Editor’s note: This story is part of Dispatches from Abroad, a series highlighting UChicago community members who are researching, studying and working around the world. Every summer, the hallways of ...

After taking Advanced Placement (AP) environmental science in high school — and loving it — Emma Aucker, now a senior environmental and resource economics (ENRE) major at the University of Delaware, ...

In 1776, Adam Smith famously wrote: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” Economists ...

Recruited athletes are more likely to concentrate in economics than the rest of the student body, according to data from The Herald’s First-Year Poll. Poll data found that about 17% of recruited ...

Students and faculty from the Department of Business Administration at Morehead State University’s Elmer R. Smith College of Business and Technology recently represented MSU at the 48th Annual ...

Markets work best when many companies vie for customers’ favour. They work badly when a few firms dominate, carving up sales between them. Economists therefore need a measure of whether markets are ...