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A paper written by Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, with Kosali Ilayperuma Simon '94, an assistant professor at Cornell University and Watson fellowship recipient while at Hamilton, has been published in the June 2005 issue of the Journal of Comparative Economics. The paper is titled "Wage Determination under Plan and Early Transition: Bulgarian Evidence using Matched  Employer-Employee Data."

Economics Professor Elizabeth Jensen participated in a Teaching Innovations Program Workshop (TIP), June 3-5, in Washington, D.C. TIP is a program run by the American Economic Committee on Economic Education and funded by the National Science Foundation; this is the first year of a five-year program. Participants spent three days learning about and discussing interactive learning techniques such as classroom experiments and cooperative learning, which will be introduced into next year's classes.

"By the time the preliminary estimate of 1st quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is released on Thursday, it will mostly be old news," says former Federal Reserve economist and Hamilton economics professor Ann Owen. "While some revisions from the advance estimates released last month are likely, this information is only useful if it gives us a hint of where the economy may be going in the 3rd quarter.

The images of prize-winning LIFE Magazine photographer George Silk (1916 – 2004), in the first retrospective of his work in the U.S., will be on exhibit at Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery through Sunday, Sept. 11. His photographs will be accompanied by those of his daughter, Georgiana Bulfinch Silk, who is a graduate of Kirkland College and a professional photographer in her own right.

Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery exhibition, "Nature as Refuge: From Rousseau's Cascade to Central New York's Trenton Falls," is open through Sunday, Aug. 28. The show of paintings, prints and drawings of Upstate New York, including Trenton Falls and the Hudson Valley, seeks to illustrate the lasting influence of Swiss philosopher and writer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) on the way people regard nature. Rousseau's ideas, especially those found in his final book, The Reveries of the Solitary Walker, will be shown as a significant influence on the "back-to-nature" movement so popular in the nineteenth century. While visiting this exhibition, visitors are also encouraged to take their own walk into nature along the paths of the Root and Kirkland Glens on the opposite side of College Hill Road on the college's campus.

Derek C. Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, recently published an article titled "Choice of Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Estonia," with Panu Kalmi (Helsinki School of Economics) and Niels Mygind (Copenhagen Business School). It was published in Post-Communist Economies, Volume 17, Number 1 (March, 2005).

New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi is the last speaker in the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center series on the U.S. budget. Hevesi will speak on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn on the Hamilton College campus. His remarks will focus on the New York state budget. The event is free and open to the public.

The Hamilton College Senior Art Show, a final presentation of the work of 18 graduating fine arts majors, will open in the Emerson Gallery on Friday, April 22. The exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, photography, video, and ceramics. The show will close on Sunday, May 22. A reception will be held on Friday, April 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the gallery. A graduation reception will also be held on Saturday, May 21, from 12 to 2 p.m. The exhibition and the receptions are free and open to the public.

Seven Hamilton College seniors and one alumna were awarded Fulbright Scholarships to pursue research projects and to teach English next year.  The purpose of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. It is designed to give recent college graduates opportunities for personal development and international experience.

An expert on the political economy of the European Union, Leila Talani, will present "The Dollar, the Euro, and the Future of European Integration" on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. in Fillius Events Barn at Hamilton College.  Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs and Didar Erdinc, visiting associate professor of economics, will serve as commentators at the lecture. This event is free and open to the public.