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Brandon Castaneda Named Outstanding Graduating Student in Management and Business Economics

May 15, 2025
The Economics and Business Management Department is proud to recognize Brandon Castaneda as the 2025 Outstanding Graduating Student in Management and Business Economics (MBE). Brandon's academic journey at UC Merced reflects an extraordinary blend of intellectual curiosity, leadership, and...

EBM Department Honors Outstanding Graduates at End-of-Year Celebration

May 7, 2025
On Wednesday, May 7th, 2025, the Economics and Business Management (EBM) Department proudly hosted its End-of-Year Celebration. This special event brought together students and faculty to recognize academic excellence, highlight student accomplishments, and celebrate a year of hard work and success...

Professor Greg Wright Weighs in on Imported Wedding Dresses

April 23, 2025
UC Merced Associate Professor of Economics Greg Wright says he believes this is a step in the right direction. “President Trump has softened his stance on the China trade war, which is good news, I think,” he said. “I think that there is something going on here that is about...

Professor Greg Wright weighs in on "Unemployment fears jump to pandemic levels"

April 14, 2025
Shifts in economic policy are driving that insecurity, said Greg Wright, an economics professor at the University of California, Merced. That feeling isn’t caused by any one tariff, but rather the onslaught of tariff policy changes.  “A lot of companies are probably at this...

Professor Greg Wright Reacts to Trump's 'Liberation Day'

April 2, 2025
UC Merced Associate Professor Greg Wright says the latest round of tariffs on U.S. imports is designed to match what other countries charge on American exports.  “The message coming out of the White House is that other countries have relatively high tariffs on specific products...

Professor Greg Wright Examines How Auto Tariffs Will Increase Vehicle Values

April 1, 2025
UC Merced Associate Professor of Economics Greg Wright said it depends on a few factors. He believes if manufacturers see this as a negotiating tactic, they may hold off on raising prices. If the goal is to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., Wright said we'll feel the effects sooner....

Professor Greg Wright "Weighs In On Impact of Trump Tariffs"

March 4, 2025
UC Merced Economics professor Greg Wright says this could also start a trade war. "But on the flip side, Canada and Mexico and China are probably going to impose tariffs of their own on our exports to those countries, and so what that means is that U.S. producers are going to face smaller...

Professor Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes featured in "Funding for small businesses - a big source of jobs - at risk under Trump"

February 18, 2025
But Catalina Amuedo-Dorante, an economics professor at UC Merced, said this administration has made its priorities clear. “We’re going backwards (in terms of) rights for different minority groups, groups that need more assistance in medical care, food, education,” she said....

Professor Greg Wright discusses "Inflation, interest rates unlikely to go down in near future"

February 12, 2025
“It means that people are going to be paying more for the things that they purchase and so, one way of thinking that is, it sort of reduces your real income. You know, your wage is just going less far than it used to because prices are higher,” said Greg Wright, an associate professor...

Professor Christian Fons-Rosen Cited in "2025 Economic Report of the President"

January 10, 2025
EBM professor Christian Fons-Rosen was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President.   Foreign Investment and Domestic Productivity: Identifying Knowledge Spillovers and Competion Effects, a paper Professor Fons-Rosen cowrote was cited in Chapter 6 of 2025 Economic...