Economics

Research by three Elon University professors will be presented this month at a European conference that brings together the world’s leading experts on the way creativity affects economic growth. Tom Tiemann travels to Brussels to share work done with Tina Das and Casey DiRienzo on the role of diversity in fueling innovation.

Tina Das, professor of economics, and Casey DiRienzo, associate professor of economics, have published an article, "Global Tourism Competitivess and Tourism Competitiveness: A Nonlinear Relationship" in the Journal of Travel Research, Vol. 47(4): 470-479.

Twenty students were inducted April 7 into Elon's Pi Chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society for economics. The complete list of inductees and officers follows below.

Tom Tiemann, a professor of economics, answered questions for News 14 Carolina news anchor Tracey Early on April 3 about President Barack Obama's plans to help the ailing domestic auto industry - namely, GM and Chrysler a particular focus.

Mark Kurt, an assistant professor of economics, presented his working paper, “New Observations Regarding Individual Heterogeneity and Inter-industry Wage Differentials," at the 2009 Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 21.

Steve DeLoach, a professor and chair of the Department of Economics, spoke with News 14 Carolina on March 6 about the prospect of the U.S. government nationalizing some of the country's largest financial institutions.

A recent New York Times story on the economy cites undergraduate research conducted by an Elon student while she studied at the university earlier this decade.