Maxwell School News and Commentary
Wasylenko cited in GlobeSt.com article on economic development
Michael Wasylenko, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Economics, recently spoke at the Citizens Budget Commission conference on economic issues facing New York state. According to him, whose statements were featured on the GlobeSt.com article, stated that economic development programs require sustained support with horizons of 20 years
Lovely comments on impact of US-China dispute on the World Bank in Financial Times
"It’s not going to put any of these banks in a good place to have these two big countries duking it out in the midst of their lending programmes," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
Sezgin quoted in Washington Times article on Shariah law, Greek courts
"For a long time, it was in the interests of the Greek government to maintain Shariah for the Turkish-speaking minority because it emphasized their religious identity more than their ethnic and linguistic [Turkish] identity,” says Yüksel Sezgin, associate professor of political science.
Huber speaks to Motherboard about the Yellow Vest protests in France
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Lovely weighs in on China's trade surplus with US in Business Insider
According to Mary Lovely, professor of economics, the decline in imports subject to tariffs could also be due to a slowdown in frontloading, or companies rushing orders to avoid duties.
Michelmore paper on targeting low-income students for college released
A study by Katherine Michelmore, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, suggests that low-income students are more likely to apply to selective colleges if they’re aware that they can receive financial aid.
Baltagi awarded 2018 Kuwait Prize in Economics by KFAS
Bifulco's research on Say Yes program cited in Cleveland.com article
Robert Bifulco, professor of public administration and international affairs, found gains in Buffalo after Say Yes when studying the scores of individual students, not just the district as a whole.