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Will Cong

Will Cong

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City in China

ISS project to study economics, politics of China urbanization

<p>One in 10 people on Earth live in China’s cities. Over the past decade, nearly 200 million people in China have moved from rural to urban regions, and 8 million more are expected to relocate every year between now and 2050. Just what this means for China and the world has the attention of the <a href="http://socialsciences.cornell.edu/">Institute for the Social Sciences’</a> newest collaborative project, China’s Cities: Divisions and Plans.</p>

Undergraduate student using scientific instrument

Catching the research bug

<p>Exposing undergraduates to research across the spectrum of fields has long been a hallmark of the university.</p>

Ezra Cornell statue on the quad

Social networks on Capitol Hill influence legislation, funding

<p>The old adage, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” has long fueled the parental drive for children to attend Ivy League schools. But it turns out where you went to school is less important than who else went to the same school – at least, if you’re in Congress.</p>

Jason Brand

Island spirits

<p>Alum Jason Brand '93 talks about his decision to retire from Wall Street and open his own business in Hawaii in this <a href="http://bit.ly/2ps5nJd">Cornell Alumni Magazine story.</a> </p>

Francesca Molinari

The Beauty of Logic and Rigor in Data

<p dir="ltr">The research of <a href="https://stat.cornell.edu/people/faculty/francesca-molinari">Francesca Molinari</a>, professor of economics, is explored in this recent <a href="https://research.cornell.edu/news-features/beauty-logic-and-rigor-data?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=June%201%202017&utm_content=June%201%202017+CID_3be2cabaea93f18ad89155b37de226f0&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=The%20Beauty%20o">Cornell Research</a> story.</p>

Indian currency

India and the Visible Hand of the Market

<p>Cornell economist <a href="https://basu.economics.cornell.edu/">Kaushik Basu</a>, the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, professor of economics and chief economist of the World Bank from 2012-16, writes in this <a href="http://nyti.ms/2stJ1bO">New York Times opinion piece</a>, that the Indian government's decision to "demonitize" its currency may have greater long-term side effects than expected.</p>

Tigers on an enclosed bridge

Veteran banker and A&S alum leads America’s oldest zoo

<p>Philadelphia Zoo president and CEO Vik Dewan ’76, an alum of the College of Arts & Sciences, is profiled in this piece in the most recent <a href="http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/wild-kingdom/">Cornell Alumni Magazine</a>. </p><p>Leader of the zoo since 2006, the story says that Dewan, an economics and government major, has spearheaded many innovations during his tenure, including an ever-expanding system of enclosed trails.</p>

Leo Ikenaga playing taiko drum

Alum tours the world with Japan drumming group

<p>This <a href="http://bit.ly/2taGeJv">Cornell Alumni Magazine article</a> tells the story of Leo Ikenaga ’12, a member of Kodo, an elite, 30-member Japanese musical group. The group is primarily focused on the dynamic drumming style known as taiko. Ikenega was introduced to taiko at Cornell, where he was a member and became musical director of Yamatai.</p>

Richard Thaler

A ‘playful’ Nobel Prize winner laid groundwork for his field at Cornell

<p>Richard Thaler, professor of economics at Cornell for nearly two decades, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Oct. 9 for work he began at Cornell.</p><p>Joining the Cornell faculty in 1978, Thaler was a young assistant professor who had decided to try to make a go of research on a new scholarly concept, behavioral economics, that married psychology and economics. He went looking for a job that would allow him to pursue it.</p>

delegation of faculty, staff and students attending the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) t

A&S student delegates attend COP23 in Germany

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/as/files/COP23%20photo600.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px; margin: 5px; float: left;" />Four Arts & Sciences students are part of the delegation of faculty, staff and students attending the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) this week in Bonn, Germany.</p>

McGraw Hall

ISS grants jump-start new social science research

<p>Are supporters of President Donald Trump increasing in prejudice? What’s the best way to end violence in Liberia during elections? Is Colombia ready for a sustainable boom in cocoa production?</p><p><a href="http://socialsciences.cornell.edu/fall-2017-small-grant-awards/">These are a few of the questions Cornell social science faculty are answering,</a> thanks to small grants from the <a href="http://socialsciences.cornell.edu/">Institute for the Social Sciences</a>.</p>

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Marcel Preuss


Marcel Preuss is an assistant professor of Strategy and Business Economics at the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management. His primary research interest lies in the analysis of firms’ incentives and strategies in imperfectly competitive markets, and online markets in particular. Typical research in this area addresses questions such as: How do sellers respond to increased transparency created by the Internet? Does the possibility to sell globally rather than locally affect product design? When should we expect agglomeration in platform markets?

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