Dr. Sahar Milani is an innovation economist and associate professor at St. Lawrence University. Her research interests include environmental economics, macroeconomics, and the financing of innovation. She received her PhD in economics at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Sahar Milani
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- Promoting Diversity in Economics
- Posted 2 years ago
How to improve diversity in an economics department - a reflection
Economics is a popular major in the US, but relatively few women and historically underrepresented minority students choose it as their field of study. This reality is reflected in stagnant US graduation trends; women earn approximately 30% of bachelor’s degrees in economics, and Black, Hispanic, and Native American students earn less than 15%.
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- Metal, Markets, & More!
- Posted 8 months ago
The economics of heavy metal music
Economics can be used to study almost anything, including popular music. For example, the late Alan Krueger analyzed the music industry, examining live concert revenue, copyright protection, and streaming services in the book Rockonomics. Similarly, economics can offer insights about heavy metal specifically, a type of rock music characterized by loud distorted guitars, intense rhythms, and powerful vocal styles.
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- Curriculum Design
- Posted 1 year ago
How to incorporate macroeconomics in environmental economics courses
At the undergraduate level, environmental economics is typically taught as an applied microeconomics course. However, while topics like externalities and common property resources are great for emphasizing efficiency, they don’t always prepare students to consider environmental concerns as part of the broader economy. Incorporating macroeconomics into these courses can help students understand problems that deal with both scale and efficiency, such as how to reconcile economic growth with environmental quality.
