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CERPA research shows economic impact of App State Athletics is approximately $54 million annually
Aug 28, 2017

 The impact of App State Athletics on the surrounding region is significant, according to research from Appalachian State Universi...

Economic professor receives funding to development electric utility research lab
May 1, 2017

By University CommunicationsBOONE, N.C.—Over the past decade, Appalachian State University has amassed one of the largest and the most diverse ...

Wells Fargo economist to speak March 31 at Appalachian
Mar 23, 2017

BOONE, N.C.—John Silvia, chief economist for Wells Fargo, will be the speaker at this spring’s Harlan E. Boyles Distinguished Lecture at Appalachi...

 Ji Yan, left, with Eastern Economic Journal Associate Editor Diego Nocetti

Walker College economics professor earns Eckstein Prize
Mar 12, 2017

Walker College of Business Professor of Economics Ji Yan has earned the latest Eckstein Prize for the best article published in the Eastern Economic J...

Economics faculty and students conduct high country tourism economic impact analyses
Jan 24, 2017

Students from Appalachian State University's student chapter of the National Association for Business Economics and faculty in the...

Front page of High Country Economic Indicators Final Report

NABE students release the 2016 High Country Economic Indicators Report
Jan 20, 2017

During the Spring 2016 semester Robert Weant, Ben Sullivan, Matthew Hawkes, Will Blackwood and Mikayla Gibbes, students in Appalachian State Universit...

Economics professor awarded grant for socioeconomic study of Atlantic menhaden
Dec 15, 2016

Dr. John Whitehead, professor and chair of Appalachian State University’s Department of Economics, has been awarded $95,303 by the Atlantic States M...

Students with Fed. Reserve Chair Janet Yellen

Appalachian economics students place first in regional and district College Fed Challenge, earn honorable mention in finals
Dec 15, 2016

BOONE, N.C.—Economics students from the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University received an honorable mention, as did Princeton U...

Brittany Ramsey

An Economics graduate on the App State homepage
Dec 14, 2016

Congratulations Brittany Ramsey!...

Brittany Ramsey

Economics students present research at undergraduate research and creativity symposium
Nov 17, 2016

Appalachian State University senior economics major Brittany Ramsey and junior economics major Will Blackwood presented economic research at the annua...