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Elon students present research at economics conference

Economics majors presented their research at the annual Eastern Economics Association conference in New York.

Several eco¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ at the Eastern Economics Association Conference in New York City[/caption]nomics students presented their thesis research at the Eastern Economic Association’s annual conference in New York at the end of February.  

The conference included 13 ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ research sessions sponsored by the journal Issues in Political Economy (IPE). Seventy-two students from 28 colleges and universities throughout the country participated in the two days of sessions. ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ came from institutions including American University, Davidson College, Furman, Gettysburg College, George mason University, Ithaca College, St. Lawrence University, The College of New Jersey, Texas A&M University and the College of Wooster.

There were eight papers presented by Elon students:

  • Annie Barker, “Gender Discrimination Effects on Women’s Career Choices” (mentor: Tonmoy Islam)
  • Caroline Crew, “Does Tourism Alleviate Poverty? Evidence from UNESCO World Heritage Sites” (mentor: Steve Bednar)
  • Jordan Grover, “Losing the Free Trade Monopoly: Mexico and the end of the MFA” (mentor: Steve DeLoach)
  • Jen Smith, “Married to the job: allocation of time and household production for fully employed couples” (mentor: Steve DeLoach)
  • Kate Smith-Lin, “The Impact of Formal Banking Institutions on Indonesian Households’ Saving Behavior” (mentor: Steve DeLoach)
  • Garret I. Mann, “Shaking Things Up:  The Marginal Effects of Football Schemes after a Change at the Top” (mentor: Tonmoy Islam)
  • Matt Trogdon, “Investigating Impact of Verbal Motivation and Pay Cuts on Worker Performance” (mentor: Mark Kurt)
  • Katherine Welch, “From Cronkite to Williams:  The Effect of TV News Coverage on the Number of ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Graduating with STEM Majors” (mentor: Steve DeLoach)

Issues in Political Economy is the leading ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ research journal in economics and is co-edited in its entirety by ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ and the University of Mary Washington. Elon has co-edited the journal since 1998. The IPE is indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Economics & Finance. Steve DeLoach, professor of economics, serves as the journal’s faculty advisor.