{"id":14058,"date":"2025-05-07T22:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/franke-college-business\/?page_id=14058"},"modified":"2025-05-20T17:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:02:51","slug":"economic-policy-institute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/economic-policy-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Policy Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"link-button\" onclick=\"embedLouieChatbot();\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-chat.svg\" alt=\"Live chat:\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChat\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-3322\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-3322<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:epi@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> epi&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\">College Business<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Economic Policy Institute<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<p>By collecting&nbsp;primary data&nbsp;and performing&nbsp;quantitative research, the Economic Policy Institute (which is located within The W. A. Franke College of Business) encourages Arizona tourism and economic development for tribal and rural communities. EPI collaborates on projects with government offices at all levels in addition to working with the business sector and non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our outreach efforts bring&nbsp;financial literacy&nbsp;to our youth and to our state\u2019s developing entrepreneurs. Our&nbsp;events&nbsp;strengthen these efforts as well as provide networking opportunities for business communities. The&nbsp;Economic Policy Institute team&nbsp;makes this all happen.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--\nPANELS LITE CONFIGURATION:\n\nARTICLE \/ FULL WIDTH-->\n\n<section\n                class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels-lite articlePanels  fullWidth bodyContentHide\"\n        data-layout_mobile=\"size16-9 layoutSlider vertical headlineCenter\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"size16-9 layoutGrid vertical headlineCenter\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"size16-9 layoutGrid vertical headlineCenter\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"size16-9 layoutGrid horizontal headlineCenter\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                        <a class=\"panel bg-true-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/centers-institutes\/research\/\" target=\"\" alt=\"Research\">\n                    <picture>\n                        <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/322\/2025\/05\/FINAL-331954_Widen-Dashboard-Graphics_HERO-BANNER5-2000x512.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" 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