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Mattias Polborn quoted in New York Times
Sep. 14, 2022—Mattias Polborn’s paper was recently quoted in the New York Times in a piece on why Americans on both the left and the right ignore their own economic self-interest when choosing which political party to support. The paper quoted is “Morals as Luxury Goods and Political Polarization,” an NBER working paper co-authored with Benjamin Enke...
Michelle Marcus and Katie Yewell’s paper on free school meals published
Sep. 2, 2022—Michelle Marcus and Katherine Yewell (PhD ’20, and now assistant professor the University of Louisville) have published their paper “The Effect of Free School Meals on Household Food Purchases: Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision” in the Journal of Health Economics. They find that access to universal free school meals through the Community Eligibility Provision...
Andrew Dustan awarded NSF grant for project on educational public-private partnerships in Colombia
Aug. 2, 2022—Andrew Dustan of Economics, along with Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Education, and Economics (Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations) and Associate Professor of Economics (by courtesy), have been awarded an NSF grant to study the impacts of educational public-private partnerships in Colombia, as well as school choice behavior in this education system....
Current and former PhD students Flynn and Smith have paper published in Journal of Public Economics
Jul. 19, 2022—Pat Flynn (PhD ’22, now at Cornerstone Research) and Tucker Smith (PhD candidate in Economics) have had their co-authored paper published in the Journal of Public Economics’ August 2022 issue. The paper is entitled “River, Lakes and Revenue Streams: The Heterogeneous Effects of Clean Water Act Grants on Local Spending.”
Dustan and Leo’s paper published
Jul. 12, 2022—Andrew Dustan and Greg Leo, along with Kristine Koutout (Ph.D. ’21, now at Stanford) have published their paper “Second-Order Beliefs and Gender” in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Kitt Carpenter and LGBTQ+ Policy Lab announce breakthrough study on the effects of same-sex marriage
Jun. 21, 2022—Leaders of Vanderbilt’s LGBTQ+ Policy Lab have provided the first comprehensive evidence on the effects of access to legal same-sex marriage. Their efforts revealed that marriage access impacted the LGBTQ+ community positively in multiple ways. Professor Kitt Carpenter of Economics is the director of the LGBTQ+ Policy Lab.
William Collins named fellow of the Cliometric Society
May. 22, 2022—Bill Collins was named a fellow of the Cliometric Society at the 2022 Cliometric Society Conference, held at Vanderbilt May 20-21, 2022. Professor Collins is among the world’s leading economic historians, and the department is very proud of him. From the fellowship announcement: “Bill Collins is not one to toot his own horn but his...
Kevin Huang named to endowed chair
May. 11, 2022—Kevin Huang has been named the Andrew and Jennifer Hoine Chair in Economics. Endowed chairs are among the highest forms of recognition that the University can bestow upon a faculty member, and Professor Huang has the Department’s heartfelt congratulations on this well-deserved honor.
Bill Collins selected by Minneapolis Fed to new cohort of visiting scholars
May. 4, 2022—The Minneapolis Fed has announced a new cohort of 16 visiting scholars selected to conduct research while in residence at the Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute. And one of them is our very own William Collins, Terence E. Adderley Jr. Professor of Economics. He will be in residence there during part of the 2022 academic...
Mattias Polborn’s research covered by Marketwatch
May. 3, 2022—Marketwatch recently covered research conducted by Mattias Polborn with Benjamin Enke and Alex Wu of Harvard. The paper, “Morals as Luxury Goods and Political Polarization,” shows that wealthier Americans can afford to prioritize concerns that don’t immediately affect their own personal financial wellbeing.