Joe McGarrity, associate professor of economics, recently had the manuscript, “Pass or Run: An Empirical Test of the Matching Pennies Game Using Data from the National Football League” published in the Southern Economic Journal. The paper is one of a handful of papers that have tested the predictions of mixed strategy game theory by using data generated outside of a laboratory setting.
John W. Bachmann, senior partner for Edward Jones, presented the inaugural Davis Family Lecture on Feb. 25 in the auditorium in the College of Business. More than 160 faculty, staff, and students attended the lecture. The Davis Family Lecture Series highlights prominent business men and women from across the country. The business lecture series is the result of a generous gift from the Davis family of Conway. Milton and Claudia Davis, along with their son and daughter-in-law, Granger and Jan (Preuitt) Davis, committed $50,000 last year to endow the Davis Family Lecture Series and the Davis Faculty Enhancement Fund. The enhancement fund will be used to support professional development opportunities such as continuing education, travel, research and conferences for faculty members in the College of Business.