Economics majors presented their research at the annual Eastern Economics Association conference in New York.
Several eco
Students 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 undergraduate 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. Students 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 Students Graduating with STEM Majors” (mentor: Steve DeLoach)
Issues in Political Economy is the leading undergraduate research journal in economics and is co-edited in its entirety by undergraduates at Elon University 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.