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Economics faculty receive funding for behavioral research on energy conservation
Dec 1, 2017

Thanks to a $214,000 grant from E2e Project, a cross-disciplinary research effort at Appalachian State University will study behavioral responses of e...

Economics seniors present at Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium
Nov 20, 2017

Appalachian State University seniors Alaina Doyle and Anthony Santelle traveled to Campbell University November 4 to present their...

Economics Professor Receives Grant from National Science Foundation
Oct 16, 2017

 Professor of Economics, Dr. David Dickinson, has been awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for h...

College Fed Challenge team featured in competition promo video
Sep 5, 2017

Students from Appalachian State University are featured in a new video promoting participation in the College Fed Challenge, a competition designed to...

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...