Uncategorized – Economics /economics Tue, 05 May 2026 13:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 /wp-content/themes/b/bates-framework/styles/images/bates-favicon.png Uncategorized – Economics /economics 32 32 Congratulations Senior Thesis Students! /economics/2026/05/05/congratulations-senior-thesis-students-2/ Tue, 05 May 2026 13:57:29 +0000 /economics/?p=3095 On Friday, April 17, our senior thesis students presented their research in our end-of-semester poster session. Congratulations to everyone who presented on their excellent research!

This semester’s winners are:
Faculty choice award: Emma Gillespie
Faculty choice award: Emma Patard
Faculty choice award: Henry Elrich
Faculty choice award: Seonmin Jeong
Student choice award: Zach Richards
Student choice award: Annie Robinson

]]> Congratulations Senior Thesis Students! /economics/2025/12/11/congratulations-senior-thesis-students/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:44:53 +0000 /economics/?p=3001 On Friday, December 5, our senior thesis students presented their research in our end-of-semester poster session. Congratulations to everyone on their impressive research!

(Photo credit: Phyllis Graber Jensen/ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝ Communicates Office)

This semester’s winners are:
Faculty choice award: Jillian Pastore
Faculty choice award: Sophie Rasol
Audience choice award: Willa Laski
Audience choice award: Lauren Wong

(Photo credit: Prof. Anamika Sen)

]]> Professor Goff Awarded NSF Grant /economics/2025/11/13/professor-goff-awarded-nsf-grant/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:35:04 +0000 /economics/?p=2959 Congratulations to Professor Goff for receiving an NSF Grant for her research project on programs that compensate landowners who support ecological sustainability through their properties. To learn more about the project and Professor Goff’s research, see here.

]]> Finance and Society Course Partners with Local Community /economics/2025/11/13/finance-and-society-course-partners-with-local-community/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:34:50 +0000 /economics/?p=2952 In Professor Sen’s Finance and Society course, students have the opportunity to apply skills that they’ve learned in the classroom to the Lewiston-Auburn community. The year-long course is supported by the college’s Harward Center for Community Partnerships and equips students with a critical understanding of finance’s broader societal implications, as well as the skills to engage in impactful financial solutions. To learn more, see this profile from our Harward Center.

]]> Data Science for Economists Hackathon Tackles Lewiston’s Lead Abatement Efforts /economics/2025/01/10/data-science-for-economists-hackathon-tackles-lewistons-lead-abatement-efforts/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:07:25 +0000 /economics/?p=2902 In the final week of classes this December, 15 students in Professor Kyle Coombs’ Data Science for Economists course dedicated 48 hours of their unscheduled time to a collaborative hackathon. The project, conducted in partnership with the City of Lewiston, offered students a chance to work with real-world data while advancing the city’s Transformation Plan—a resident-led, city-adopted initiative aimed at improving the community.

For more details about the hackathon and its outcomes, check out here.

]]> Professor Sen’s Opinion Piece Published in the Bangor Daily News /economics/2025/01/10/professor-sens-opinion-piece-published-in-the-bangor-daily-news/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:03:31 +0000 /economics/?p=2900 Professor Sen recently published an opinion piece in the Bangor Daily News titled “Presidential candidates offer very different plans to tackle child care costs.” To read the full article, click .

]]> Professor Coombs’ Research Cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President /economics/2025/01/10/professor-coombs-research-cited-in-the-2025-economic-report-of-the-president/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 01:03:28 +0000 /economics/?p=2898 Professor Coombs and coauthors’ paper, “Early Withdrawal of Pandemic Unemployment Insurance: Effects on Employment and Earnings,” was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President, a prestigious acknowledgment of the research’s relevance and impact on policy discussions.

Originally published in the AEA Papers and Proceedings in 2022, the study provides critical insights into the economic implications of the sudden withdrawal of expanded pandemic unemployment benefits in June 2021. Utilizing anonymized bank transaction data for 16,253 individuals who were receiving unemployment insurance (UI) in April 2021, the research employs a difference-in-differences approach to compare states that withdrew expanded UI benefits to those that retained them. Interested readers can find the article .

We congratulate Professor Coombs and the research team for this outstanding achievement and their ongoing contributions to the field of economics.

]]> Renewable Energy in Maine and New England /economics/2023/05/11/renewable-energy-in-maine-and-new-england/ Thu, 11 May 2023 13:45:59 +0000 /economics/?p=2818 Students in the short-term course Renewable Energy in Maine and New England, taught by Professor T.J. Rakitan, visited the college’s Shordtridge facility at ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝-Morse Mountain. The group toured the facility to learn about the renewable energy sources used to provide energy to the property.

]]> Last-class Celebration for the Retirement of Professor Lynne Lewis from ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝ /economics/2023/04/20/last-class-celebration-for-the-retirement-of-professor-lynne-lewis-from-bates/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:15:27 +0000 /economics/?p=2815 Students celebrate the retirement of Dr. Lynne Y. Lewis, the Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics, in her last class at ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝.

]]> Celebrating economics thesis writers! /economics/2022/12/13/celebrating-economics-thesis-writers/ Wed, 14 Dec 2022 03:32:44 +0000 /economics/?p=2802 Fall thesis writers gathered this Monday to present and celebrate their thesis research in economics. Out of the 36 thesis students this semester, students and faculty voted for the thesis excellence awards.

The winners are:

Faculty choice award: Ally D’Aquino
Faculty choice award runner-up: Patrick Bergin

Student choice award (tie): Shelby Howard
Student choice award (tie): Catie Sanchez
Student choice award (tie): Chris Euston
Student choice award runner-up: Luke Urribarri

Congratulations to all the thesis writers for the successful and fulfilling experience!

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