Dr. Cathy Carey, Professor of Economics, has been chosen as the Kentucky Economics Association Distinguished Economist for 2021.
“I am deeply honored that the KEA Board chose me as the Distinguished Economist for 2021,” she said. “I was part of the nomination process and conference planning for so many years, and I never once gave thought to the possibility of me being the one selected. So, it was a very nice surprise! To qualify, you must be an economist with impact who has a tie to Kentucky in some way. It is humbling to see my name on a list that includes James J. Heckman, Jeffrey Lacker, Amitabh Chandra and many of my esteemed Kentucky colleagues.”
As the recipient of the award, Carey gave a presentation on a topic of her choosing at the annual KEA conference on October 22. She presented Forecasting the Kentucky General Fund in the Covid Market Economy. “I serve on the Kentucky Consensus Forecasting Group, a nonpartisan group of 10 economists that produce the revenue forecasts for the general fund and the road fund used to build Kentucky’s state budget. That work was the basis for my presentation topic,” she said.
Carey served on the KEA Board for many years, and she was their webmaster for 12 of those years. “I greatly enjoyed that role and being able to work with so many economists around the state – in academia, government and private industry. I left the Board when I came to USI,” she said.
Read more about the award on the KEA website>>