Third Edition of Mixon's Economics and Finance for Leaders Textbook Now Available

The third edition of Turner College economist Frank Mixon's textbook, Economics and Finance for Leaders, recently published. This edition replaces the previous one, which published in 2022. In speaking with Turner Business, Mixon explained that the new edition contains additional material across several of its chapters, including new discussion in Chapter 2 ("Comparative Advantage and International Trade") of specialization across running backs in the NFL and how that relates to the concept of comparative advantage and financial returns to labor effort. Additions were also made in Chapter 4 ("Economic Surplus and Market Efficiency") to the textbook's discussion of how, through two-part pricing, retailers might capture consumers' surplus. In Chapter 7 ("Games and Economic Behavior") the new edition of the textbook includes discussions about Thomas Schelling's famous focal points experiment and why Auburn University does not have sorority houses. Two of several other revisions to the book include the Chapter 8 ("Law, Economics and Organization") discussion of how both sides of the Third Servile War (Spartacus' slave army vs. Crassus' Roman legions) involved privately funded militaries and the Chapter 9 ("Public Choice") discussion about the probability of casting the decisive vote in a U.S. presidential election (which is around 1 in 60 million). The former of these two additions makes use of Mixon's recently published book (with Laura Ahlstrom) titled War Movies in Economics. Lastly, Mixon explained to Turner Business that work on textbooks seem to never end, as he is already planning updates to the text in preparation for the fourth edition.

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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 ...

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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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