Students and Faculty Present Research at Eastern Economics Association Conference

Dyson College of Arts and Science

Twenty-four students, undergraduate and graduate, and five faculty members in the Economics department presented their original research at the Eastern Economic Association (EEA) annual conference, one of the major conferences for professional economists in the United States.

Pace University Economics faculty and students standing together against a wall at the EEA Conference
Antonia Gentile

Twenty-four students, undergraduate and graduate, and five faculty members in the Economics department presented their original research at the Eastern Economic Association (EEA) annual conference, one of the major conferences for professional economists in the United States. The four sessions sponsored by Pace University at the conference were organized by Assistant Professor Eric Osborne, PhD, and included research on topics in labor economics, health economics, public economics, and savings/financial markets.

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Pace University Economics faculty and students standing together against a wall at the EEA Conference
From left to right: Eric Osborne, PhD; Spencer Mehan ‘25, Economics; Thomas Dinopoulos ‘25, Economics, Computer Science (Seidenberg); Charlie Rimmen ‘27, Business Economics; Ahmad Alexander ’25 ‘26, Economics/Political Science, MS Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy; Joseph Sanfilippo ‘27, Economics; Suraj Sharma ‘26, Economics/MS in Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy; Kristina Nasteva ‘26, Business Economics;  Anna Shostya, PhD; Viktoriia Yevtushenko ‘25, Business Economics; and Jada Lewis ‘27, Economics, Language, Culture, and World Trade.

In these collaborative student-faculty sessions, Professor Gregory Colman, PhD presented his work, “Youth E-cigarette use, Underage Access and FDA Compliance”; Associate Professor Veronika Dolar, PhD, presented, “The Impact of Income Inequality on Sport Achievement: Cross-National Analysis of Winter Olympic Games”; Lecturer Kier Hanratty, PhD, presented, “The Effect of Tax Caps on School Quality and Home Prices”; Assistant Professor Eric Osborne, PhD, presented “Covid-19 School and Child Care Center Closures and Female Labor Force Participation”; and Professor and Chair Anna Shostya, PhD, presented “Improving Economic Performance and Social Well-being Metrics.”

The participation of students and faculty at the EEA conference is a testament to the longstanding, quality student-faculty research and experiential learning opportunities offered by the department.

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