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Dustan and Wooders paper accepted for publication
Sep. 10, 2021—Andrew Dustan’s and Myrna Wooders’ paper, “Mechanism Performance under Strategy Advice and Sub-Optimal Play: A School Choice Experiment,” joint with Vanderbilt Economics Ph.D. graduates Kristine Koutout and Martin Van der Linden, has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.
Brandyn Churchill, PhD ’21, wins honorable mention for prestigious award
Sep. 8, 2021—Brandyn Churchill, PhD ’21, has been selected as an honorable mention for the 2021 APPAM PhD Dissertation Award. He will be recognized at the 2021 APPAM Fall Research Conference Membership & Awards Breakfast in Austin, TX in November. Congratulations, Brandyn!
Kitt Carpenter interviewed on LGBTQ pay gap
Aug. 31, 2021—Kitt Carpenter, E. Bronson Ingram Chair and Professor of Economics and the Director of Vanderbilt’s LGBT Policy Lab, was interviewed by PBS for a piece on the LGBTQ pay gap.
Immersion Vanderbilt: Agneetta Moisio ’22
Aug. 16, 2021—Agneetta Moisio (class of 2022) spent Summer ’21 participating in a 10-week investment banking internship with Deutsche Bank in fulfillment of her Immersion requirement. She completed two rotations in different departments, starting with the foreign exchange sales desk, where currencies and precious metals are being bought and sold. There she studied currency derivatives, such as...
LGBT Policy Lab launches new website
Jul. 26, 2021—Vanderbilt’s LGBT Policy Lab, led by Professor Kitt Carpenter of Economics, has launched its new website. The LGBT Policy lab, supported by funds from a grant from Vanderbilt’s TIPs (Trans-Institutional Programs), connects researchers, students, and community members who are interested in the causes and consequences of LGBT policies. Drawing on expertise from economics, sociology, political...
Ph.D. candidate Brandyn Churchill’s paper accepted for publication at the Southern Economic Journal
Jul. 19, 2021—Brandyn Churchill, whose Ph.D. will become final in August 2021, has had his paper, “E-Verify Mandates and Unauthorized Immigrants’ Health Insurance Coverage,” accepted at Southern Economic Journal. A version of this paper previously won the Economics Department’s Household International Best Research Paper Award. Brandyn will join Carleton University in August as a tenure-track assistant professor.
William Collins’ paper accepted at AEJ: Applied
Jul. 13, 2021—William Collins’ paper, “African American Intergenerational Economic Mobility since 1880,” joint with Marianne Wanamaker of UT-Knoxville, has been accepted for publication by AEJ: Applied.
Assistant Professor Michelle Marcus named to 2021-22 cohort of Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows
Jun. 28, 2021—Assistant Professor Michelle Marcus is one of only 18 Vanderbilt faculty named to the 2021-22 cohort of Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. The participants are selected based on identification of clear and achievable goals for program participation and for use of research funds, their potential impact at Vanderbilt, support from their chair, and readiness to learn. ...
Yelidá Blanco García, MA ’21: Examining Trade Across Borders with the World Bank
Jun. 4, 2021—Prior to her graduation from the GPED, Fulbright scholar Yelidá María Blanco García (’21, Dominican Republic) participated in the World Bank’s noted Doing Business project as a spring intern within the Trading Across Borders team. As an intern, she had the opportunity to contribute to the 2021 and 2022 Doing Business reports by assisting with the preparation of the...
Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Grant Bears Fruit for Brandyn Churchill
Jun. 4, 2021—Brandyn Churchill, Ph.D. candidate in Economics, recently had an article accepted for publication. “The Effect of E-Verify Laws on Crime” was accepted at Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and is joint with Andrew Dickinson (University of Oregon), Taylor Mackay (U.C. Irvine), and Joseph J. Sabia (San Diego State University). The work on this paper was...