Farmer School of Business - Economics Advisory Board

We had a wonderful Spring EAB (Economics Advisory Board) virtual meeting. There was some great discussion and some great things to come.

miamioh.edu/profiles/fsb...

Happy Student Employee Recognition Week to our departmental student worker, Liam Sheeran!

Congratulations to Drake Peavy on his MA defense, "How NIL and the Transfer Portal Changed Competitive Balance in College Basketball."

After graduation, he'll be going to EY in Chicago as a Transfer Pricing Consultant.

Our Brown Bag speaker for today is our own, Jun Nie, presenting "International Trade, Technology Diffusion, and Cross-Country Income Differences."

Congratulations to Caden Hibbs on his MA defense, "How much does addiction actually play a role in alcohol consumption."

After graduation, he'd like to enter into the field of data science either through an initial internship, predictive modeler, or data science position.

Michael Calkin, ('06 Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs) recently spoke to Professor Chuck Moul's Eco 409 class. He is currently at Alvarez & Marsal Private Wealth Partners.

Be sure to check out some new work by our own Professor Peter Nencka @peternka.bsky.social

Let's welcome our next Brown Bag speaker, Jacob Pieniazek ('22 MA). He'll be presenting, "Causal Machine Learning in Practice: Estimating Average and Heterogeneous Effects for Personalized Treatment."

Our next dept Honors student is Grace Howard. She is a Bus Eco major. Her defense,"Community College Finances Over The Business Cycle" was with Prof Riley Acton. She is from Horsham, PA. She's still confirming post grad plans but going for a data analytics role.

Next Dept Honors will be Joe White. His thesis was,"Labor Input Responses to Ownership Changes: Evidence from U.S. Nursing Homes," with Prof John Bowblis. He's a Bus Eco major from Worthington, OH. He'll be doing an internship with Nationwide Insurance then Miami Eco MA program.

Tonight is the night to learn more about getting your bachelors and masters in 4 years!! There is an info session tonight with Professor Jonathan Wolff, grad director. Stop in to learn more about the program!
programs.miamioh.edu/programs/eco...

Congratulations to Joe Suek on his MA defense, “Puff puff pass-through: Competitive Conduct in Cannabis Dispensaries."

After graduation, he'll be going to Bates White as an economic consultant.

Our seminar series continues this week with Daniel Karney, presenting his paper, "General Equilibrium Effects of Carbon Offsets."

Interested in learning more about the Eco MA 3+1 Combined Program? Be sure to stop in for the Info Session April 6th.

Owen Burgess is a Bus Eco major (also Eco MA student). His honors defense,"Bank Competition and the Deposit Channel of Monetary Policy," was with Prof EJ Ume. He is from Twinsburg, OH. He'll be going to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland as a Research Analyst.

Over the next week or so, stay turned to learn a little bit more about some of our Departmental Honors students..

Women in Economics will be hosting their Scheduling Tips meeting tomorrow where Exec and other members share their personal experiences with various classes.

Joe Suek is our first Dept Honors student, Quant Eco/ Mth/ Stats major (Eco MA student). His honors defense was,"Puff Puff Passthrough: Competitive Conduct in Cannabis Dispensaries," with Prof Chuck Moul. He's from Dallas, TX and will be going to Bates White as a Eco consultant.

Everyone have a fun and safe Spring Break!

We had a great Departmental Honors Conference this past weekend. Students did a great job presenting some very interesting research. Great job to all!

Interested in joining the Eco MA program as a 3+1 student and getting your undergraduate and MA in 4 years?

There will be an Info Session on Monday, April 6th with the Grad Director, Professor Jonathan Wolff at 5:00. Be sure to stop in to learn more!

Grace Howard: “Community College Finances Over The Business Cycle”

Joseph White: “Labor Input Responses to Ownership Changes: Evidence from U.S. Nursing Homes”

Mary Dettmer: “The End of Patriot Pirating: The Effect of International Copyright Law on American Literature”

Drake Peavy: “How NIL and the Transfer Portal Changed Competitive Balance in College Basketball”

Great morning in the applied micro room of the @miamiecon.bsky.social undergrad honors conference!

We heard about community college finances, nursing home ownership changes, copyright law & American literature, and how NIL is affecting college basketball

@peternka.bsky.social

Happy Pi Day!!! Do you use PI in your job? If so, let's hear how it's used!

Best of luck to all our Departmental Honors students this weekend presenting their work at our Departmental Honors Conference!

Let's welcome our next departmental seminar speaker, Elizabeth Ananat. She will be presenting, "Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work: Evidence and Implications for Federal Family Income-Support Policies."

Professor Chuck Moul recently had Ben Mirtes ('05 FIN) speak to his Eco 409 courses on Competitive Positioning. Ben is the CEO of Ingenovis.

Promotion and tenure granted to 35 Miami University's board of trustees approved the promotion and/or tenure of 32 faculty members and three librarians at its Feb. 27 meeting

Congratulations to all of our recently promoted colleagues, especially our Economics colleague Riley Acton (@riacton.bsky.social)! Riley was one of the faculty members up for promotion whose work was highlighted at the Board of Trustees meeting.

miamioh.edu/news/2026/02...

Let's welcome our first seminar speaker of the spring: Rob Lester. He'll be presenting, "Crate or Crib: (Some) Economics of Pet Ownership."

Professor Josh Ederington and Chair and Professor Jenny Minier (@jennyminier.bsky.social) share evidence that business cycles and economic shocks have become more globalized over the past couple of decades.
fortune.com/2026/02/08/s...