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Projects & Grants
- Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis (IMPA)听is a non-partisan research institute committed to building a fair and prosperous economy. To this end, our mission is to conduct cutting edge scholarly research and serve as a forum for discussions on macroeconomics, public finance, and inequality, in order to inform the public and enrich contemporary policy debates.
听 - Info-Metrics Institute: Established in 2009, the institute promotes interdisciplinary study of information, information processing and decision rules through collaborations among researchers across the scientific spectrum and dissemination of knowledge through conferences, workshops and seminars as well as through short-term, hands-on classes at the graduate and post-graduate level.听
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Gender Working Group听(GWG), comprising department faculty, resident scholars, and graduate students, has strong relations with a variety of relevant organizations, including the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), the Institute for Women鈥檚 Policy Research, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Vital Voices, Merck KGaA, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, often in league with our Program on Gender Analysis in Economics.
The Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) Project is striving to reduce gender gaps in economic outcomes and enhance gender equality by illuminating and properly valuing the broader economic and social contributions of caregivers and integrating care in macroeconomic policymaking toolkits.
Recent Grants
- Ignacio Gonzalez-Garcia听and Juan Montecino Ignacio Gonzalez-Garcia听received supplemental funding of $250,000 (new total: $998,097) from the New Venture Fund for the project 鈥淎ggregate, Sectorial and Distributional Effects of Corporate Taxation.鈥 They received a $500,401 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation for听鈥淭he Macroeconomics of Taxation and Inequality in the United States: A Proposal for a New Policy Model and Institute.鈥
- Amos Golan听received supplemental funding of $15,000 (new total: $161,624) from the USDA for the project 鈥淭he Value of Publicly Available Information and Data.鈥
- Xuguang Sheng听(Economics) was awarded a听听by the International Institute of Forecasters for the project proposal 鈥淎 Novel Method for Eliciting Business Inflation Expectations.鈥
- Mieke Meurs听was awarded $800,000 from the Open Society Foundation renewal grant for the PGAE Global Scholars.
- Mary Hansen听received a听$29,876 NSF听grant for 鈥淒octoral Dissertation Research in DRMS: A Comparison of Value of Statistical Life Estimates Derived from Revealed and Stated Preferences.鈥
Selected Publications
Selected Recent Works
- "", Gabriel Mathy. 听Eastern Economic Journal听49, no. 2 (2023): 206-220.
- 鈥溾, Alan G. Isaac,听Social Science Computer Review, 2024.
- "," Boris Gershman & Tinatin Mumladze. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 220, April 2024, 768-791.
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鈥溾澨鼳lan G. Isaac & Vasudeva Ramaswamy. Quantitative Finance 23(12), 2023, 1871鈥1886.听
鈥,鈥 Amanda Beaudoin &听Alan G. Isaac. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination听18, January 2023, 191鈥212.
Blecker, Robert A., "Open Economy Macro Models," in Rochon, Louis-Philippe, and Sergio Rossi (Eds.),听听Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
- Blecker, Robert A., "Goodwin Cycles,"听in Rochon, Louis-Philippe, and Sergio Rossi (Eds.),听听Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
- Blecker, Robert A., "Open Economy Macro Models," in Rochon, Louis-Philippe, and Sergio Rossi (Eds.),听听Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
- Blecker, Robert A., "Chapter Eleven. Mexico: Unequal Integration and 'Stabilizing Stagnation,'" in Wray, L. Randall and Flavia Dantas (Eds.),听,听Elsevier, 2022: 225-249.
- Gershman, Boris, "," PLoS ONE 17(11): e0276872, November 2022.听
- Gershman, Boris,听"" in Zimmerman, Klaus F. (Ed.),听Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Popluation Economics, Springer, Cham,听2022.听
- Larson, Nathan,听","听Review of Economic Studies, October 2022.
- Sheng, Xuguang (Simon), Salem Abo-Said, and Zidong An, ""听Journal of Applied Econometrics, January 2023.
- Wisman, Jon D.,听听(2022), Oxford University Press.
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Papers by Subject Area
Agent-Based & Computational Modeling
Isaac, Alan,听听Eastern Economic Journal,听2018.
Gershman, Boris, Quamrul Ashraf, and Peter Howitt, 听Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, March 2017.
Econometrics/Info-Metrics
Golan, Amos,听听Minds & Machines听28 (2018): 787.
Golan, Amos, Lumsdaine, R. L., "Constructing Prior Information in the Social Sciences-An Info-metrics Approach,"听Advances in Econometrics, 36 (2016).
Sheng, Xuguang (Simon), Frieder Mokinski, and Jingyun Yang, Journal of Forecasting,听March 2015.
Sheng, Xuguang (Simon),听听International Journal of Forecasting,听January-March 2015.
Golan, Amos, Henderson, H., Seabold, S., "Incorporating Prior Information When True Priors are Unknown: An Information-Theoretic Approach for Increasing Efficiency in Estimation,"听Economic Letters听127 (2015):听1-5.
Economic History/Thought
Wisman, Jon, "" in Kurtz, Lester, (Ed.),听Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict,听vol. 1, Elsevier Academic Press, 2022: 47-57.
Wisman, Jon and Michael Cauvel, "Why Has Labor Not Demanded Guaranteed Employment?"听Journal of Economic Issues听55, no. 3 (September 2021): 677-697.听
Wisman, Jon and Quentin Duroy. ""听Journal of Economic Issues听54, no. 3 (Fall 2020): 854-872.
Mary Eschelbach Hansen, Erin E. George, Julie Lyn Routzahn,听","听Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2018.
Mathy, Gabriel, Jaremski, M,听"How was the Quantitative Easing of the 1930s Unwound?" Explorations in Economic History, 2018.
Wisman, Jon听D.,听"The Darwinian dynamic of sexual selection that Thorstein Veblen missed and its relevance to institutional economics," Journal of Institutional Economics, 2018.
Wisman, Jon听D., "Adam Smith and Thorstein Veblen on the Pursuit of Status Through Consumption versus Work,"听Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2018.
Wisman, Jon听D., "Marx, the Predisposition to Reject Markets and Private Property, and Attractive Alternatives to Capitalism,"听Forum for Social Economics,听2018.
Hansen,听Mary Eschelbach and Nicholas L. Ziebarth, "Credit Relationships and Business Bankruptcy During the Great Depression,"听AEJ: Macroeconomics听9, no. 2听(April 2017).
Mathy, Gabriel P.,听"Hysteresis and Persistent Long-term Unemployment: The American Beveridge Curve of the Great Depression and World War II," Cliometrica, 2017.
Mathy, Gabriel P. and Matthew Jaremski, "Looking Back on the Age of Checking in America, 1800-1960,"听Revista de la Historia de la Economia y de la Empresa, 2017.
Mathy,听Gabriel and Nicolas L. Ziebarth, "How Much Does Political Uncertainty Matter? The Case of Louisiana Under Huey Long," The Journal of Economic History, March 2017.
Hansen,听Mary Eschelbach and听Michelle McKinnon Miller, "A New View of Women in Bankruptcy: Evidence from Maryland Since 1940,"听American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 34听(November 2016).
Hansen,听Mary Eschelbach and听Nicholas L. Ziebarth, "Credit Relationships and Business Bankruptcy During the Great Depression,"听AEJ: Macroeconomics.
Hansen, Mary E. and听Bradley A. Hansen, "The Historian's Craft and Economics,"听Journal of Institutional Economics, June 2016.
Mathy, Gabriel,听"Stock Volatility, Return Jumps, and Uncertainty Shocks During The Great Depression,"听Financial History Review, July 2016.
Hansen, Mary,听听Enterprising America,听William Collins and Robert Margo, eds. NBER/University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Economic Development
Gershman, Boris, "," in Zimmerman, Klaus F. (Ed.),听Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics,听Springer, Cham, 2022.
Mohseni-Cheraghlou, Amin and Seyed Reza Mirnezami, "," vol. 15(9),听Energies, 2022: 3230.
Yesuf, Mahmud and Randall Bluffstone, ""听Journal of African Economies听28, no. 1听(2019).听
Gershman, Boris and Diego Rivera,听听Journal of Development Economics, 2018.
Leight, Jessica, Vandana Sharma, Willa Brown, Laura Costica, Fatima Abdulaziz Sule, and Martina Bjorkman Nyqvist, "PLoS ONE听13, no. 12听(2018): e0208885.
Gershman, Boris,听Demographic Change and Long-Run Development, 2017.
Gunter, Bernhard, Faisal Ahmed, A.F.M. Ataur Rahman, and Jesmin Rahman),听"Do Patterns of Development and Macroeconomic Uncertainty Explain Bangladesh's Savings and Investment Puzzle?"听Money and Macroeconomics: Selected Topics from Bangladesh, 2017.
Henderson, H., Alan G. Isaac, "Modern Value Chains and the Organization of Agrarian Production." American Journal of Agricultural Economics听99, no. 2 (2017):听379鈥400.
Meurs, M. E., Amartuvshin, A., Banzragh, O., "Livestock Income of Mongolian Herders: A Path to Rural Prosperity?" Nomadic Peoples, 2017.
Radchenko, Natalia, Paul Corral, and Paul Winters,听听Agricultural Economics, 2017.
Radchenko, Natalia and听Paul Corral,听听World Development,听(2017):听231-253.
Radchenko, Natalia and Paul Corral,听听Journal of Development Studies, 2017.
Floro, Maria S., P. Yokying, B. Sangaroon, T. Tassanee Sushevagul,听"Understanding Work-Life Balance Situation of Women and Men in Thailand: Through the Lens of Time-Use Data," Asia-Pacific Population Journal听31, no. 1听(2016): 87-107.
Floro, Maria S. and Elizabeth King,听"The Present and Future of Time Use Surveys in Developing Countries," Asia-Pacific Population Journal听31, no. 1 (2016): 5-42.
Gershman, Boris,听Journal of Development Economics,听May 2016.
Gunter, Bernhard, "Revisiting Debt Sustainability in Africa,"听Background Paper for UNCTAD's 2016听Economic Development in Africa Report: "Debt Dynamics and Development Finance in Africa,"听August 2016.
Sawers, Larry, Eileen Stillwaggon, Jonathan Rout MD, David Addiss MD, and LeAnne Fox MD, "Economic Costs and Benefits of a Community-based Lymphedema-management Program for Lymphatic Filariasis in Odisha State, India,"听American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,听2016.
Gershman, Boris听听Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, February 2015.
Meurs, M. E., Kochut, R., Ahranjani, M., "Local Government Performance in Rural Poland: The Roles of Local Government Characteristics and Inherited Conditions,"听Landbauforschung-Applied Agriculture and Forestry Research, 2015.
Mohseni-Cheraghlou, Amin,听听International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 2015.
Mohseni-Cheraghlou, Amin听 in听The Routledge Handbook of Religions and Global Development, 2015.
Yesuf, Mahmud, Randall Bluffstone, Takuro Uehara, Bilisuma Bushie, and Demessie Damite, 听Journal of Development Studies,听December 2015.
Gender
Ambler, Kate, Kelly Jones, and Michael O'Sullivan, "" World Development听(2021): 138.
Meurs, Mieke, et al., ""听Central Asian Survey,听September 2021.
Meurs, Mieke, et al., ""听Comparative Economic Studies,听October 2021.
Meurs, Mieke and Lisa Giddings, ""听European Journal of Social Policy,听February 2021.
Floro, Maria, Mahmud Yesuf, and Trufat Woldesenbet,听听The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 11, no. 2 (2019): 21-39.
Meurs, Mieke and Rita Ismaylov,听""听Feminist Economics听25, no. 1听(2019).
Hansen, Mary Eschelbach, Erin E. George and Julie Lyn Routzahn,听听Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2018.
Floro, Maria听S., C. Bruyere, S. Fengdan, P. Xuhua,听"Bargaining Power and the Household Division of Labor by Gender: Evidence from the China Time Use Survey,"听Asia-Pacific Population Journal听31, no. 1 (2016): 63-86.
Floro, Maria S., Willoughby, John听A.,听"Feminist Economics and The Global Economy: The Challenges that Awaits Us." The Fletcher Forum for World Affairs听40, no. 2 (2016): 5-17.
Floro, Maria听S., and M. Terbish, "How does the Presence of Infrastructure (or lack thereof) Affect Time Use in Mongolia?" Asia-Pacific Population Journal听30, no. 1 (2016): 43-62.
Floro, Maria听S., P. Yokying, B. Sangaroon, and T. Tassanee Sushevagul, "Understanding Work-Life Balance Situation of Women and Men in Thailand: Through the Lens of Time-Use Data," Asia-Pacific Population Journal听31, no. 1 (2016):听87-107.
Hansen, Mary Eschelbach, and Michelle McKinnon Miller, 听American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 34,听November 2016.
Radchenko, Natalia,听Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Bernard Salanie,听听Review of Economics of the Household.
Heterodox Economics
Blecker, Robert A., "" Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Blecker, Robert A., ""听Journal of Economic Surveys, 36(2): 429-467, April 2022.
Blecker, Robert A., Michael Cauvel, and Y.K. Kim, ""听Cambridge Journal of Economics,听January 2022.
Willoughby, John A. and Zehra Aftab,听""听Pakistan Institute of Development Economics,听January 2020.
Wisman, John听D., "Marx, the Predisposition to Reject Markets and Private Property, and Attractive Alternatives to Capitalism," Forum for Social Economics,听2018.听
Wisman, John D.,听"Politics, Not Economics, Ultimately Drives Inequality,"听Challenge, 60, no. 4 (2017): 347-367.
Blecker, Robert A., "The Debate over 'Thirwall's Law': Balance-of-Payments-Constrained Growth Reconsidered,"听European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention, 13, no. 3听(2016).
Blecker, Robert A., "Wage-led Versus Profit-led Demand Regimes: The Long and the Short of It,"听Review of Keynesian Economics, vol. 4, no. 4 (Winter 2016): 373-390.
Blecker, Robert A., 听European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 13, no. 2 (2016): 202-214
Floro, Maria听S., Willoughby, John听A,听"Feminist Economics and The Global Economy: The Challenges that Awaits Us," The Fletcher Forum for World Affairs, 40, no. 2 (2016): 5-17.
Isaac, Alan听G.,听"Comment on 鈥楬omo Socialis: An Analytical Core for Sociological Theory,鈥"听Review of Behavioral Economics, 2, nos. 1-2听(2015):听113-121.
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International Economics
Blecker, Robert A., ""听Journal of Economic Surveys, 36(2): 429-467, April 2022.
Blecker, Robert A., "Mexico: Unequal Integration and 'Stabilizing Stagnation,'" in Wray, L. Randall and Flavia Dantas (Eds.),听,听Elsevier, 2022: 225-249.
Blecker, Robert A., "T"听Norteam茅rica,听16(2): 289-315, 2021.
Sonenshine, Ralph M. and Michael Lifshutz, ""听Journal of Economics and Trade听6, no. 1 (2021): 13-23.
Gunter, Bernhard and Britni Wilcher,听""听The World Economy听43, no. 4 (April 2020): 1076-1102.
Feinberg, Robert and Kara Reynolds,听鈥淗ow Do Countries Respond to Antidumping Filings? Dispute Settlement and Retaliatory Antidumping,鈥澨The World Economy听41, no. 5听(2018).
Reynolds, Kara M. and B.听Rigod,听"Russia鈥擳ariff Treatment: Identifying Systematic Violations of WTO Law,"听World Trade Review听17, no. 2 (2018): 291-312.
Reynolds, Kara M. and听Chad P. Bown, 听Review of International Organizations, June 2015.
Blecker, Robert A. and听Carlos A. Ibarra, 听Cambridge Journal of Economics,听February 2015.
Feinberg, Robert, 听Southern Economic Journal,听January 2015.
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Microeconomics/Applied Microeconomics
Hoffman, Vivian and Kelly Jones, ""听World Development听143(2021).
Jones, Kelly and Erick Gong, ""听Journal of Health Economics 78听(2021).听
Feinberg, Robert听and Daniel Kuehn,听","听Review of Industrial Organization听57, no. 3 (November 2020): 607-626.
Feinberg, Robert,听","听Economics Bulletin听40, no. 4 (2020): 2964-2977.听
Radchenko, Natalia,听","听Education Economics听28, no. 6 (2020): 549-566.
Sonenshine, Ralph M., ""听Eurasian Business Review听10听(2020): 287-308.听
Sonenshine, Ralph,听"Merger Waves: Are buyers following the herd or responding to structural queues?"听Eurasian Business Review,听2019.
Davis, M., Mary听E. Hansen, Thomas Husted,听"The Impact of Political Influence on Appointees: Evidence from the Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Program," Southern Economic Journal, 84, no. 3 (2018): 771-785.
Husted, Thomas听A., Kenny, L. W., "The Effect of Reduced Support from State Government on Research in State Universities,"听Journal of Educaton Finance, 44, no. 2 (2018): 164-174.
Isaac, Alan听G., Sawers, L. B.,听听"Partnership Duration and Concurrent Partnering: Implications for Models of HIV Prevalence." Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2018.
Jones, Kelly, Vivian Hoffmann, and Jef Leroy, "The impact of reducing aflatoxin exposure on child linear growth in Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial," British Medical Journal: Global Health, 3, no. 6 听(2018).
Kahn, N. and Hansen, Mary听E.,听"Measuring Racial Disparities in Foster Care Placement: A Case Study of Texas,"听Children and Youth Services Review, 76 (May 2018):听213-226.
Sullivan, Paul and听Kamila Sommer,听American Economic Review, February 2018.
Kahn, Nicholas,听Josh Gupta-Kagan, and Mary Eschelbach Hansen听听Journal of Empirical Legal Studies听14听(June 2017).
Kahn, Nicholas E., and Mary Eschelbach,听听Children and Youth Services Review 76听(May 2017).
Kahn, Nicholas听E., J. Gupta-Kagan, and Mary听E. Hansen, "Standards of Proof in the Substantiation of Child Abuse and Neglect,"听The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 14, no. 2 (2017): 333-369.
Provencher, A.,听N. Kahn, and Mary听E. Hansen,听听"Adoption Policy and the Well-Being of Adopted Children in the U.S. Child Welfare," 95, no. 1 (2017): 27-55.
Larson, Nathan,听Delay in Global Games. B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 16, no. 1 (2016): 83-117.
Robert Feinberg, Thomas Husted and Florian Szucs, Journal of Competition Law & Economics,听March 2015.
Feinberg, Robert,听听B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Topics),听January 2015.
Husted, Thomas听A., S. E. Irvine Belson, "Impact of National Board for the Professional Teaching Standards Certification on Student Achievement,"听Education Policy Analysis Archives, 23, no. 91 (2015): 18.
Irvine Belson, S. E., Thomas听A.听Husted, "State of the States 2014: Maryland,"听Journal of Education Finance, 41, no. 2 (2015): 235-237.
Larson, Nathan,听"Inertia in Social Learning from a Summary Statistic," Journal of Economic Theory, 159听(2015): 596-626.
Larson, Nathan, A. Baik, and S. Anderson,听"Personalized Pricing and Advertising: An Asymmetric Equilibrium Analysis,"听Games and Economic Behavior, 92听(2015): 53-73.
Sonenshine, Ralph and Evan Kraft, "Determinants of Financial Service Mergers: An Analysis of Economic and Institutional Factors,"听Review of Economics and Finance, August 2015.
Yesuf, Mahmud听and Robert M. Feinberg, Applied Economics Letters,听August 2015.
Macroeconomics
Blecker, Robert A., ""听Journal of Economic Surveys, 36(2): 429-467, April 2022.
Blecker, Robert A., Michael Cauvel, and Y.K. Kim, ""听Cambridge Journal of Economics,听January 2022.
Blecker, Robert A., 听Review of Keynesian Economics听9, no. 2听(Summer 2021): 175-203.
Blecker, Robert A., "" Journal of Economic Surveys,听September 4, 2021.
Davis, Steven J., Dingqian Liu, and Xuguang Simon Sheng, ""听IMF Economic Review,听2021.听
Meyer, Brent, Brian Prescott, and Xuguang Simon Sheng, ","听International Journal of Forecasting,听2021.听
Blecker, Robert A. and Mark Setterfield,听","听European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention听17, no. 3 (November 2020): 295-306.
Gunter, Bernhard,听A.F.M. Ataur Rahman,听"Relationship Between Money Growth and Stock Prices in Bangladesh,"听Money and Macroeconomics: Selected Topics from Bangladesh, 2017.
Mathy, Gabriel P.,听听Cliometrica, 2017.
Gershman, Boris,听Quamrul Ashraf and Peter Howitt, 听Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, March 2017.
Blecker, Robert A. "The Debate over 'Thirlwall's Law': Balance-of-Payments-Constrained Growth Reconsidered,"听European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention听13, no. 3听(2016).
Blecker, Robert A. "Wage-led Versus Profit-led Demand Regimes: The Long and the Short of It,"听Review of Keynesian Economics, 4, no. 4听(Winter 2016):听373-390.
Blecker, Robert A., 听Studies in Political Economy, 97, no. 1听(2016): 76-86.
Feinberg, Robert,听Daniel Kuehn, Signe-Mary McKernan, Doug Wissoker, and Sisi Zhang, 听Review of Industrial Organization,听March 2015.
Kraft, Evan听and Ralph Sonenshine,听"Determinants of Financial Firms' Merger Premia: Economic and Institutional Factors,"听Review of Economics and Finance, 5, no. 3 (2015): 66-82.
Gonzalez Garcia, Ignacio, Sala, H.,听"Investment Crowding-Out and Labor Market Effects of Financialization," US. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 61, no. 5 (2014): 589-613.
Labor Economics
Feinberg, Robert, ""听Applied Economics Letters,听2021.
Feinberg, Robert, ""听Migration Letters听18, no. 5 (September 2021): 499-506.
Gunter, Bernhard, Bon Sun Seo, and Farah Tasneem, ","听The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies听17, no. 1 (August 2021): 1-12.
Hansen, Mary Eschelbach, Michael Martell, and Leanne Roncolato, ""听Journal of Demographic Economics.听November 2021.
Kyui, Natalia and Natalia Radchenko, "The Changing of Composition of Academic Majors and Wage Dynamics: Beyond Mean Returns,"听Journal of Comparative Economics听49, no. 2 (2021): 358-381.
Stinebrickner, Ralph, Todd Stinebrickner, and Paul Sullivan,听 Journal of Labor Economics听37, no. 2 (2019).
Feinberg, Robert and Daniel Kuehn,听 BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 18, no. 3听(2018).
Sullivan, Paul J., "Beauty, Job Tasks, and Wages: a New Conclusion about Employer Taste-Based Discrimination,"听Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018.
Radchenko, Natalia,听Journal of Development Studies,听(2017): 495-513.
Hansen, Mary Eschelbach, Nicholas Kahn, and Josh Gupta-Kagan, 听Journal of Empirical Legal Studies,听2016.
Hansen, Mary Eschelbach and Michael E. Martell, 听Review of Social Economy, 2016.
Sawers, Larry, Eileen Stillwaggon, Jonathan Rout MD, David Addiss MD, and LeAnne Fox MD, "Economic Costs and Benefits of a Community-based Lymphedema-management Program for Lymphatic Filariasis in Odisha State, India,"听American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,听2016.
Willoughby, John听A., L. Roncolato, "Job Quality Complexities: Self-employment within the low-income communities surrounding Cape Town, South Africa,"听Review of Radical Poltiical Ecomnomics听49, no. 1 (2015):听30-53.
Student Research & Awards
Recent Dissertations
- Vasudeva Ramaswamy, August 2023, "Monetary Policy, Market Behavior and Fiscal Interventions: Theoretical and Empirical Work in Heterogeneity"
- Maylin Sun, May 2023, "Navigating Dollar Funding Shortage and Trade Intervention: Implications for Macroeconomic Stability and Exchange Rate Dynamics"
- Elissa Cohen, April 2023, "Evaluating the Validity of the Value of Statistical Life"
- Mariam Hamza, April 2023, "Three Essays in Health and Education Economics in Egypt"
- Tamal Monsur, April 2023, "Alternative Monetary Policy Regimes in Five Emerging Nations: An Empirical Analysis"
- Cassandra Rattan, April 2023, "Three Essays on Export Structure"
- Farah Tasneem, April 2023, "Essays on Policy Evaluation"
- Noha Huwit, March 2023, "Three Essays on the Effect of Legalizing Marijuana on Health, Edcuation, and Social Security"
- Bongsun Regina Seo, March 2023, "Three Essays on Labor Market and Health Inequities by Race and Gender"
- Ameesh Upadhyay, July 2022, "Essays on Conflict, Diversity, and Economic Development"
- Glen Kwende, June 2022, "Job Separation, Wage Rigidity, and Bargaining Power in Search Models"
MA Capstones
- Duff, Giraldine, May 2023, "A Cross-national Study of Different Education Measurements and Their Effects on Poverty Reduction"
Improving access to school has been a component in gobal poverty reduction intitiatives for decades. Yet, despite global levels of school enrollment reaching an all-time high, global poverty reduction has slowed. In this paper, I test whether focusing on alternative measurements of education, like test scores, is more effective in predicting reductions in poverty when compared to school enrollment. I find that, while both access and quality of education are important in reducing poverty levels, quality of education has a stronger effect. Furthermore, I assess how differences in income levels across countries can affect returns to education. - Wharff, Michael, May 2023, "Taking Off or Turbulence? An Empirical Analysis of the Price Effects of the U.S. Airways and American Airlines Merger"
Ever since the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, airline mergers have been a hot topic of debate in the fields of antitrust and industrial organization. While the empirical evidence covering early airline mergers largely suggests these mergers remains unclear. This paper contributes to the existing literature by conducting a difference-in-differences analysis on the domestic pricing effects of the U.S. Airways and American Airlines merger. My analysis suggests small, but highly statistically significant, increases in airfares in markets affected by the U.S. Airways and American Airlines merger. However, overall welfare effects remain unclear.
Senior Theses
Research Papers
Endres, Erin, December 2022, "What Factors Contribute to Differences in Residential Solar Panel Installations and Electric Vehicle Purchases Across California? A County Level Analysis from 2011-2020."
Memon, Zander, December 2022, "Measuring the Impact of Universal Pre-Kindergarten Programs on Maternal Labor Outcomes: A Synthetic Control Approach."
Nibarger, Emma, December 2022, "Modeling the Impact of Bank Yields."
Scroggs, David, December 2022, "The Effects of Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) on Government Spending and Public Services."
Sun, Ziqi, December 2022, "Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Catering Industry: Evidence from the Stock Market for Multinational Restaurant Chains."
Global Majority E-JournalResearch by 小蓝视频 Undergraduates
Latest issue: Volume 15, Number 1, June 2024
- Alyssa Apuzzo, "The Journey to Clean Water: Kenya鈥檚 and Ghana鈥檚 Lack of Water and Sanitation Service"
- George Lahoud, "Inequality in Egypt and Algeria: How Much Progress Since the Arab Spring?"
- Kexin Li, "Urban Shift: The Impact of Urbanization on Poverty in Thailand and Vietnam"
- Jamie Minden, "IClimate Change in Senegal and Uganda: Historical Responsibility for Loss and Damage"
Graduate Student Awards
James H. Weaver Prize: William Mooney
Awarded to a graduate student for excellence in teaching.
Professor Jose D. and Ursula Epstein Award: Michael Sherr & Michael Wharff
Awarded to the student in the Masters of Arts program in Development Banking with the best performance measured by culmuluative GPA.
Frank M. Tamagna Education Endowment Fund: Laura Heras Recuero
Awarded to a graduate student studying International Finance and Monetary Economics.
Fred and Barbara Bergmann Fellowship Fund: Aina Puig
Awarded to a student in the Program for Gender Analysis in Economics (PGAE).
Undergraduate Student Awards
Caroline and Rick Barnett Scholarship Fund: John Whitcomb
Awarded to an undergraduate student听studying economics.
Ruth Dewey Meade Prize: Erin Endres & Emma Nibarger
Awarded to an undergraduate studyent demonstrating an exceptional research project.
Robert T. Adams Scholarship Fund: Mikala Drake
Awarded to an undergraduate student studying economics.
See more about Undergraduate Awards & Honors.