Economics faculty members present research in New York City

Katy Rouse, assistant professor, James Barbour, associate professor, Greg Lilly, associate professor, Jen Platania, associate professor, and Steve DeLoach, professor, all presented new research this past weekend at the Eastern Economics Association’s annual meetings in New York City.

More than 1,000 economists from all over the world made presentations at the three-day event, making the conference one of the largest annual conferences in the discipline.

The papers from the Elon faculty were:

Katy Rouse, “Curing the summertime blues: the impact of year-round schooling on academic achievement”

James Barbour (with Nim Batchelor, philosophy), “Personal statements”

Greg Lilly, “Adaptive persistence as a factor in skill production”

Jen Platania, “The welfare implications of the tax benefit of home ownership”

Steve DeLoach (with Stephanie Franz, senior economics major, and Jen Platania), “The fast and the curious: the effects of gasoline prices on the time use of teenagers”