Economics Group News
November 2009
Mark Freeman, a graduate student in the MS Economics program, has been selected for a prestigious international economics intenship with the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service in the Dominican Republic for the Spring 2010 semester.
October 2009
David A. Schauer was named Principal Investigator for a research project to investigate the El Paso Regional Growth Management Plan. This technical study is funded by the City of El Paso and Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
Nathan Ashby has been named to a two-year term as a Western Hemispheric Trade Professor by the UTEP College of Business Administration.
Doyle Smith, Tom Fullerton, and Sergio Contreras received the Best Paper Award for Economics & Finance Research at the 51st Annual Mountain Plains Management Conference held in Grand Junction, Colorado. Their study examines regional patterns in commercial electricity consumption in the United States.
Nathan Ashby was awarded a $10,500 grant from the Charles G. Koch Foundation for a new honors course and lecture series for the Spring 2010 semester. The course will be titled “Institutions and Economic Development” and is listed as ECON 4330. All interested students must turn in an application, essay, and letter of recommendation. Qualifying students will be recognized as Koch Scholars and receive $300 stipends. The deadline to apply is 30 October 2009. Applications are available in Room 236 of the College of Business Administration.
Nathan Ashby was awarded a $10,745 grant from the Fraser Institute to manage the Economic Freedom of North America project.
September 2009
Tom Fullerton was invited by the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University to present “Peso Acceptance Patterns in El Paso,” at the Hispanic & African American Economic Issues Conference in College Station, Texas.
August 2009
Tom Fullerton presented “Precisión de Pronósticos Econométricos de Consumo Municipal de Agua en la Región Fronteriza” as part of the Foro de Resultados de Investigación Conference at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
Angel Molina presented “Municipal Water Forecast Accuracy” at the Joint Statistical Meetings sponsored by the American Statistical Association in Washington, DC.
July 2009
Tom Fullerton presented “Restaurant Price and Exchange Rate Interactions” at the 84th Western Economic International Association Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
May 2009
Nathan Ashby presented “Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurship in North America” at the Kauffman Hispanic Entrepreneurship Conference held at UTEP.
Tom Fullerton presented “Peso Acceptance Patterns in El Paso” at the Kauffman Hispanic Entrepreneurship Conference held at UTEP.
April 2009
Nathan Ashby presented “Freedom and International Migration” at the Association of Private Enterprise Education in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Nathan Ashby presented “Economic Freedom in the Mexican States” to students at the University of Texas-Pan American in McAllen, Texas.
Tom Fullerton presented “Empirical Evidence regarding International Bridge Tolls” as part of the New Mexico State University Department of Economics & International Business Seminar Series in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
February 2009
Nathan Ashby presented “NAFTA: Balancing Security and Trade” at the National Center for Border Security and Immigration symposium hosted by UTEP.
Nathan Ashby was awarded a $3,635 University Research Institute Grant for work on economic freedom in the Mexican states
December 2008
Tim Roth concluded a 24-month speaking tour of Texas during which he addressed 43 civic and other organizations in El Paso, Austin, Borger, Dallas, Houston, Kerrville, Midland, New Braunfels, Odessa, San Antonio, Tyler, and Weatherford. Topics covered included several public policy themes, including constitutional issues involving Federal government overreach.
November 2009
Tim Roth, recipient of the University’s 2005 Faculty Achievement Award for Research, continued to make guest speaking appearances related to the award. In his nominating letter, Nobel prize winning Economist James M. Buchanan said that “Roth is doing some of the most interesting, and ultimately most important, work being done in economics at this time.” Professor Buchanan has favorably reviewed a number of Dr. Roth’s books. His review of Dr. Roth’s 2007 book, Morality, Political Economy and American Constitutionalism stated, among other things, that “This book should be required reading for any aspirant to public office, whether executive, legislative, or judicial.” Dr. Roth’s eleventh book, Politicians, Economists and the Supreme Court at Work: The Founders Betrayed will be published in 2010 by Edward Elgar Publishing.
David A. Schauer was named Principal Investigator for a research project to investigate The Economic Impact of Museums and Cultural Activities in El Paso, Texas. This technical study is funded by the City of El Paso and Americans for the Arts.
Tom Fullerton presented “Borderplex Recessionary Prospects” at the Del Sol Medical Center Senior Management Retreat in El Paso.
Nathan Ashby presented “Freedom and International Migration” at the Southern Economic Association Conference in Washington, DC.
Nathan Ashby presented “Economic Freedom in the United Mexican States” at the Coloquio Internacional de Desarrollo Económico y Globalización held at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
October 2008
Tom Fullerton presented “Tolls, Exchange Rates, and Border Bridge Traffic” at the 66th International Atlantic Economic Society Conference in Montreal, Quebec.
Tom Fullerton was invited by the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University to present “Borderplex Law of One Price Deviation Duration Evidence” at the Hispanic Economic Issues Conference in College Station, Texas.
June 2008
Tom Fullerton presented “Cross-Border Brand Name Price Differences” at the Oxford University Business & Economics Conference in Oxford, UK.
Tom Fullerton presented “Tendencias a Largo Plazo para la Economía Metropolitana de Ciudad Juárez” to the Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas in Ciudad Juárez.
April 2008
Tom Fullerton was invited by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute for Economic Advancement to present “Borderplex Population Modeling and Data Requirements” as part of the applied research seminar series in Little Rock, Arkansas.
February 2008
Angel Molina presented “Borderplex Economic Trends” to the Greater El Paso Association of Realtors.
January 2008
Angel Molina presented “El Paso 2008 Economic Outlook” presented to the El Paso Sunrise Rotary Club.