The study conducted by our director, Charles Courtemanche, and affiliate, Aaron Yelowitz, regarding strong social distancing measures, was cited in this PolitiFact article.
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Has Anheuser-Busch Let the Steam Out of Craft Beer? The Economics of Acquiring Craft Brewers
Kenneth G. Elzinga, Alexander J. McGlothlin
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19: Evidence from Six Large Cities
Joseph Benitez, Charles Courtemanche, Aaron Yelowitz
Did Social-Distancing Measures in Kentucky Help to Flatten the COVID-19 Curve?
Charles Courtemanche, Joseph Garuccio, Ann Le, Joshua Pinkston, Aaron Yelowitz
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Chain Restaurant Calorie Posting Laws, Obesity, and Consumer Welfare
Charles Courtemanche, David Frisvold, David Jimenez-Gomez, Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, Michael Price
The Effects of E-Cigarette Taxes on E-Cigarette Prices and Tobacco Product Sales: Evidence from Retail Panel Data
Charles Courtemanche, Chad Cotti, Joanna Catherine Maclean, Erik Nesson, Michael Pesko, Nathan Tefft
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In the News
Hats off to our director, Charles Courtemanche! His paper about exercise and obesity was recently accepted for publication in the Economics and Human Biology journal.
The paper was previously released as the Institute's working paper #26, you can read it here.
On September 25th VACE co-sponsored with SOPS a one-minute pitch competition. Each participant had one minute to pitch their research to the audience and the winners of the pitch competition were selected by audience vote.
Below are three of the winners that are being sponsored by VACE/ISFE. These awards are $200 each. These funds are being provided by ISFE. Two of the awardees are UK students and the other one is a Harvard student.
Nataliya Timoshevskaya
Ãngela Crespo
Taylor Elsey
Aaron Yelowitz, an ISFE Affiliate, had his previous study mentioned by Isheka N. Harrison in The Moguldom Nation.
Aaron Yelowitz, an ISFE affiliate has his work mentioned by Bill McCarthy in PolitiFact.
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Coronavirus Economics #7: New study shows government restrictions are stopping COVID-19.
Dr. Charles Courtemanche explains his latest study published in the Health Affairs journal about the effect of stay-at-home orders, business closures and other government measures in the spread of COVID-19.