Maine restaurants and lodging establishments are expected to generate between $2.7 billion and $3.3 billion in sales this year, according to new research by UMaine Professors Todd Gabe and Andrew Crawley of the School of Economics. “We’re expecting 2020 hospitality sales to decrease about 30 percent relative to sales from last year,” said Andrew Crawley, […]
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Associate Professor Sharon Klein is the star of a recent Maine Science Podcast. In her conversation with Kate Dickerson, Founder and Director of the Maine Science Festival, Sharon shares interesting insights about her research of renewable energy and community-based renewable energy projects and her enthusiasm for providing students with authentic research experiences. Sharon conducts cutting-edge […]
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SOE Assistant Professor Angela Daley and colleagues recently published research on the effect of economic insecurity on body mass in the Journal of Economic Psychology. They studied how the onset of economic insecurity (i.e. job insecurity, joblessness) during the global recession of 2008-2009 affected body mass index. They found that it caused a 2-point increase […]
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SOE Assistant Professor Angela Daley and colleagues recently published research on comparing economic well-being in the International Review of Applied Economics. They focused on the challenges of comparing economic well-being across countries and time using a common equivalence scale to reflect economies of scale in household consumption. By revealing differences in household expenditure patterns across […]
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Sales at Maine hospitality businesses stand to decline between 35 and 42 percent this year due to COVID-19, according to a new report by UMaine Professors Todd Gabe and Andrew Crawley of the School of Economics. “As of right now, we’re expecting 2020 hospitality sales of between $2.5 billion and $2.8 billion, which is a […]
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SOE Graduate Student Lauren Miller presented her research at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Associaton (NAREA). Lauren Miller and SOE Assistant Professor Jonathan Malacarne shared their work entitled Are Farmers Markets a Solution for Local Food Access or Simply a Strawman? Theory and Evidence from Maine with a regional […]
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Drs. Caroline Noblet, Keith Evans, and Kathleen Bell are participating in the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists’ first virtual Summer Conference. By attending this week’s online conference sessions, SOE faculty are helping advance cutting-edge research methods and insights to address economic issues in Maine and beyond. At this challenging time, Drs. Noblet, Evans, and […]
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SOE Assistant Professor Andrew Crawley presented his collaborative work with SOE graduate student Sarah Welch at the 47th Annual Meeting of the British and Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International. His talk, How do Economic Cycles affect state level labor matching efficiencies?, focused on labor market issues in the United States. The 47th […]
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SOE Assistant Professor Keith Evans, SOE Post-doctoral Researcher Kofi Britwum, and SOE Graduate Students George Voigt, Hannah Merriam, and Nick Alvarez presented their research at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA). Dr. Evans presented his research conducted with Hannah Merriam, Averting behavior in the soft-shell clam fishery. Kofi […]
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SOE Post-doctoral Researcher Kofi Britwum received the 2019 NAREA Best Paper Award for his manuscript Are Preferences for Aquacultured Seafood Down to The Attribute? Examining Attitudes and Willingness to Pay. The NAREA Best Paper Award recognizes research accomplishments of young scholars (seven years or less from completion of their PhD and that are lead authors) […]
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