Jennifer Platania
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Economics
Department: Provost
Email: jplatania@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-5938
News & Notes
Education
Ph.D. Economics, May 2001, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
M.S. Economics, May 1999, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
B.A. Mathematics and Economics, May 1996, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Courses Taught
ECO 111 Principles of Economics
ECO 203 Statistics for Business and Economics
ECO 310 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECO 348 Mathematical Economics
Publications
“Reconsidering the Trade-off between Work and Study: Evidence from the Time Use of High School Students” (with Stephen DeLoach and Stephanie Franz), Applied Economic Letters, 21:5, 340–343, 2014.
"The Macroeconomic Consequences of Financing Health Insurance," (with Stephen B. DeLoach), May 2013, International Advances in Economic Research, vol 19, no 2, pp 107-129.
“An Economic Model of the College Football Recruiting Process” (with J. Michael DuMond and Allen K. Lynch), February 2008, Journal of Sports Economics; vol 9, no 1, pg 67-87.
“The Impact of Culture on Coaching Behaviors: A Comparison of English, French, German and Indian Managers” (with David M. Noer and Christopher R. Leupold), Global Education Journal, vol 2006, issue 4.
“Underemployment: Are Northwest Florida workers being fully utilized?” (with Kevin Krieger), Spring 2002, Northwest Florida Economy.
Presentations
2011 “The Welfare Implications of the Tax Benefit to Homeownership,” Eastern Economic Association Meetings, New York, NY.
2006 “The Output Effects of Employer-Based Health Insurance,” Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
2006 “The Output Effects of Employer-Based Health Insurance,” Society for Economic Dynamics, Vancouver, Canada.
2005 “The Output Effects of Employer-Based Health Insurance,” Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, DC.
2005 “Housing and Asset Holding in a General Equilibrium Model,” Eastern Economic Association Meetings, New York, NY.
2004 “Housing and Asset Holding in a General Equilibrium Model,” Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
2003 “Housing and Asset Holding in a General Equilibrium Model,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Awards
Elon University Summer Research Fellowship, 2012
Elon University Course Release for Scholarship, 2009
Martha and Spencer Love School of Business Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008