October 17, 2011

Contact:
Gary McKillips, 404-413-7077

Rajeev Dhawan

ATLANTA - A publication produced by Georgia State's Robinson College Economic Forecasting Center was given an Award of Excellence in Publications by the Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER). The award was presented at the organization's fall conference in Indianapolis.

The publication recognized was the Center's Forecast of Georgia and Atlanta, produced quarterly by the center's director, Rajeev Dhawan.

According to Dhawan, "The ability to effectively communicate economic information is the essence of what we are about. To be acknowledged by our peers for our success in this area is most gratifying. It also speaks well of the members of our Economic Forecasting team, who assist in providing content."

The Economic Forecasting Center's quarterly reports number 32 pages plus forecasting tables. They are distributed to some 300 attendees at the quarterly conferences and are available to center sponsors and by subscription.

AUBER is the professional association of business and economic research organizations in public and private universities.

The Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the few university-based centers providing a quarterly analysis of the economy, various industries and international trade, as well as prices and interest rates.

The Economic Forecasting Center was established in 1973 for the research and development of models related to national, regional and local economies. In February 2011, Dhawan celebrated his 11th year as director of the center.

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The largest business school in the South and part of a major research institution, Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business has 200 faculty, 8,000 students and 70,000 alumni. With programs on five continents and students from 150 countries, the college is world-class and worldwide. Its part-time MBA is ranked among the best by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News & World Report. Its Executive MBA is on the Financial Times list of the world's best EMBA programs. Located in Atlanta, the Robinson College and Georgia State have produced more of Georgia's top executives with graduate degrees than any other school in the nation.