Makayla Palmer (Economics) published the article “Does Publicly Subsidized Health Insurance Affect the Birth Rate?” in the Southern Economic Journal. The study examines how the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of subsidized insurance impacted insurance enrollment and the birth rate for women of reproductive age. While expanded eligibility for…

Anjala Krishen (Marketing and International Business), Han-fen Hu (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology), and Jesse Barnes (Public Policy and Leadership) recently won the runner-up position for the Best Conference Paper at the 2020 American Marketing Association's Marketing and Public Policy Conference for their extended abstract titled "…

Anjala S. Krishen (Marketing & International Business) had a paper, "Harnessing the Waiting Experience: Anticipation, Expectations, and WOM," accepted in Journal of Services Marketing. This interdisciplinary work was conducted in collaboration with the Shark Reef Exhibit at Mandalay Bay and co-authored with Brian Robison and two UNLV doctoral…

Nicholas Irwin (Economics) with Jinhyung Lee, Harvey Miller, and Elena Irwin (all from Ohio State University) recently published their paper, "The Role of Distance‐Dependent Versus Localized Amenities in Polarizing Urban Spatial Structure: A Spatio‐Temporal Analysis of Residential Location Value in Columbus, Ohio, 2000–2015," in …

Giorgio Canarella (Economics) and Stephen M. Miller (Center for Business and Economic Research) published “Persistence and Cyclical Dynamics of U.S. and U.K. House Prices: Evidence from over 150 Years of Data," along with  Luis A. Gil-Alana, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, and Rangan…

Nadia Pomirleanu (Marketing & International Business) recently published an article in Psychology & Marketing journal. The paper draws on the theory of embodied cognition to argue that sensory imagery and consumer recall of past experiences of sour tastes trigger facial muscle activation, which in turn leads to temptation…

Nicole Hudson (Online Education) facilitated the discussion, "Best Practices to Start a Movement - New leader - New Initiatives," at the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) virtual conference, OLC Ideate. This discussion highlighted the efforts of partnership at UNLV and specifically the office of online education, community of practice, which…

Stephen M. Miller (Center for Business and Economic Research) published a paper, "The Time-series Linkages between US Fiscal Policy and Asset Prices," along with co-authors Ghassen El Montasser of the Campus Universitaire de la Manouba, Tunisia; Rangan Gupta of the University of Pretoria, South Africa; and Jooste Charl of the World Bank…

Tammy Perri (Accounting) has been chosen as the Faculty Advisor of the Year by RSM — a global audit, tax, and consulting firm that has an office located in Las Vegas. She will receive her award, along with a $5,000 prize at the Beta Alpha Psi conference, planned for August in Orlando.

Daniel Chi (Finance) recently had a research paper, “Is Language an Economic Institution? Evidence from R&D Investment,” accepted for publication by the Journal of Corporate Finance, which is considered an “A” journal in finance. The study shows that how a language describes the future affects the speaker’s perception about the timing of…

UNLV American Marketing Association Student Chapter (Marketing and International Business) recently competed in the American Marketing Association's annual collegiate international case competition and tied for second place alongside University of Pennsylvania and British Columbia Institute of Technology. The student teams developed…

Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) published an article with Dave Piercey (University of Massachusetts Amherst) titled “Too Big to Comprehend? A Research Note on How Large Number Disclosure Format Affects Voter Support for Government Spending Bills” in the journal Behavioral Research in Accounting. In this study, the authors report an experiment…