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Mother Jones was one of several media outlets quoting a study co-authored by Dr. Rahi Abouk, Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University, on “Texting Bans and Fatal Accidents on Roadways: Do They Work? Or Do Drivers Just React to Announcements of Bans?” in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: […]

Dr. Rahi Abouk, Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University, published an article on “Texting Bans and Fatal Accidents on Roadways: Do They Work? Or Do Drivers Just React to Announcements of Bans?” in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 5 No. 2 (April 2013). “Since 2007, many states […]

  Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, testified June 4 at a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing on the impact of Student Loan Debt on Borrowers and the Economy. Vedder is also director of  the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, a Washington-based research organization […]

Dr. Harold Winter, Professor of Economics, wrote an article on the costs of prevention vs. cure, “When Peace of Mind Hits You in the Wallet,” on the Resolved website on Feb. 15. These days we have a near-mad obsession with prevention. Think of all the money we sink into our […]

By George Mauzy Compass Lei Han, a 24-year-old Ohio University senior economics major, died unexpectedly on Tuesday evening. The native of the city of Dalian in northeast China collapsed while playing basketball in the Ohio University Ping Student Recreation Center. He was treated by paramedics at the scene before being […]

WOUB quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, in a story following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union pitch for a nearly 40 percent increase to the national minimum wage. “Economist of all stripes […]

Dr. Richard Vedder and Ohio University alum Christopher Denhart published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Jan. 8. Vedder is Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. Denhart earned a B.S. in Economics from Ohio University’s College of […]