Casey DiRienzo
Professor of Economics, Sheldon and Christine Gordon Professor in Entrepreneurship and Dept. Chair of Economics
Department: Economics
Email: cdirienzo@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-5959
Professional Expertise
News & Notes
Education
Ph.D., Economics (Major emphasis) Statistics (Minor emphasis), North Carolina State University, 2002.
M.E. (Masters of Economics), North Carolina State University, 2001.
B.A., Economics, Cum Laude, Ohio State University, 1995.
Courses Taught
MBA/MSM 521: Economics in the Global Environment
MBA/MSM: 567: Analytics I
MBA 593, Statistics for Organizational Effectiveness: Business Analytics
MBA 570, Time Series and Forecasting
COR 4640 Human Trafficking: The Commericalization of Humanity
ECO 3500, Business Economics
ECO 2300, Business Statistics
ECO 1410, The Economics of Human Trafficking: A Global Review
ECO 1000, Principles of Economics
Current Projects
DiRienzo, C. and Das, J. “Gender, Corruption, and Human Trafficking” forthcoming invited Book chapter in Routledge Handbook of Gender and Corruption, Eds. Williams, S., Krambia Kapardis, M., Kihl, L., forthcoming 2025.
DiRienzo, C. and Das, J. “Corruption and the Environment: Issues of Human Trafficking and Gender” forthcoming invited book chapter in the Edward Elgar Research Handbook on Corruption and the Environment, Eds. Williams, D., Philips, R., and Loureiro-Revilla, R., forthcoming 2025.
Publications
DiRienzo, C.E. and Das, J. “Violent Crime in the U.S.: The Interaction Effect of Relative and Absolute Deprivation”, forthcoming in Journal of Social Economics Research.
DiRienzo, C. E., & Das, J. (2025). Human Trafficking Tier Rankings: The Effects of Women in Government. Social Change, 55(1); pp. 106 -123. https://doi.org/10.1177/00490857241306372.
DiRienzo, C. and Das (2024). “The Role of Female Political Representation in Mitigating Arms Risk,” Scientia DOI: https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA1088.
DiRienzo, C.E. and Das, J. (2024). “Country Trafficking Protocol Compliance and the Empowerment of Women and Girls”, Forum for Social Economics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2024.2347875
DiRienzo, C., Oehme, K., Cooper, K., & Ray, E. (2024). E-Learning’s Potential for Raising Awareness of Crucial Social Issues. In International Journal on E-Learning (pp. 5-23). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Kearns, M. and C. DiRienzo, (2023). “Sexual Violence First Experienced in Childhood or Adolescent: The Effects on U.S. Female Education and Occupation,” Forum for Social Economics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2023.2275119
DiRienzo, C.E. and Das, J. (2024). “Arms Risk: The Role of Female Political Representation”, International Criminal Justice Review, 34(2), pp. 101 – 115.
DiRienzo, C.E. and Das, J. (2022) “Shadow Economies: The Role of Corruption and Economic Development,” Global Change, Peace & Security 34(1), pp. 1 -15.
DiRienzo, C.E. and Das, J. (2021). “Formal Female Entrepreneurship and the Shadow Economy,” Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 13(5), pp. 63 – 72.
Sullivan, P.E. and DiRienzo, C.E. (2021). "A Seat at the Table or a Power Seat: The Impact of Simple Representation versus Power Representation of Women in Government on Funding for Primary Education," Advances in Social Science Research and Culture, 3(2): pp. 48 - 64.
DiRienzo, C. and Das, J. (2020). “Illicit Trade and Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions,” Economics and Culture 17(2): pp. 63 – 74.
DiRienzo, Cassandra. (2020). “Human Trafficking: What the New IOM Database Reveals,” Journal of Human Trafficking, 8(3): pp. 294 – 308.
DiRienzo, C. E. (2019). Culture, corruption, and women in government. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 19(3), 315–332.
DiRienzo, Cassandra and Jayoti Das. (2019) “Women in Government, Environment, and Corruption,” Environmental Development, 30: pp. 103 - 113.
DiRienzo, Cassandra. (2019). “The Effect of Women in Government on Country-Level Peace”, Global Change, Peace & Security Volume 31, No. 2: pp. 1 – 18: https://doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2018.1481023
DiRienzo, Cassandra. (2018). "Compliance with Anti-Human Trafficking Policies: The Mediating Effect of Corruption", Crime, Law and Social Change 70(5), 525-541.
DiRienzo, Cassandra and Das, Jayoti. (2018). Income Distribution and Human Trafficking Outflows, Review of European Studies, 10(2): pp. 28-36.
DiRienzo, Cassandra and Das, Jayoti. (2017). “Human Trafficking and the Role of Culture,” Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 7(20), pp. 10 – 20.
DiRienzo, Cassandra and Das, Jayoti. (2017). “Human Trafficking and Country Borders,” International Criminal Justice Review, 27(4): 278 - 288.
DiRienzo, Cassandra E. and Das, Jayoti. (2017). “The Spillover Effects of Country Fragility in Africa,” Developing Country Studies, 7(1): pp. 62 – 67.
Das, Jayoti , Cassandra E. DiRienzo, and Danny Lanier, Jr. (2016). “Compliance with Anti-Human Trafficking Policies and the Role of Corruption,” International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 9(2): pp. 101 – 111.
DiRienzo, Cassandra E. and Das, Jayoti. (2015). “Nation Branding and Reputation: The Role of Freedom of the Press,” Global Journal of Marketing Management and Research, 5(1): 1-12.
DiRienzo, Cassandra E. and Das, Jayoti. (2015). “Innovation and the Role of Corruption and Diversity: A Cross-Country Study,” International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 15(1): 51-72.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo. (2014) “International Property Rights: Role of Diversity”, 48(4) The Journal of Developing Areas: 41 – 55.
DiRienzo, Cassandra E. and Redington, Douglas B. (2014). “Political Management and Corruption in Developing Nations”, Global Journal of Business Research, V8(2): 1- 11.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo (2014). “Diversity and the Economy: A Cross-Country, Comprehensive Study”, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37(6): 1080 -1100
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo. “Tourism Competitiveness and the Role of Fractionalization.” (2012). International Journal of Tourism Research, 14(3): 285-295.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo. “Terrorist Risk and Income Revisited.” (2012). Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 4(3): 175-194.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo (2012). “Global Peace and Repression: A Cross Country Analysis,” Global Change, Peace & Security 24(2): 271 – 287.
Burbridge, J., Das, J., and DiRienzo, C., (2011).“The Role of Trust in the Global Acceptance of E-Government,” Chapter 9 in Information Communication Technologies and the Virtual Public Sphere: Impacts of Network Structures on Civil Society, Robert Crof and Scott Krummenacher (eds.), pages 173 – 194.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo. (2010). “Quality of Political Management and the Role of Corruption: A Cross Country Analysis.” International Journal of Public Administration, 33(14): 832 – 842.
Mancuso, Anthony, J. Cassandra E. DiRienzo, and Jayoti Das. (2010). “Assessing Terrorist Risk and FDI Using Relative Information Measures.” Applied Economics Letters, 17(8): 787 - 790.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo. (2010). “Is Ethnic Diversity Good for the Environment.” Journal of Environment and Development, 19(1): 91 - 113.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo. (2010). “Tourism Competitiveness and Corruption: A Cross Country Analysis.” Tourism Economics, 16(3): 477-492.
DiRienzo, Cassandra E., Jayoti Das, Wohni Synn, Jeremy Kitts, and Kyle McGrath. (2010). “The Relationship between MBTI and Academic Performance: A Study across Academic Disciplines.” The Journal of Psychological Type, 70(5): 53 - 67.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo. (2009). “The Nonlinear Impact of Globalization on Corruption.” The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, 3(2): 33 - 46.
Das, Jayoti and Cassandra E. DiRienzo. (2009). “Global Tourism Competitiveness and Freedom of the Press: A Nonlinear Relationship,” Journal of Travel Research, 47(4): 470 - 479.
Das, Jayoti, Cassandra E. DiRienzo, and John J. Burbridge. (2009). “Global E-government and the Role of Trust: A Cross Country Analysis.” International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 5(1): 1 - 18.
DiRienzo, Cassandra E., Jayoti Das, and Thomas Tiemann. (2008). “A Global Tolerance Index.” Competitiveness Review, 18(3): 192 - 205.
DiRienzo, Cassandra E., Jayoti Das, Katherine Cort, and John J. Burbridge. (2007). “Corruption and the Role of Information”. Journal of International Business Studies, 38(2): 320 – 332.
Das, Jayoti, Cassandra E. DiRienzo, and John J. Burbridge. (2007). “Terrorism and Corruption: Business Implications of a Nonlinear Relationship”. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 7(1): 9 - 26.
Honeycutt, Earl, Cassandra E. DiRienzo, Robert Pavlik, and Shawn Thelen. (2007). “How Realistic are Student Attitudes Toward Selected Careers?” The Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2(1): 69 – 75.
DiRienzo, Cassandra E., Jayoti Das, and John J. Burbridge. (2007). “Does Diversity Impact Competitiveness? A Cross Country Analysis”. Competitiveness Review, 17(3): 135 – 152.
Das, Jayoti, Cassandra E. DiRienzo, and Thomas Tiemann. (2006). “A Note on an Ethnic Homogeneity Kuznets Curve”. Challenge. 49(2): 112-120.
Honeycutt, Earl, Cassandra E. DiRienzo, and Robert Pavlik. (2003). “Student Attitudes Toward Selected Career Attributes”, Journal of Contemporary Business Issues. Fall: 103-108.
Professional Activities
Reviewer for Social Science Research, Ecological Economics, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, International Journal of Ethics and Systems, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Developing Economies, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, International Review of Economics, European Journal of Political Economy, and Applied Economics
Awards
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2019
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service, 2018
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2010