On March 30th, 2012, 130 people gathered for one purpose: to start a brand new business in less than 54 hours. Startup Weekend Orange County (SWOC), hosted annually at Chapman University, provided an exciting avenue for entrepreneurial minds to come together, collaborate and innovate in an accelerated environment. All Startup Weekend participants have an opportunity
The 2012 Commencement Ceremony for the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University will be held on the Wilson Field at the Lastinger Athletics Complex on Friday, May 18th at 8:00 PM. The ceremony will feature a keynote from Dr. Donald Booth, the Larry Parlett Professor of Economics. ASBE will also be hosting
April 20th, Shawn Kantor, Ph.D. – Do Research Universities Generate Local Economic Growth? Abstract: We estimate the local agglomeration spillovers from research university activity in a sample of urban counties. We use the fact that universities follow a rigid endowment spending policy based on the market value of their endowments to identify the causal effect
Apr. 13th, Sean Crockett, Ph.D. – Do Reference Dependent Preferences Really Matter? Bio: Sean Crockett is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Baruch College, City University of New York. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004 and was a postdoc at Caltech for two years afterward. His
The article “Underwater Recession” authored by Economic Science Institute’s Professors Steven Gjerstad, Vernon L. Smith and, Graduate of the Economic Systems Design program, Joy Buchanan will be published in The American Interest: Policy, Politics & Culture’s May/June 2012 issue. “The U.S. economy is stuck in a painfully slow recovery. Neither accommodative monetary policy nor fiscal
Chapman University’s full-time MBA program is ranked in the top 100 in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 ranking of full-time MBA programs. Appearing as number 97 overall, this is the first time Chapman’s full-time MBA program is ranked in the top 100. “Being ranked in the top 100 for the