Economics

The interview about the negative macroeconomic impact of employer-financed health care is first scheduled to air August 20 and will be available online.

Chris Leupold, associate professor of psychology and Faculty Leadership Fellow, and Casey Dirienzo, associate professor of economics and associate dean of the Love School of Business, delivered a presentation at the Association of Leadership Educators Annual Conference July 6-10 in New Orleans, La.

Katy Rouse, assistant professor of economics in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, recently published a policy brief article titled, "Multi-Track Year-Round Schooling as Cost Saving Reform: Not Just a Matter of Time.”

Steve Deloach, professor of economics, and Jennifer Platania, associate professor of economics, recently had their paper “The macroeconomic consequences of financing health insurance” published.

An annual program held April 18 celebrated the achievements and service of those involved with the business school, as well as the accomplishments of a distinguished alumnus.

Nineteen students were inducted into Elon’s Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE) economics honorary society on Apr. 9 during the Spring Economics Banquet. 

Thomas Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, presented a paper, "Soviet Central Planning and the Sizes of Cities," at the 51st annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies held in Greensboro, N.C., on March 21-23.

Several Elon economics students presented their research at the 20th annual Issues in Political Economy’s Conference on Undergraduate Research & Mentoring held Mar. 1-2 in Boston, Mass.

Research conducted by Thomas Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, and Steve DeLoach, professor of economics, was featured this week in a Chicago Tribune article.

Assistant Professor Katy Rouse concludes that year-round calendars can save schools money but won’t help boost student academic scores.