Economics

Explore Economics

As a foundation for business principles, economics is a social science that studies how individuals, governments, firms and nations make choices about allocating scarce resources between alternate and competing wants. Paul College offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs that will ground you in the concepts and models of economics, while also teaching you the tools of economic analysis and how you can use these tools to analyze and better understand real world-situations such as efficiency of resource use, fairness of economic outcomes, and development of global and national economies.

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Economics (Minor)

Responsible Finance in Community Development

Michael Swack, Research Professor of Economics at Paul College and Director of the Center for Impact Finance at the Carsey School of Public Policy

On October 22, 2019, Swack received the 2019 Net Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Finance. The Award is the highest individual honor available in the field of community development, a field that Swack helped define.
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B the Change

Student teams help aspiring B-Corps make the grade

Economics and sustainability dual major Sarah Wilkinson ’22 worked on a B-Impact Clinic student team that partnered with Orvis to help the legendary outdoors brand and retailer. Though only a sophomore, the Oxford, PA. native said her team “hit the ground running” and, over the course of the 2019 fall semester,
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UNH research leads to new drinking water standard in Granite State

In addition to Halstead, the research team included Bob Woodward, Forrest D. McKerley Professor of Health Economics emeritus; Robert Mohr, associate professor of economics; and
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Ju-Chin Huang appointed James R. Carter Professorship

Economics Professor Ju-Chin Huang has been selected to be the new holder of the James R. Carter Professorship for a three-and-a-half year term beginning in January 1, 2020. Huang has had a stellar track record in research and is internationally recognized for her theoretical and applied work on methods for environmental…
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Following Her Roots

Amada Guapisaca '19 is channeling degrees to further immigration reform

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