Equal inheritance growing less common, study finds
Anyone counting on a certain share of an inheritance should be aware that in recent years, parents have become increasingly likely to divide their estates unequally, suggests a new study co-authored by economist Robert Pollak of Washington University in St. Louis.
The economics of Star Wars
In a case study titled “It’s a Trap: Emperor Palpatine’s Poison Pill,” Zachary Feinstein, assistant professor of electrical and systems engineering, assesses the condition of the Galactic economy following the Empire’s collapse, and applies economic modeling and systemic risk analysis to the Star Wars economy.
Obituary: Douglass C. North, Nobel Prize-winning economist, 95
Douglass C. North, PhD, co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel
Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the Spencer T. Olin Professor
Emeritus in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis,
died Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at his summer home in Benzonia, Mich. He was 95.
Steven Fazzari to be installed as the Bert A. and Jeanette L. Lynch Distinguished Professor
Steven Fazzari, PhD, will be installed as the Bert A. and Jeanette L. Lynch Distinguished Professor in a ceremony on Monday, April 21. He is the first to receive this distinction in the Department of Economics, thanks to the generosity of the Lynches, who have provided for a total of three new professorships. The other two are named in honor of Douglass C. North, PhD, and the late Murray L. Weidenbaum, PhD.; these appointments will be made at a future date.
Manuelli named James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor
Rodolfo Manuelli, PhD, professor of economics in
Arts & Sciences, has been named a James S. McDonnell Distinguished
University Professor in Arts & Sciences. A formal installation
ceremony was held Feb. 25.
Former WUSTL professor’s theory presaged the Great Recession
If the titans of finance had only been paying attention, they would have seen that former Washington University in St. Louis economics professor Hyman P. Minsky had predicted the Great Recession decades before it happened.
WUSTL conference honors legacy of Nobel Laureate Douglass North Nov 4-6
Some of the world’s leading social scientists will be on campus Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 4-6, as Washington University in St. Louis hosts an academic conference honoring the legacy of Nobel Laureate Douglass C. North, PhD. North, who celebrates his 90th birthday Friday, Nov. 5, is the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts & Sciences and co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Free content challenges movie biz
Should movies and television shows be free on the Internet? Which business models will benefit artists, producers and distributors? Questions such as these are being pondered in a popular course at Olin Business School, “The Economics of Entertainment.” Industry executives visit the class to provide corporate insights about the challenges facing film and music makers in the Internet age.
New speaker series to feature prominent women scholars
Croson
“The Status of Women in Academia” will be the topic of one of two lectures when Rachel T. A. Croson, Ph.D. visits the Danforth Campus April 14 and 15 in a new series launched by The Center for Research in Economics and Strategy at the Olin Business School.
Research workshop explores social science of international development, March 24
NorthCommunity-based conservation in Madagascar, property rights for the poor in Argentina and trade-offs between violence and power in societies throughout human history are among topics to be explored in a free public workshop on the social science of international development from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.
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