In low/middle-income countries, population density affects social capital by lowering trust & community participation but promoting intergroup tolerance.
January 23, 2024 | By Mitchell Simpson; Andrea Civelli and Arya Gaduh
Yes, social media discourse could affect your investments. Read about how positive disagreement and access to information on StockTwits relates to trading.
July 25, 2023 | By Jack Travis, Vernon Richardson
How should young professionals prepare for economic changes in 2023? Read about recessions (or lack thereof), marginal factors, and resilience in the economy.
March 16, 2023 | By Sarah Browning, Mervin Jebaraj
African startups raised billions early in 2022. Find out how entrepreneurs and investors operate in the African startup ecosystem to create this amazing growth.
July 26, 2022 | By Miranda Stith, Narmine Ben Aissa
Can we use Twitter and Facebook to hold politicians accountable? This student project compares politicians' tweets to their legislative actions.
June 28, 2022 | By Jack Travis
Economic policy often has unintended consequences. Find out what one study says about the potential effects of increasing the minimum wage.
January 26, 2022 | By Lucas Cuni-Mertz, Andrew (Yizhou) Liu
Artificial Intelligence remains uncharted territory fraught with risk. Fortunately, Walton College researchers have begun to map the road ahead.
November 1, 2021 | By Lucas Cuni-Mertz, Hyunseok Jung
The Master of Science in Economic Analytics is a recently created one-year program designed with training in both economics and cutting-edge data science, but without the heavy-lifting research and dissertation that comes with a doctorate.
March 18, 2021 | By Stephen Caldwell
This report expands on information first delivered at the 2021 Arkansas Business Forecast.
February 3, 2021 | By David Sorto
Raja Kali, the chair of the Department of Economics at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, likes to use the Star Wars analogy with students and prospective students who are considering economics as a major, because it makes the point that economics underlies almost every aspect of human interactions.
October 22, 2020 | By Stephen Caldwell
While there is nothing inherently wrong with nonmonetary prizes, you might want to think twice before you offer one in the name of harmless, friendly competition and good performance.
August 21, 2020 | By Michael Adkison, Raja Kali
Many Americans will get a check for up to $1,200, with up to an additional $500 per child for some, as a part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. And it raises the question: If you want that money to actually help stimulate the economy, what’s the best way to put it to use?
April 9, 2020 | By Raja Kali
Health measures are important to slow the spread of the virus, but they have immediate economic impacts on businesses across the state of Arkansas.
March 24, 2020 | By Mervin Jebaraj
A business cluster is a concentration of companies designed for innovation. Often, these businesses interact with each other, bringing specialization, research and entrepreneurship to the cluster.
January 17, 2020 | By Michael Adkison
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