The Department of Economics is an intellectually vibrant place for students and faculty. We are a research-intensive department committed to student learning. We offer a wide range of courses that provide critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, and we complement this coursework by engaging students with faculty-led research opportunities.
Our faculty members are engaged in research that contributes to addressing local and global challenges related to environmental resources, economic development, trade, health, sports, and tourism. The Department of Economics is ranked among the leading U.S. economics departments for research productivity, and is particularly strong in environmental and experimental economics.
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Economics major named 'Champion Apprentice'
Alex Pecoraro, a junior international economics major at Appalachian State University, has been recognized as the 2024 ApprenticeshipNH Cham...
App State students engage in the global response to climate change at COP29
Appalachian State University students are in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 9-17, 2024 to participate in the United Nations Climate Change ...
Whitehead named AERE fellow
John Whitehead, a professor of economics at Appalachian State University, has earned an AERE Fellows Award, the association’s highest honor in the f...
Economics professor selected as author for U.S. Global Change Research Program’s ‘First National Nature Assessment’
Dr. John Whitehead, a professor in the Department of Economics at Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business, has been select...
Appalachian Experimental and Environmental Economics Workshop to be held April 26-27
The Department of Economics, the Center for Economic Research & Policy Analysis and the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University...