Faculty & Research Published Research Research Education Social Psychology Health Policy Social Entrepreneurship Environmental Policy Ethics Leadership Racial Justice and Equity National Security Political Science Advocacy Domestic Policy & Politics International and Global Affairs Democracy Social Equity International Development Research and Commentary (-) Economics Facet Area of Focus - Research Christopher J. Ruhm Adam Leive Edgar O. Olsen David Leblang Molly Lipscomb Bala Mulloth Charles Holt Christine Mahoney Eileen Chou John Pepper Leora Friedberg Raymond C. Scheppach Sebastian Tello-Trillo Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research Economics Health Effects of Economic Crises Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm This analysis summarizes prior research and uses national, US state and county‐level data from 1976 to 2013 to examine whether the mortality effects of economic crises differ in kind from those of the more typical fluctuations. The tentative conclusion is that economic crises affect mortality rates (and presumably other measures of health) in the same way as less severe downturns – leading to improvements in physical health. Learn more Published Research Economics Quantal Response Equilibrium: A Stochastic Theory of Games Authors: Charles Holt, Jacob K. Goeree, Thomas R. Palfrey Quantal Response Equilibrium presents a stochastic theory of games that unites probabilistic choice models developed in psychology and statistics with the Nash equilibrium approach of classical game theory. Learn more Published Research Economics Social Psychology Economic Insecurity Increases Physical Pain Authors: Eileen Chou, Bidhan L. Parmar, Adam D. Galinsky The past decade has seen a rise in both economic insecurity and frequency of physical pain. The current research reveals a causal connection between these two growing and consequential social trends. Learn more Published Research Economics Reinforcing Reproducibility: What Role for the Federal Government? Authors: David Zorn Learn more Published Research Economics The Aggregate Impact of Household Saving and Borrowing Constraints: Designing a Field Experiment in Uganda Authors: Molly Lipscomb, Joseph Kaboski, Virgiliu Midrigan Learn more Published Research Economics What U.S. Data Should be Used to Measure the Price Elasticity of Demand for Alcohol? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Alison Snow Jones, Kerry Anne McGeary, William C. Kerr, Joseph V. Terza, Ravi S. Pandian, Thomas K. Greenfield Learn more Published Research Economics Geographic Price Variation, Housing Assistance, and Poverty Authors: Edgar O. Olsen, Dirk W. Early, Philip N. Jefferson (ed) Two important shortcomings of the official measure of poverty are its failure to account for noncash benefits (including the benefits of low-income housing programs) when calculating resources and differences in the cost-of-living across geographic areas when setting poverty thresholds. Alternative estimates of poverty rates that account for the variation in the cost-of-living across areas when setting thresholds and the value of rental housing subsidies when measuring household resources have been produced. Learn more Published Research Economics Efficient Pollution Regulation: Getting the Prices Right: Comment Authors: Art Fraas Learn more Published Research Economics The Intergovernmental Grant System Authors: Raymond C. Scheppach, W. Bartley Hildreth, Robert D. Ebel, John E. Petersen (eds.) State and local government fiscal systems have increasingly become vulnerable to economic changes. Over the past three decades, state and local deficits during economic recession have been larger and deeper each time. Learn more Published Research Economics 'A Wasteful and Dangerous Thing’: Lyndon Johnson and Grassroots Activism Authors: Guian A. McKee, Lisa Hazijirian, Annelise Orleck The War on Poverty & Struggles for Racial & Economic Justice: Views from the Grassroots Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, Learn more Published Research Economics On the Economic Analysis of Regulations at Independent Regulatory Commissions Authors: Art Fraas Learn more Published Research Economics Following the Money: EU Funding of Civil Society Groups Authors: Christine Mahoney, Michael Beckstrand The literature on EU integration has long recognized that the European Commission has promoted a pan‐European civil society in order to increase the legitimacy of the supranational institutions. While we know the Commission fosters EU civil society by encouraging their formal and informal participation in the EU policymaking processes and by directly funding them (Mahoney 2004), we have, until now, known very little about just how much money the Commission has been granting EU civil society organizations and to which segments of European civil society. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next ›
Published Research Economics Health Effects of Economic Crises Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm This analysis summarizes prior research and uses national, US state and county‐level data from 1976 to 2013 to examine whether the mortality effects of economic crises differ in kind from those of the more typical fluctuations. The tentative conclusion is that economic crises affect mortality rates (and presumably other measures of health) in the same way as less severe downturns – leading to improvements in physical health. Learn more
Published Research Economics Quantal Response Equilibrium: A Stochastic Theory of Games Authors: Charles Holt, Jacob K. Goeree, Thomas R. Palfrey Quantal Response Equilibrium presents a stochastic theory of games that unites probabilistic choice models developed in psychology and statistics with the Nash equilibrium approach of classical game theory. Learn more
Published Research Economics Social Psychology Economic Insecurity Increases Physical Pain Authors: Eileen Chou, Bidhan L. Parmar, Adam D. Galinsky The past decade has seen a rise in both economic insecurity and frequency of physical pain. The current research reveals a causal connection between these two growing and consequential social trends. Learn more
Published Research Economics Reinforcing Reproducibility: What Role for the Federal Government? Authors: David Zorn Learn more
Published Research Economics The Aggregate Impact of Household Saving and Borrowing Constraints: Designing a Field Experiment in Uganda Authors: Molly Lipscomb, Joseph Kaboski, Virgiliu Midrigan Learn more
Published Research Economics What U.S. Data Should be Used to Measure the Price Elasticity of Demand for Alcohol? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Alison Snow Jones, Kerry Anne McGeary, William C. Kerr, Joseph V. Terza, Ravi S. Pandian, Thomas K. Greenfield Learn more
Published Research Economics Geographic Price Variation, Housing Assistance, and Poverty Authors: Edgar O. Olsen, Dirk W. Early, Philip N. Jefferson (ed) Two important shortcomings of the official measure of poverty are its failure to account for noncash benefits (including the benefits of low-income housing programs) when calculating resources and differences in the cost-of-living across geographic areas when setting poverty thresholds. Alternative estimates of poverty rates that account for the variation in the cost-of-living across areas when setting thresholds and the value of rental housing subsidies when measuring household resources have been produced. Learn more
Published Research Economics Efficient Pollution Regulation: Getting the Prices Right: Comment Authors: Art Fraas Learn more
Published Research Economics The Intergovernmental Grant System Authors: Raymond C. Scheppach, W. Bartley Hildreth, Robert D. Ebel, John E. Petersen (eds.) State and local government fiscal systems have increasingly become vulnerable to economic changes. Over the past three decades, state and local deficits during economic recession have been larger and deeper each time. Learn more
Published Research Economics 'A Wasteful and Dangerous Thing’: Lyndon Johnson and Grassroots Activism Authors: Guian A. McKee, Lisa Hazijirian, Annelise Orleck The War on Poverty & Struggles for Racial & Economic Justice: Views from the Grassroots Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, Learn more
Published Research Economics On the Economic Analysis of Regulations at Independent Regulatory Commissions Authors: Art Fraas Learn more
Published Research Economics Following the Money: EU Funding of Civil Society Groups Authors: Christine Mahoney, Michael Beckstrand The literature on EU integration has long recognized that the European Commission has promoted a pan‐European civil society in order to increase the legitimacy of the supranational institutions. While we know the Commission fosters EU civil society by encouraging their formal and informal participation in the EU policymaking processes and by directly funding them (Mahoney 2004), we have, until now, known very little about just how much money the Commission has been granting EU civil society organizations and to which segments of European civil society. Learn more