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Burman comments on Trump's tax plan in New York Times
Leonard Burman, professor of public administration and international affairs, opines that President Reagan "got people excited about the idea of fixing our broken tax system. It’s hard to imagine President Trump doing that.”
Schwartz discusses student success on With Good Reason Radio
Amy Ellen Schwartz, professor of economics and public administration and international affairs, says we need to have all of the "other stuff" such as school lunch, school buses, school facilities, and after school lined up to help make kids productive, successful people.
Burman discusses tax reform on NPR
Ma weighs in on decline in international student enrollment in Diverse
"I have encountered multiple requests from international students...They are all asking questions related to whether they need to prepare more when they apply for visas...in light of the current administration," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology.
Burman weighs in on the debate about taxes in New York Times
"A lot of the debate about taxes is really a debate about spending," says Leonard Burman, professor of public administration and international affairs. "What is the role of government, and what is the value of government spending? Those tend to be the real underlying question."
Flores-Lagunes article on finite sample evidence of IV estimators published in JAE
Hou featured in Wall Street Journal article on potential property tax in China
Burman chapter on tax expenditure limits published in The Economics of Tax Policy
Baltagi large factor model with structural instability article published in Journal of Econometrics
Hou study on local sales tax in US counties published in JPBAFM
Lutz paper examining educational inequalities in two national systems published in JEMS
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Op-ed by ESF/SU academics supporting carbon tax to ease climate change
"In response to the climate crisis we face, our leaders must not continue to merely say 'no' to climate policies proposed by others, or to hope, as we have for decades, for an unforeseeable technological breakthrough that will render fossil fuels uneconomical," write eleven scientists and professors from SUNY ESF and Syracuse University.
Baldagi article on imperfect competitive loans in Africa published in Oxford BES
Rosenthal report on housing stock transitions published by Research Institute for Housing America
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Monnat study on demographic characteristics and physical activity practices published in PM
Zoli, McCormick, Lutz discuss the US-Mexico border wall in the DO
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Rothbart weighs in on Trump's plan for student loans in Daily Orange
“There seems to be, based on some of the public comments (Trump) has made, a focus on reducing the period over which someone is responsible for loans so that people that can’t afford to don’t have to continue repaying loans for an extended period, although the burden may be higher during the repayment period,” said Michah Rothbart, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs.
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Dutkowsky, Flores-Lagunes on growing job market for economic PhDs
Don Dutkowsky, professor of economics, notes that doctorates in economics have thrived due to the expansive job market available in economics both inside and outside of academia. Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, professor of economics, adds that an increase in economic majors has yielded a higher demand for economics instructors, opening up doors for economics doctorates where they are closing in other fields of study.
Schewe article on labor patterns on U.S. dairy farms published in Social Currents
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