Teacher:In this task, you're given a passage, further information available on a particular linked term from the statement, and an answer term. Your job is to generate a question that can use the information provided to obtain the given answer. You should use the information on both passage and link information to create the question. Note that the answer to the question should be exactly the given answer, and if the answer is none, the answer to the question shouldn't be obtainable from the passage or linked information.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Passage: Benjamin Powell earned his B.S. in Economics and Finance from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University. He is a Professor of Business Economics at Texas Tech University's Rawls College of Business and the director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at Suffolk University and an Assistant Professor of Economics at San Jose State University. He has performed numerous other professional roles in the past including Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute., President of Association of Private Enterprise Education, North American Editor of the Review of Austrian Economics, Senior Economist at the Beacon Hill Institute, Editorial Board Member at the Journal of Private Enterprise, and host and co-executive producer of KTTZ Channel 5 Lubbock'sa PBS affiliateFree to Exchange.
Link Information: his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University. Answer: Virginia
Student:
In which state did Powell earn his M.A. and Ph.D in economics?