Research Grant

Professor Subhra Saha has been awarded a second grant. His research grants include one from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. His most recent award is from the National Science Foundation through Ohio State University. This grant will fund a research project entitled "The Economic Spillovers from Science."

Outstanding Major Award in Economics AY 2010-2011

We are pleased to announce that Alina Halay is the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Major Award.

Recent Faculty Research Activities

Professor Myong-Hun Chang attended the Annual International Conference of the Industrial Organization Society held in Boston on April 8-10, 2011. He presented "Schumpeterian Competition with Myopic but Adaptive Firms: Endogenous R&D and Industrial Structure." He also chaired the session and served as a discussant.

Professor Myong-Hun Chang attended the International Conference of the Society for Computational Economics held in London (England) on July 15-18, 2010. He presented "Entry, Exit, and the Endogenous Market Structure in Technologically Turbulent Industries" at the conference and chaired the session on Agent-Based Economics.

Professor Myong-Hun Chang attended the International Workshop on Emergent Intelligence on Networked Agents 2010 in Toronto, Canada, on May 10-11, 2010. He presented "Emergent Social Learning Networks in Organizations with Heterogeneous Agents." He also attended the International Industrial Organization Society Conference 2010 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, on May 14-16, 2010. He presented "Entry, Exit, and the Endogenous Market Structure in Technologically Turbulent Industries" at the conference and served as discussant in two other sessions.

Professor Myong-Hun Chang presented a research paper entitled, "Entry, Exit, and the Endogenous Market Structure in Technologically Turbulent Industries" at Youngstown State University on April 16, 2010.

Professor Myong-Hun Chang attended the Midwest Economics Association Conference in Evanston, Illinois on March 19-21, 2010.  He presented "Firm Turnovers and the Endogenous Market Structure in Technologically Turbulent Industries with Heterogeneous Firms."  Professor Subhra Saha also attended the conference and served as a discussant in a session.

Professor Matthew Henry attended the Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings in San Antonio on November 21-23, 2009.  He presented two separate papers:  1) "Do Statutory Rape Laws Work?" and 2) "Athletic Spending, Uncertainty, and Fan Interest: Evidence from College Football."

Professor Myong-Hun Chang presented a research paper entitled, "Firm Turnovers and the Endogenous Market Structure in Technologically Turbulent Industries with Heterogeneous Firms" at Kent State University on September 9, 2009.

Professor Subhra Saha gave a talk at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on July 22, 2009 on "Research, Social Interactions, and Local Economic Performance." This talk was based on his on-going research funded by a grant from the Cleveland FRB, in which he examines the effects of university research on local economic performance. [See above for a description of his grant-funded project.]

Professor Yee Fei Chia attended the 7th World Congress on Health Economics of the International Health Economics Association (IHEA), which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, July 12-15, 2009. She gave a presentation on her current research, titled "Bad Education? College Entry, Health and Risky Behavior." The main objective of this research project is to examine the effects of college entry on changes in body weight, general health status and risky behavior for American young adults in a quantitatively rigorous manner, using individual-level panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY 97) Survey. The results from her analysis suggests that college entry may have negative impacts on the health and behavioral outcomes of young adults. Compared to young adults in the same age group who are not attending college, college freshmen are 3.4 to 4.8 percentage points more likely to report a gain in body weight and BMI. This, along with several other related results, suggest that a set of comprehensive policies targeted towards improving health outcomes and substance abuse awareness among college studetns may be useful in ameliorating the effects observed in her analysis.

Professor Yee Fei Chia attended the 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Economic Association (Toronto, Canada) in June of 2009. She presented a paper entitled "Bad Education? College Entry, Health, and Risky Behavior." [See above for a description of this research.]

Many of our faculty members participated in the 2009 Midwest Economic Association Meetings (March 20-22, 2009) held in downtown Cleveland. Professor Sebastien Buttet presented "Why Are Americans Eating Out So Much?" (co-authored with Veronika Dolar); Professor Matthew Henry presented "Do Statutory Rape Laws Work?"; Professor Vasilios (Bill) Kosteas presented "Job Satisfaction and Promotions"; and Professor Subhra Saha presented "Failing Schools, Private Tutoring and Policy Interventions: Implications for Education and Child Labor."

Tutoring Hours and Locations for Summer 2011

The Economics Department regularly offers tutoring services for undergraduates enrolled in our Principles courses (ECN 201 & ECN 202) and Intermediate courses (ECN 301 & ECN 302). Department tutoring will be available ONLY for the first 6-week. For the second 6-week, students must go to the University Tutoring Center. For the summer of 2011, the hours and the locations are as follows:

Days	Hours	Room
Monday	10:00 am – 1:00 pm and 2:00 – 5:00 pm	RT 1704
Tuesday	9:00 am – 12:00 noon and 2:00 – 5:00 pm	RT 1704
Wednesday	10:00 am – 1:00 pm and 2:00 – 5:00 pm	RT 1704
Thursday	9:00 am – 12:00 noon	RT 1704
Friday	9:00 am – 12:00 noon	RT 1704

Also, there are additional tutoring services available from Tutoring and Academic Success Center (MC 233) for Principles and Intermediate courses. Please stop by there to learn about the tutoring hours and scheduling appointments. Their number is 216-687-2012 (or 216-687-2063).

Department Seminars 2010-2011

The Economics Department has an active seminar series, which is currently run by Professor Subhra Saha.

The schedule for the seminar series in AY 2010-11 is available here.