We are proud to announce that the Argyros School of Business and Economics has officially been nationally ranked as the 60th Best Undergraduate Bloomberg BusinessWeek Business School in 2014. “Being ranked #60 nationally validates the great work being done by our faculty, staff and students. I believe that as we continue to take bold steps in terms
The Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University has maintained its business accreditation granted by AACSB International —The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. This is
The Argyros School of Business and Economics has launched a new Masters of Science degree in Accounting. The school will enroll its first class in Fall of 2014. The Master of Science in Accounting program at Chapman University has been designed to qualify graduates to sit for the California CPA exam while obtaining a master’s
Jan. 7th-11th , the Economic Science Institute, with a generous grant from the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) , hosted 23 doctoral students from universities all over the world for the 19th Visiting Graduate Student Workshop in Experimental Economics. In a series of 10 sessions, the students first participated in an economic
ORANGE, Calif. – Economist Mark Skousen, Ph.D., will join Chapman University’s faculty as a Presidential Fellow starting in January, teaching a course called “Modern Political Economy,” using his book The Making of Modern Economics (ME Sharpe, 2009, 2nd ed.) Known as the “maverick” of economics for his contrarian and optimistic views, Mark Skousen’s course
The Argyros School of Business and Economics MBA Alumni Association partnered with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure this summer, and raised about $8,000 and recruited 110 participants. In appreciation for their efforts, the Argyros School was chosen among more than 600 participating teams to be honored with three highly distinguished awards: the
Abstract: The social dilemma paradigm is popular across many domains of the social sciences because it is a metaphor for understanding the practically significant problem of resource scarcity in organizations, communities, and nations. However, there is a “significant difference” between findings being statistically significant and practically significant. Using the population of empirical social-dilemma articles published from
Value computation and value modulation: a dual-process theory of self-control Abstract: We develop a theory of self-control based on a dual process approach. One brain system computes the goal value of consumption and another brain system can modulate this value by exerting costly self-control, thereby incorporating high-order considerations in the decision (e.g., healthiness or long
Watch lecture Abstract: All elements of the defense department’s budget face scrutiny as military funding decreases. Military compensation is an attractive target because it represents approximately one third of the defense budget. Our research examines mechanisms to improve several areas of military compensation, particularly emphasizing retention, separation, and assignment incentives. This paper proposes a reverse
ORANGE, Calif. – Chapman University in Orange, CA, is hosting Startup Weekend Orange County for budding entrepreneurs November 22 through 23, 2013. This is the fifth Startup Weekend Orange County hosted by Chapman with the three-day event selling out each time. Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event that focuses on building a web
Oct. 11, David Malueg, Ph.D. – The Best-Shot All-Pay (Group) Auction with Complete Information Abstract : We analyze an all-pay group contest problem in which individual members’ efforts are aggregated via the best-shot technology and the prize is a public good for the winning group. The interplay of within-group free-riding and across-group competition allows for
September 6, Michel Regenwetter, Ph.D. – Random Preference and Distribution-free Random Utility For more information on the IFREE/ESI Lecture Series, please visit our website.