University of the Pacific - Department of Economics

05/14/2022

Congratulations to all of our 2022 grads!! We managed to get a picture with a few of you but are so very proud of you all! ❤️. It wasn’t the college experience you expected when you started, but you faced all the challenges and came out on top! Good luck on your next adventures.

05/15/2020

Econ alum Josh Foster '08 gave a great talk to students and graduates earlier this week about how to survive graduating into a recession.

By CHRISTINA BOURI ’20 Getting that first job out of college is a concern for all graduates, but if you graduate when the economy is down, it can be a real nail biter. Joshua Foster ’08…

05/12/2019

Congratulations to all our graduates!! (This is just four of them with our faculty...more pictures to come). We’re extremely proud of every one of them and look forward to watching them make a difference in the world.

05/01/2019

So proud to have David Carranza as a Pacific Econ grad! He picked up his BA in Econ on his way to his PharmD in Pacific's 3+3 accelerated program, and now he has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to combine his interests studying health care policy in Finland. Congratulations, David!!

03/12/2019

Join us April 10th as Pacific Econ presents a symposium exploring the concept of Guaranteed Basic Income programs, including a discussion of SEED, Stockton's guaranteed income demonstration.

Afternoon sessions focus on evaluation methodology--how do we determine the effects of these programs?

Evening event is a panel discussion about Guaranteed Income programs, followed by a keynote speech by Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs Stockton's SEED demonstration. (6pm DeRosa Univ Center)

University of the Pacific's Department of Economics presents an exploration of Stockton's guaranteed-income demonstration.

09/10/2018

Calling on Pacific Econ alums:

As part of program review, we'd like to get input from our alumni. We'd really appreciate it if you would please take a few minutes to fill out this short survey about your experiences at Pacific and since graduation.

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Thank you!

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07/09/2018

Dr. Ben Dennis —professor on leave for the last decade currently working as senior economist in the US Treasury Department— back in Stockton for a visit with the department. Making plans to bring him back next school year to share his experiences with our students because he has so many great stories and insights.

09/05/2017

Pacific Econ stands with and supports all the students in our department and across the University, regardless of immigration status. As President Eibeck stated today: "We will continue to provide a respectful, safe and inclusive environment and continue to embrace the intellectual freedom, religious freedom, and freedom of expression that are the hallmarks of being a Pacifican."

Dreamers always welcome.

08/30/2017

Hurricane Harvey is leading to a rash of complaints about price-gouging: A classic example of when the efficiency of freely operating markets clashes with the equity of keeping necessities affordable in times of emergency.

Texas does have a law prohibiting "Demanding an exorbitant or excessive price in connection with the sale or lease of fuel, food, medicine or another necessity."

But some argue (on the basis of supply and demand models) that allowing price to rise would help alleviate shortages, but the extent of that depends on the elasticity of supply, which is probably quite small in the very short run.

Thoughts?

The Texas attorney general's office has received nearly 700 consumer complaints, most of which involved price-gouging of basic necessities.

08/28/2017

Welcome back, Tigers! Happy first day of school!

08/14/2017

It's time to stop reporting the Dow as though it actually represents the stock market.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/business/why-the-dow-isnt-really-the-stock-market.html

The Dow and the S.&P. 500 have diverged since November, when the Dow began to surge ahead. Blame the gap on Boeing, Apple and Charles Dow.

08/14/2017

Could be signaling. Or could be bald self interest.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/upshot/its-not-irrational-its-signaling-behavior.html

Puzzling behavior by senators in the health care debate makes a lot more sense if you view it as part of a signaling game.