Economics News
Lala Ma's paper, "Environmental Justice: The Economics of Race, Place, and Pollution" (with Spencer Banzhaf and Christopher Timmins) was recently published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Aaron Yelowitz, Ken Troske, and Tim Harris (Ph.D., 2016) wrote an op ed that was published in the Orange Country Register in reference to Auto-IRAs on January 28, 2019. Read here.
Aaron Yelowitz contributed to MedPageToday in reference to Medicaid work requirements. Read here.
On Monday, February 11, Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) Director Jenny Minier was a guest on WUKY television. Listen here.
On the January 28, 2019 episode of “Behind the Blue,” Carl Nathe of UK Public Relations talks with economics professor Jenny Minier about the work of CBER and organizing the 30th annual Economic Outlook Conference on Feb. 13. Listen here.
Charles Courtemanche and Aaron Yelowitz’ paper “Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access and Self-Assessed Health after Three Years" was recently published in Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing.
Charles Courtemanche presented “The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Utilization” at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference on November 8 in Washington, D.C.
Charles Courtemanche presented “The Affordable Care Act and Ambulance Response Times” at the University of Louisville (November 16) and at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (November 19, Rockville, MD).
John Garen's opinion column, “Civility is Good, But Politics Sparks Rancor,” was published on November 15, 2018 in the Lexington Herald-Leader.