School of Economic Sciences

Hard cider isn’t new; but as an industry, it is growing. Rapidly. A Cider Symposium Sept. 9 aims to help cider makers learn how to keep the industry growing

WSU scientists will host the fourth international Beeronomics Conference in Seattle on Sept. 8-9, the first time the event will venture outside Europe.

More than half of Washington’s short-line rail miles aren’t up to modern standards, according to a recent study by the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Washington State University Freight Policy Transportation Institute.

Fighting wildfires is expensive. Firefighters must be paid and equipment must be purchased and transported to fires. Operations and maintenance cost money.
According to a WSU researcher, the incentives to lower those costs are out of balance, and the researchers are working to understand the sources of the incentive problems.

What are Alternaria Sex Genes Up to, If not Sex? Fungal diseases are among the most intractable problems faced by farmers. Treatments are few and far between and are often highly toxic. What to do when faced with a fundamental problem with no obvious solution? Scientists at Washington State University are taking a step back […]

SEATTLE – All major indicators of economic health were flat in the fourth quarter of 2011, yet Seattle business executives indicated they are slightly optimistic about the national economy in 2012, according to a recent survey.

SEATTLE – Although sales haven’t risen for most, and the number of workers they employ is unchanged, Seattle business executives are more optimistic about the future than they were during the second quarter of the year, according to a recent survey.

SEATTLE—Economic storm clouds seem to be brewing for the greater Seattle area, according to business executives surveyed here by Washington State University in the second quarter of this year. The average respondent reported less optimism than previous quarters for sales, financing and employment.

Pullman, Wash. — The nation’s $90 billion fleet of privately owned freight railway cars may be in jeopardy, according to a new report released today by the Transportation Research Group in Washington State University’s School of Economics. The fleet is integral to the efficient movement of goods by rail and drastically reduces the environmental impact […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – While some aspects of the Seattle economy are improving, others are getting more difficult, leaving the overall economic picture mixed and uncertain, according to Seattle business executives surveyed by Washington State University.