Georgia Ranks 6th in Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of North America 2023 Report

The Fraser Institute's highly anticipated annual report, Economic Freedom of North America 2023, was released yesterday. Economic Freedom of North America is an attempt to gauge the extent of the restrictions on economic freedom imposed by governments in North America. The freest economies operate with minimal government interference, relying upon personal choice and markets to answer basic economic questions such as what is to be produced, how it is to be produced, how much is produced, and for whom production is intended. As government imposes restrictions on these choices, there is less economic freedom.

As one of the report's authors, Dean Stansel of Southern Methodist University, summarized, "Of the four largest states, Florida is [the] 2nd [most free state] and Texas is 4th, while New York is again 50th and California is tied for 48th. Across North America, the least-free quartile of jurisdictions (including Canada and Mexico) had an average per-capita income of just $2,696, compared to $59,401 for the most-free quartile." Among the 50 states, New Hampshire ranks as the most economically free, while Tennessee is ranked 3rd and South Dakota is 5th. In a tie for 6th are Georgia, Idaho and North Carolina. Rounding out the top 10 are Indiana and Idaho, while Georgia's remaining neighbor, Alabama, ranks 24th overall.

Finally, the Turner College has a couple interesting ties to this year's report. First, a 2021 study in Small Business Economics by Kirk Heriot, the Turner College's Crowley Professor of Entrepreneurship, and his co-authors Andres Jauregui of Fresno State University and David Mitchell of Ball State University, is cited in the report. Similarly, a 2015 book titled Economic Behavior, Economic Freedom, and Entrepreneurship by Frank Mixon, the Turner College's Buck Professor of Economics, and his co-editors Richard Cebula of the University of Tennessee, Joshua Hall of West Virginia University, and James Payne of Oklahoma State University, is also cited in the report.

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Four Turner College Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

CSU Head Women's Soccer Coach Jay Entlich recently released a list of CSU faculty who have been chosen by a player as a member of the CSU faculty who has impacted the player in a positive way along their journey at CSU. Four Turner College faculty were included on the list, along with the player who nominated each. Management professor Phil Bryant was named by Sophia Leal , a freshman midfielder from Oxford, Georgia. Sophia attended Eastside High School and was a two-time all-region selection during her high school career. Through the first 10 games of 2024, she has scored one goal and recorded three assists. Next, management professor John Finley was named by Lizz Forshaw , a graduate student forward from Stockton, England. Lizz, who attended IMG Academy in south Florida, has scored four goals and recorded four assists this season. During her senior year in 2023, she scored three goals and recorded two assists. As a junior in 2022, Lizz scored three goals ...

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International ...

Hammer joins Turner College Finance Faculty

The Turner College's Department of Accounting and Finance welcomes Melissa Ingle Hammer , who joins the group as an adjunct faculty in finance. Hammer graduated from the Turner College in 2005, after earning a BBA in finance. She later went on to earn an MBA from Auburn University, a Specialist Certificate in Conduct Risk from the University of Manchester, a Certificate in Team Culture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Executive Presence from Cornell University. Hammer is the SVP of Fair Lending Product Management with RiskExec at Asurity. She previously worked as Compliance Manager of Fair Lending at Synovus, a senior regulatory consultant with Wolters Kluwer, and as VP of Compliance at TD. This semester Hammer will be teaching FINC 3135, Financial Institutions and Technologies. Turner Business welcomes Melissa and wishes her a great first semester in the Turner College.

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