Jay Walker

Associate Professor of Economics at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Views are my own, if you don't like them I have others.

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

I sat down with Dr. Alex Cardazzi in my department at #ODU and discussed the 2025 Nobel Prize announcement and what it means, click link below for more. #NobelPrize

https://t.co/YFoYQhwJii

[ODUMAEcon @MAEconODU]

Please join us on 10/21/2025 for the Fall Virtual Open House. Andrea Barcenas and Jay Walker will discuss the application process and funding opportunities in addition to the program experience, academic environment, and professional opportunities. Register via LinkedIn!

[ODUMAEcon @MAEconODU]

Dr. Jay Walker and Dr. Alex Cardazzi, presented a joint project today titled, Contagious Sorrows? #Suicide, #Celebrity, and the #Werther Effect. They are using modern econometric methods to study suicide contagion in relation to celebrity deaths and suicide salience.

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

The #ODU Department of #Economics Spring 2025 newsletter is now available. If you would like to see what we've been up to please follow the link below.

#EconatODU

https://t.co/9XV9hDLJIX

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

Missed the ODU MA Econ SP 2025 Virtual Open House? Watch the recording to learn about our MA program, curriculum, faculty, and admissions! 🎥👇

https://t.co/nT8eJW7YIi
#HigherEd #VirtualOpenHouse #MAProgram #ECONatODU

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

I sat down with Dr. Bob McNab from the Dragas Center of Economic Analysis and Policy at ODU to discuss his 2025 forecast, tariffs, and other current economic conditions. If anyone is interested you can check it out at the link below:

https://t.co/XZYZAKZSuB

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

The MA Economics Program at ODU had a virtual open house a few days ago, check out a video of the event below!

https://t.co/18zWWMDRXc

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

The @ODU Department of #Economics Fall newsletter is available here, why not check it out.
https://t.co/tSu8R5TZam.

[Peter Hull @instrumenthull]

uh, actually Mr. Kelce, these are just correlations

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

When visiting @UAEH_OFICIAL in Pachuca, México I was interviewed on the radio program @SinergiaUAEH (en español). We talked about income inequality, artifical intelligence, and a range of topics. Link below if interested.

https://t.co/AuD3LSVLPs

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

The MA Program in Economics that I am the director of has a new LinkedIn page, please consider giving it a follow. #econtwitter #economics #MAeconomics #STEM

https://t.co/VnSphcz1Nh

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Life is too short to worry about little things. Have fun. Fall in love. Regret nothing, and don't let people bring you down. Study, think, create, and grow. Teach yourself and teach others.

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

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[Jay Walker @jaykody]

nterested in how #relativeage in cohort affects academic performance? Why not check out Older and Wiser: Relative age and college course failure, just published in Economics Bulletin. #economics #education #HigherEducation

https://t.co/1mkfvfXeoo

[Ethics in Bricks @EthicsInBricks]

"What Orwell failed to predict is that we'd buy the cameras ourselves, and that our biggest fear would be that nobody was watching."
- Keith Lowell Jensen

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

When visiting @UAEH_OFICIAL a earlier this month I made a radio appearance with another visiting scholar to discuss our research and the workshops we were coordinating on campus. Audio (in Spanish) available here:

https://t.co/flAOpzRxlJ

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

https://t.co/0QTwAB2uky

One of my friends and coauthors published a video on a recent research project here. #colombia

[Věda a výzkum na ECON MUNI @veda_econmuni]

📢 #MUES research seminar

Tomorrow, Jay Walker (@jaykody) from @ODU will speak about mental health and school entry age.

Come in person or join online ⏩ https://t.co/u5IjDPs92j

[Jay Walker @jaykody]

Are Mass Shootings Contagious? https://t.co/q5ALAa9NFb

@mjetter #massshootings

[Al Jean @AlJean]

.@TheSimpsons a thoughtful article https://t.co/qtsdLCi9rz