Kenneth Heaghney, the state of Georgia’s fiscal economist, has been named the new director of Georgia State University’s Fiscal Research Center (FRC). Heaghney succeeds Sally Wallace, who had served in the position since 2011. She became dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in April.
ATLANTA—Low-income individuals tend to be more supportive of strong leadership and more suspicious of democracy than the rich, according to research by Georgia State University professor of economics Alberto Chong.
Stock market portfolios containing high-risk stocks generate about the same return as portfolios containing low-risk stocks in the long run, according to researchers at the Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant of more than $100,000 to the Center for State and Local Finance (CSLF) at Georgia State University to evaluate the impact of college degrees received at a later age on wages, employment stability, and retirement income.
It’s been a little more than a year since Georgia State University kicked off construction to transform Turner Field into the Panthers’ new football stadium. And while the difference within the shiny metal gates is dramatic, beyond it, another remarkable rebirth is in the works.
Since spring 2015, Georgia State's WomenLead initiative has groomed undergraduates to enter the workforce unafraid of stirring up "good trouble."
A phenomenon known as the “beta anomaly” has puzzled stock market experts for decades. Assistant professor Scott Murray has uncovered what’s behind it.
When a city incorporates, residential property values and property taxes in the new city are more likely to increase, according to a new Georgia State University study.
With switching costs becoming progressively lower, customers in mature service industries tend to churn repeatedly, switching from one provider to the next. In turn, companies extend attractive promotional offers to win them back -- until the next best offer lures them away.
Georgia State University is ranked among the top 100 public colleges and universities in the U.S. in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s 2018 Best College Values rankings.
