy. Ana María engaged in multiple activities during her time at UMaine. She excelled academically, participated in extracurricular activities with UMaine’s International Programs, and attended multiple seminars and talks organized by the […]
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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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SOE Associate Professor Caroline Noblet recently led the plenary session at the 2023 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Summer Conference. Building on her recent policy and economics research, Dr. Noblet organized and moderated a panel of experts around the theme of PFAS. The Forever Chemicals: A Pressing Justice and Policy Issue session drew a […]
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SOE Assistant Professor Kelsi Hobbs recently presented her research at the 2023 Maine Economics Conference. Her talk, The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Residential Stability: Evidence from the Household Pulse Survey, explored the impacts of unemployment insurance on residential stability. The Maine Economics Conference, organized by Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, and University of […]
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SOE undergraduate student Kjersti Conway presented her research done in collaboration with Dr. Kelsi Hobbs at the 2023 Maine Economics Conference. She presented her work, Food Insecurity and Food Allergies, in the student poster session. The Maine Economics Conference, organized by Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, and University of Maine, was held at Bates […]
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