Professor Phil Trostel will present at the upcoming 2017 Higher Education Government Relations Conference on Thursday, December 7, in San Diego. Trostel, professor in the MCS Policy Center and School of Economics, will speak in a session entitled The Economic Case for State Investments in Higher Education—and How to Make the Case to Lawmakers. Trostel’s recent research […]
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Senior Research Associate Catherine deLutio will facilitate a program looking at Maine’s economic stake in the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Friday, October 28, from 1 to 4 pm at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. deLutio is the primary author of a report assessing the TPP’s potential impact on Maine’s overall economy and on various industries. The presentation […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlights a new report by Professor Phil Trostel showing the impact to Maine of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP, creating the world’s largest free-trade zone, would have a small but mostly beneficial impact on Maine. Philip Trostel, an economist at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at UMaine and one […]
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Both undergraduate student recipients of the Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship for 2015-16 made their final poster presentations at the 2016 UMaine Student Research Symposium on April 27th. Senior Economics major Garrett Raymond, advised by Sharon Klein, carried out a research project examining the economic feasibility of additional Maine license plate funding programs. Allyson Eslin, […]
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Keystone Pipeline and Low Carbon Fuels: An Update on Transportation Energy Policy February 1 at 3pm 107 Norman Smith Hall Speaker: Jonathan Rubin, Professor, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Economics Download the Transportation Energy Seminar flyer The use of energy in transportation continues to be one of the largest contributors to U.S. Green House […]
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Professor Phil Trostel’s new report on the value of a college education has been released by the Lumina Foundation. As the cost of a higher education rises, some students, parents and policymakers are finding themselves asking, “Is it worth it?” According to a new Lumina Foundation report by Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center professor Philip Trostel, […]
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Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarships for 2015-2016 have been awarded to two University of Maine undergraduates pursuing independent research. Allyson Eslin, a third-year student and triple major in Political Science, Psychology, and Economics, plans to study political decision making as influenced by a person’s psychological and economic attributes. Allyson will be working with researchers […]
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Prof. Jonathan Rubin comments on energy and saving money in the social media site Wallet Hub. See how Maine ranks in most and least energy expensive states. http://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-energy-expensive-states/4833/#jonathan-rubin
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Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Economics faculty Jonathan Rubin and Phil Trostel presented at the 2014 Maine Economics Conference, April 26, 2014 hosted by Colby College, and funded by Bates, Bowdoin and Colby Colleges and the University of Maine. Trostel’s talk was “The ‘Other’ Benefits of College Education” and Rubin spoke about […]
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University of Maine economics professor and Smith Center researcher Philip Trostel has published research findings on the economic impact of early education funding. In his report “Path to a Better Future: The Fiscal Payoff of Investment in Early Childhood Development in Maine,” UMaine economic professor Philip Trostel says providing a first-rate preschool education for one […]
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