by Edward Lopez | Aug 5, 2021 | Research, The Director's Blog
Robert Cooter and Thomas Ulen’s classic textbook, Law & Economics 4th Edition, describes the concept known as the Hold Up Problem. A hold up is a market actor who possesses and exercises market power to interrupt others’ ongoing physical investment...
by Edward Lopez | Jul 21, 2021 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
Check out our new annual report, just released today! In the summer of 2020, as we sat down amidst those uncertain times to hash out plans for the 2020-21 academic year, I wrote the following vision statement for the Center: We produce high-impact research in three...
by Edward Lopez | Jun 8, 2021 | News, The Director's Blog
As summer settles in, we invite you to check out the recap (below) and video of our May 19 event, “Helping the Community Helps Your Campus: New and Replicable Ways Two University Centers are Impacting Their Communities.” Craig Richardson and I are...
by Edward Lopez | Jun 1, 2021 | News, The Director's Blog
As CSFE nears the end of its fifth year, the Scaled-Up Seminar and our Faculty & Student Affiliates programs have become two key programs. Together, these programs connect over 100 faculty and student researchers from different disciplines and colleges at WCU, and...
by Allie Todd | Apr 26, 2021 | The Director's Blog
Last year, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, and continuing with this series, today we would like to highlight Emma Miller. Emma Miller, MSW, LCSW is an Assistant Professor of Social Work and the U.S. Health Resources and Services...
by Allie Todd | Apr 21, 2021 | The Director's Blog
Last year, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates. Today, we would like to introduce CSFE Associate Director and WCU Professor of Economics, Sean Mulholland. Sean was born and raised in South Carolina and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from...
