Economists and psychologists work together to understand how human behavior impacts people's decision-making in the marketplace.

The hermit economy is now a thing of the past. Across the rich world, the out-and-about economy is roaring back. Indeed, the share of consumer spending that is devoted to services has at last caught ...

The Omani market now stands at an important point where adopting this science can lead to smarter and more realistic ...

Chris Sneed, an associate professor and consumer economics specialist in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, has received the 2025 Excellence in Extension Award. Image courtesy UTIA.

I n the epilogue of their blockbuster book Mostly Harmless Econometrics (2009), Josh Angrist and Steve Pischke write, “If applied econometrics were easy, theorists would do it.” As academic jokes go, ...