Maxwell School News and Commentary
Karas Montez featured in Richmond Fed article on US mortality trends
WP 202 What are the Financial Implications of Public Quality Disclosure?
Flores-Lagunes article on finite sample evidence of IV estimators published in JAE
Monmonier cited in Atlas Obscura article on map projection
"There are a large number of other map projections, many of which are better than either one of" the Mercator Projection and the Peters Projection, according to Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mark Monmonier.
Banks discusses Russian interference in US elections on Bloomberg Law
Professor Emeritus William Banks was interviewed on Bloomberg Radio's program "Bloomberg Law" about the Senate investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
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Taylor weighs in on Russia, Serbia, and the EU in Fox News article
"Serbia is still negotiating with the EU to join the group," says Brian Taylor, professor of political science. "But it wouldn’t be surprising if Serbia was trying to keep its options open in terms of East and West.”
Gueorguiev discusses poll on China's political priorities in Washington Post
"Despite being a single-party polity, public preferences in China correlate strongly with ideological orientation. Put simply, China’s liberals are more tolerant, support free markets and prefer a softer foreign policy. Conservatives support state intervention and promotion of traditional culture and remain suspicious of Western ideas and institutions," writes Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor political science.
Kriesberg op-ed on Trump's misguided foreign policies in Huffington Post
"President Donald J. Trump has made many statements about foreign policy and already has taken numerous foreign policy actions," says Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology. "These statements and actions have often been contradictory and counterproductive. There are reasons for that and better alternatives are available."
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Gadarian quoted in Sinclair Broadcast Group article on the Affordable Care Act
"People are going to see harm in their own lives and to the government, and they're going to blame the people who are in charge now, which is the Republican majority," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.
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McDowell's research cited in Financial Times article on global finance
Daniel McDowell's research on China's bilateral currency swaps with foreign central banks was referenced in the Financial Times article, "China’s influence on global finance grows as US scales back input."