Remember a few years ago when airline ticket fares increased dramatically due to surcharges which were added quickly in response to sharply rising fuel costs? Even though fuel prices have moderated substantially, many, if not most, of the higher fares are here to stay. And yet such pricing practices, dubbed “asymmetric pricing” by academics, seem to be less prevalent in other parts of the world. For example, similar fuel surcharges were revoked in Japan and the Philippines.
University of Kentucky MBA students Dr. Arundathi Reddy, Dr. Tim Mullett and Dr. Henry Vasconez along with alumni Dr. Carol Steltenkamp and Dr.
The Alumni Association at the University of Kentucky named six educators at UK for the 2018 Great Teachers Award, which included Dr. Gabriel "Gabe" Dadi who is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and an alum of the UK MBA program. The Great Teacher Award, which started in 1961, is the longest-running University of Kentucky award recognizing teaching.
Congratulations to senior major Caroline Will. Out of 150 applicants, Caroline Will has been selected as one of five 2018 Kentucky Derby Festival Princesses. Over a four month period, she will be an ambassador for the City of Louisville, and will attend over 70 Derby Festival events. Princesses of the Royal Court are chosen based on poise, intelligence, personality, academics, knowledge of the Derby Festival, as well as school and community involvement.
Steven Lugauer was quoted in the Wall Street Journal in reference to how population aging affects economic growth..
Steven Lugauer presented “The Importance of Capital in Production and the Second Demographic Dividend” at the Midwest Economics Association conference on March 23 in Evanston, IL.
Will Gerken was interviewed for NPR's Marketplace on March 15, 2018 for a piece entitled "How one shady employee can poison the workplace." The podcast version is available online at https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/03152018-us-edition.
Scott Soltis and Dan Brass (with David Lepak, U. of Massachusetts Amherst) had their paper, "Social Resources Management: Integrating Social Network Theory and Human Resource Management," accepted for publication in Academy of Management Annuals.
