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Career fairs, tailgates, and global week; fall is in the air here at Gatton! It's all about winners! From scavenger hunt champs to hall of fame and a sweet treat for the dean. Buckle up, and get ready to hear about all the wonderful things that happened in September!
Lexington, KY – The University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics proudly hosted its very first Gatton Global Week from September 16-19, 2024, emphasizing its mission to prepare principled leaders for the global economy. The week was packed with events aimed at encouraging students to study abroad and broaden their international experiences, fulfilling Gatton College's commitment to shaping future global business leaders.
His research received over 100,000 views within the first day of posting a tweet about the research. He and his co-authors have continued to be contacted by numerous reporters and expect more coverage in the coming weeks.
Eleanor Krause received a competitive Early Career Grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth (WCEG). According to the WCEG, these grants are "targeted at those early in their careers whose research is policy-relevant and can inform how policymakers can take action to create more stable, broadly shared U.S.
Stephen Lusch has been appointed as an editor at Accounting Horizons. Effective June 1, 2024, Lusch will serve a 3-year term. Accounting Horizons is one of three association-wide journals of the American Accounting Association and is the second most downloaded journal of the AAA's family of seventeen journals.
Carlos Lamarche's paper titled "Quantiles of the Gain Distribution of an Early Childhood Intervention" has been accepted and published online by the Journal of Applied Econometrics. This paper is a joint effort with Erich Battistin and Ebruci Rettore. Read the paper here.
Students are back for classes, new faculty are settling in, popcorn and gelato are abundant, and your dear ole Dean Simon is once again in the Dicken Plaza for Simon Says Live! Hear about all of the amazing things going on in the Gatton College as we buckle up for an incredible new school year.
Duke Ferguson's paper, "Raising the Stakes: How Progressive Tax Rates Affect Risk-Taking by Pass-Through Businesses" was accepted for publication in the journal, Contemporary Accounting Research.
Gatton's Director of Honors Pathways, Ryessia Russell, has been selected as one of 50 members of the 2024-2025 Leadership Lexington class. Ryessia's role involves working with some of the brightest students in Gatton, guiding them through their rigorous coursework as honors students.
Felipe Benguria's paper, "Escaping the trade war: Finance and relational supply chains in the adjustment to trade policy shocks" is forthcoming in the Journal of International Economics.