Economics Department | SUNY Oswego

Economics shapes a wide variety of policies that end up influencing our lives more than we can imagine.

Building on the present and past research, economics influences the design and implementation of monetary and fiscal policies, and social safety-net programs such as Unemployment Insurance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Economics research also sheds light on the benefits and costs of market power and the role or regulation.

In addition, current and past work in the field allows us to understand the link between consumption, poverty and welfare as well as the importance of institutions, contracts, the rule of law, and private property rights in promoting growth and development. Economics also provides answers to questions regarding international trade and capital patterns as well as the locational choice of multinational enterprises.

Economics faculty present at international and domestic conferences

Dr. Andrews (pictured) presented at the meeting of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought in Graz, Austria. Recently, he wrote a book review of Gilbert Faccarello and Claire Silvant, eds. A History of Economic Thought in France: Political Economy in the Age of Enlightenment and A History of Economic Thought in France: The Long Nineteenth Century, which was published in the History of Economic Ideas.

Dr. Alorbi presented "Global COVID-19 Case Fatality Rates Influenced by Inequalities in Human Development and Vaccination Rates" at the American Public Health Association meeting. Her research focuses on socio-economic inequities and policy shortfalls to inform the policy-making process.

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Paraschiv publishes in the Journal of International Economics

Recently, Dr. Paraschiv co-authored "The Short and Long-Run Effects of International Environmental Agreements on Trade," which was published at the Journal of International Economics. A column about the paper appeared at VoxEU.org.

Economic Professor presenting to a class

Kane and Spizman publish in the Journal of Forensic Economics

Recently, Drs. Kane and Spizman co-authored "The Impact of Using a Race-Neutral Model to Predict the Educational Attainment and Income of a Child in Personal Injury Litigation," which was published in the Journal of Forensic Economics.

Dighe publishes in Public Choice

Recently, Dr. Dighe's co-authored paper on state-level prohibitions of alcohol appeared in Public Choice. The paper examines the factors that influenced the timing and type of US state-level alcohol regulations in the seven decades prior to national Prohibition.

Student conducts economics research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

“People don’t know what the ecosystem services of the park offer,” Diallo said. “You can not protect something if you don’t know the value of it. They might not know that the water that they drink comes from the park. The freshness of the air they breathe comes from the park.” Read more on this here.

Our program

The Economics Department at SUNY Oswego has established a national and an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research. The department is small enough such that students and faculty easily interact with each other. This, however, does not preclude the department from offering courses across a wide array of fields such as American Economic History, Baseball Economics, Economic Development, Environmental Economics, Health Economics, Industrial Organization, International Trade, International Finance, Labor Economics, and Monetary Economics. In collaboration with the mathematics department, we also offer a major in Mathematical Economics.

We take pride in motivating, challenging, and preparing our students for employment within the banking and finance, insurance, healthcare, and human resource management sectors, federal, state, and local government branches, or private research and consulting firms, or further study opportunities as graduate students.

What skills do students graduate with?

Economic students are trained to think critically, analytically and most importantly, objectively in solving a wide array of complex problems. Courses place emphasis on the development of quantitative and data-analysis skills as well as practical written and verbal communication skills.

Careers

The economics program equips students with unique skills used to analyze markets, individual consumer conduct, the behavior of U.S. and foreign firms and economies, as well as the connections between them. These skills are highly valued by firms in the private sector, policy makers in various governmental branches, and researchers in the academic arena because of their direct applicability to the important issues of our time.

According to a report published by Carnevale, Cheah, and Hanson (2015) the median annual wage of those graduating with degrees in economics and business economics is approximately $75,000.

Economics Department in the News

SUNY Oswego student Camden Olivero and business partner Daniel Feliciano stand together at an event in front of a banner. The banner has the names of various company partners printed on it.

Oswego student, co-founder of Clotheslyne startup accepted into national accelerator

SUNY Oswego student Baye Massene Diallo with Dominique Bikaba, the executive director of Strong Roots Congo

Student conducts ‘life-changing’ economics research in Democratic Republic of Congo

John Kane in the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

John Kane earns Chancellor’s Award for ongoing commitment to educational excellence

Contact

Economics Department
431 Mahar Hall

Phone: 315.312.2175
Email: [email protected]