Economics News
Charles Courtemanche and Aaron Yelowitz’ paper “The Three Year Impact of the ACA on Disparities in Insurance Coverage” (with Ishtiaque Fazlul, James Marton, Ben Ukert, and Daniela Zapata) is forthcoming in Health Services Research.
William Hoyt presented "Tax Incidence in a Multi-Product World: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Implications” at the International Institute of Public Finance Congress on August 23, 2018 in Tampere, Finland
David Agrawal was cited in the Spanish newspaper article “Madrid: ni Recauda más ni Gana Contribuyentes con Impuestos Más Bajos” in El Confidencial, in reference to his research on tax-induced migration.
David Agrawal presented “Sales Taxes, Spatial Agglomeration and the Internet” at the International Institute of Public Finance Congress on August 23, 2018 in Tampere, Finland.
David Agrawal’s paper “Fiscal Decentralization and Mobility: Evidence from Spain’s Income Tax System” (with Dirk Foremny) was recently published in the ifo DICE Report - Journal for Institutional Comparisons.
David Agrawal’s paper “Relocation of the Rich: Migration in Response to Tax Rate Changes from Spanish Reforms” (with Dirk Foremny) is forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics.
Ph.D. student. Katherine Toran was awarded Best Graduate Student Paper in Economics for her paper “Does Medicare Part D Extend Lives? Medicare Part D and Life Expectancy" at the Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists Annual Meeting (September 21 - 22).
James P. Ziliak presented "Restoring Economic Opportunity for 'The People Left Behind': Employment Strategies for Rural America" at the Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group, on August 7-10, 2018 in Aspen, CO.
James P. Ziliak is Principal Investigator (Craig Gundersen, Co-Investigator, University of Illinois) on a $1.5 million grant, “Understanding Food-Related Hardships among Older Americans,” from the Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Anthony Creane is spending the academic year on sabbatical at Universitat Pompeu Fabra as a Visiting Scholar, an honorary faculty-level appointment at Pompeu Fabra. Universitat Pompeu Fabra/BGSE is ranked 17th Economics Department in the world by IDEAS.