News Briefs

• 6 November 2006

  Associate Professor Martin Schmidt writes about parity in baseball in the 6 November issue of The New York Times.

• 19 October 2006

  Associate Professor Martin Schmidt writes about a "Drive-Thru" tax an Op-Ed in the 19 October issue of The New York Times.

• 13 October 2006

  Associate Professor Sarah Stafford delivered the college-wide 2006 Distinguished Faculty Lecture, entitled "Environmentalists in the Boardroom," on 8 October.

• 8 October 2006

  The Fall 2006 Seminar Schedule is now available. In the first seminar, Prof. Kara Reynolds of American University will present "From Agreement to Application: A Cross-Country Application of Injury Determinants under the WTO Antidumping Agreement" at 12:00 noon on 20 October 2006 in Morton 102.

• 8 October 2006

  Associate Professor Martin Schmidt discusses how September performance of baseball teams predicts success in the post-season in the 8 October issue of The New York Times.

• 3 October 2006

  Associate Professor Sarah Stafford will give the 8th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Environmentalists in the Boardroom: Using Public Policy to Encourage Corporate Responsibility" on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m., in Andrews Hall, Room 101. Professor Stafford will discuss the motivations behind the trend of cooperation between environmental agencies and corporations and the resulting changes in both environmental policy and corporate environmental behavior. She will also discuss how the increase in corporate environmental responsibility ties in with the larger issue of corporate social responsibility. The lecture is free and open to the public and a reception will immediately follow.

• 12 July 2006

  The department welcomes Assistant Professor Sara LaLumia (University of Michigan) and Assistant Professor Till Schreiber (University of Washington) to William and Mary!

• 27 August 2006

  Associate Professor Martin Schmidt discusses measurement of NFL players' performances in the 27 August issue of The New York Times.

• 14 July 2006

  Cambridge University press has published the second edition of Professor Don Campbell's book, Incentives: Motivation and the Economics of Information in both hardback and paperback editions. John McMillan of Stanford writes "Donald Campbell does a masterly job of synthesis, making modern theory accessible and drawing out its very practical applications." Thomas Palfrey (Princeton University) says "In this second edition, Professor Campbell has transformed an excellent book on incentives into the ideal text for a course in the economics of information." Click here for the Incentives home page.

• 2 July 2006

  Following the recent success with his book The Wages of Wins, Associate Professor Martin Schmidt discusses soccer players who take a dive in the 2 July issue of The New York Times.

• 29 May 2006

  Martin Schmidt's new book The Wages of Wins: Taking Measure of Many Myths in Modern Sport, coauthored with David Berri and Stacey Brook has been published by Stanford Unviersity Press. Alan Barra, of the Wall Street Journal, says of the book: "Not just a book for thinking sports fans, but something more. A book that can turn any fan into a thinking sports fan." It was recently reviewed by Malcolm Gladwell in the 29 May issue of The New Yorker.

• 17 May 2006

  Senior Frank DiTraglia received the Lord Botetourt Medal from the College during the 2006 Commencement ceremony. The award was established in 1772 by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Governor of Virginia. It is awarded "for the honor and encouragement of literary merit" and is given to the graduating senior who has attained the greatest distinction in scholarship. Frank was a double major in economics and mathematics. Frank is currently earning a MSc in statistics at the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland on a Rotary International Scholarship and plans to return to the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in economics. Congratulations, Frank!

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