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Students and Faculty Present Research at Eastern Economics Association Conference

By
Antonia Gentile
Posted
April 7, 2025

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 91视频 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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91视频 Economics faculty and students standing together against a wall at the EEA Conference
From left to right: Eric Osborne, PhD; Spencer Mehan 鈥25, Economics; Thomas Dinopoulos 鈥25, Economics, Computer Science (Seidenberg); Charlie Rimmen 鈥27, Business Economics; Ahmad Alexander 鈥25 鈥26, Economics/Political Science, MS Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy; Joseph Sanfilippo 鈥27, Economics; Suraj Sharma 鈥26, Economics/MS in Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy; Kristina Nasteva 鈥26, Business Economics;  Anna Shostya, PhD; Viktoriia Yevtushenko 鈥25, Business Economics; and Jada Lewis 鈥27, Economics, Language, Culture, and World Trade.

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

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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