ISFE's Director Charles Courtemanche was featured on the Gatton College of Business and Economics most recent edition of the Dean's series, "Simon Says". His research and the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise were both discussed.
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Tax Vaping, Increase Smoking
ISFE's Director Charles Courtemanche and co-authors have a new study out saying imposed taxes on e-cigarette leads to more smoking of traditional cigarettes which is featured in the National Review.
E-cigarette taxes may drive vape users to traditional smokes, study says
A new study by ISFE's Director, Charles Courtemanche, and co-authors says e-cigarette taxes may drive vape users to traditional smokes is featured in Breitbart News.
New Study Suggests Raising Taxes On E-Cigarettes Could Encourage Traditional Smoking
ISFE's Director, Charles Courtemanche's new e-cigarette study suggesting raising taxes on them could encourage traditional smoking is featured on Forbes.com.
MSU visiting research scholars’ study suggests raising e-cigarette taxes may drive vapers to purchase traditional cigarettes
ISFE Director, Charles Courtemanche and co-authros examine how e-cigarette taxes will increase the purchase of traditional cigarettes.
Medicaid Expansion Costs Hit New York — And Other States Are Watching
ISFE Affiliate Aaron Yelowitz was interviewed on NPR about improper Medicaid enrollment.
ISFE Faculty Affiliates among Kentucky’s Leaders in Economic Research
According to year-end rankings from Research Papers in Economics':
- Affiliate Ken Troske ranks #2 in the state of Kentucky across all years and #12 across just the past 10 years
- Affiliate and former director Aaron Yelowitz ranks #5 in the state overall and #7 in the past 10 years
- Affiliate and current director Charles Courtemanche ranks #7 in the state overall and #1 in the past 10 years
- UK’s economics department, which includes 7 affiliates, is the top-ranked department in the state, both overall and in the past 10 years
Nominal GDP versus Price Level Targeting: An Empirical Evaluation
ISFE Working Paper #18, “Nominal GDP versus Price Level Targeting: An Empirical Evaluation”, by ISFE affiliate Jim Fackler and Doug McMillin, has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Economics and Business. This project was supported by an ISFE summer research grant.
Why Obama Stopped Auditing Medicaid
A new provocative op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by Dr. Yelowitz.
Maternal Work Hours and Childhood Obesity: Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility
New research by Dr. Courtemanche on the connection between maternal employment and childhood obesity was published in the Journal of Human Capital.
Cuomo must start explaining how he’ll close New York’s $4B Medicaid gap
Dr. Yelowitz's research on the new op-ed in the New York Post about New York's $4 billion Medicaid gap.
New York City is a hot spot for illegal Medicaid enrollment
Research by Dr. Yelowitz on improper Medicaid enrollment in New York City is mentioned in the New York Post.
Trump to unveil price-transparency rules
Dr. Yelowitz's reserach on improper Medicaid eligibility was mentioned in the Pulse article referencing his Mercatus paper.
Assessing the ACA’s Impact on Insurance Coverage, 4 Years On
A study on the Affordable Care Act and how it has impacted Insurance Coverage accross America by Dr. Courtemanche and Dr. Yelowitz is mentioned in the NBER Digest.
Improper Medicaid Enrollment Following ACA Expansion
Dr. Yelowitz's commentary on improper Medicaid enrollment was published in the Health Affairs blog.
Obamacare's Medicaid Deception
Dr. Yelowitz's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal based on joint research with Dr. Courtemanche.
SAT Equality: Give Everyone the Same Score
Dr. Fackler's letter to the Wall Street Journal on SAT Equality:
Should the Fed Target Price Level or Nominal GDP?
Drs. Facker and McMillin present evidence that a path target for NGDP may be preferable to a path target for the price level. In addition, they also find that the NGDP path target would have been superior to a continuation of the implicit FIT policy pursued by the Fed before and after the Great Recession.
Retirement proposal could do real harm
May 9: Professors Yelowitz and Troske's work on IRAs was cited in Reading Eagle. Read the letter to the editor by Professor Yelowitz here.
Fast-food Shakeout - Can the industry keep up with changing tastes?
Curious about the impact on menu labeling laws? Check out what Dr. Yelowitz says about this law in the CQ Researcher.
/sites/ISFE/files/Fast-Food%20Shakeout_CQR_1.pdf
Early Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States
The Council of Economic Advisers recently released a study on deregulating health insurance markets which cites a 2017 study on the Affordable Care Act by Charles Courtemanche and Aaron Yelowitz in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Test Scores, Education Spending and Productivity in Kentucky
This report examines the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP) test scores for Kentucky students for the roughly 25-year time span from the 1990s forward, as well as changes in funding (inclusive of state, local, and federal) of K-12 in the Commonwealth during that period. Changes in the racial gap in test scores are also examined, along with the gap between the scores of students from low-income families and students from other families.
CalSavers works on paper, but saddles workers with debt
California is one of five states that has implemented automatic, state-run individual retirement accounts, known as “auto-IRAs,” in recent years. California’s workers—many of whom aren’t adequately preparing for retirement—should absolutely be saving more, and on paper, auto-IRAs move in that direction. But that doesn’t mean all of those workers are coming out ahead.
Report Rips Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement Thousands lost healthcare coverage, but is the work requirement really to blame?
Is the Medicaid work requirement to blame for people losing their healthcare? Dr. Yelowitz told MedPage Today that this report draws some unfounded conclusions.
Civility Is Good But Politics Sparks Rancor
Dr. Garen's column, “Civility Is Good But Politics Sparks Rancor”, was published on the Foundation for Economic Education site on Monday, December 10th. Read the entire article here.
Op-Ed: Civility is good, but politics sparks rancor. Market-based health insurance reduces rancor.
This op-ed by Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise affiliate, Dr. John Garen, was published by the Lexington Herald-Leader on November 15, 2018
Uber, Lyft and the Urgency of Saving Money on Ambulances
An ambulance ride of just a few miles can cost thousands of dollars, and a lot of it may not be covered by insurance. With ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft far cheaper and now available within minutes in many areas, would using one instead be a good idea? Find out in The New York Times
More funding has not helped performance of Kentucky’s schools
Sept 7: Op-Ed - Dr. John Garen in the Lane Report
Conflict over public school financing arose again in the last legislative session, continuing the long-standing concern about the funding and performance of public schools. Dr. John Garen is a co-author of a recent report that was released by the Pegasus Institute that speaks to these issues by presenting several facts and patterns regarding Kentucky’s K-12 system over the past two-and-a-half decades.
If You Really Want to Help the Poor, Shop at Walmart
Dr. Charles Courtemanche research on Walmart Supercenters was cited in Bloomberg on June 28, 2018.
MarketWatch
June 27: Dr. Courtemanche's paper was referenced in MarketWatch: Living closer to a Walmart will improve a household’s food security — meaning they will have better access to safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs — according to a new working paper distributed Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. (Walmart did not immediately return a request for comment.)
Association for Private Enterprise Education
April 2nd: Dr. Aaron Yelowitz presented his paper, "Early Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access, Risky Health Behaviors, and Self-Assessed Health"
https://www.apee.org/2018-conference/
Association for Private Enterprise Education
April 1-4: Dr. John Garen organized and moderated two sessions for the Association for Private Enterprise Education annual conference:
“Labor Markets and Healthcare Markets”
“Empirical Studies of Government Intervention and Its Effects”
EMERGE 2018
March 27th: Dr. John Garen presented and served as a panel moderator on “The Emergence of Shared Economies,” EMERGE 18 conference hosted by Commerce Lexington
The Economy and Trade
June 1st: Dr. John Garen was on Kentucky Tonight to discuss the economy and trade.
https://www.ket.org/episode/KKYTO_002523/
ObamaCare Could be Driving People to Drink, Study Finds
April 28th: Drs. Courtemanche, Marton, Ukert, Yelowitz & Zapata were quoted in PJ Media
African Americans Own More Life Insurance, Not Less
March 8: Dr. Aaron Yelowitz & Dr. Tim Harris's article in the Public Health Post: African Americans Own More Life Insurance, Not Less
Paid sick leave will hurt the most vulnerable
March 8th: Dr. Aaron Yelowitz's 2015 paper was mentioned in TribTalk: Paid sick leave will hurt the most vulnerable
Congrats to Samuel Ingram
The UK Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise would like to congratulate Ph. D. student and 2017 Institute Summer Fellowship winner, Samuel Ingram, for being invited to present “Occupational Licensing and the Earnings Premium: A Border Approach” at the International Symposium on the Regulation of Occupations taking place at the London School of Economics.
Congratulations to UK ISFE Affiliate, David Blackwell, on becoming Provost!
Congratulations to UK Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise Affiliate, David Blackwell, on becoming Provost of the University of Kentucky
Bitcoin buyers see cryptocurrency in their financial future
Dec 15: Dr. Aaron Yelowitz quoted in the Houston Chronicle about Bitcoin
Governor Cuomo's latest plan to kill New York retail jobs
NOV 15th: Dr. Yelowitz's work discussed in the New York Post
UK economics institute supports serious debate
NOV 10th: Dr. Yelowitz's article in the Herald Leader supporting Arthur Laffer's panel discussion
Behind the Blue: Economic Perspectives With Gatton's Ken Troske
OCT 20, Dr. Ken Troske was a guest on "Behind the Blue" talking about Economic Perspectives
Trump order will leave thousands of Kentuckians without insurance help
OCT 13th, WKYT interviewed Dr. Yelowitz regarding health care in Kentucky
'Scant bipartisanship' not enough to end 'political war over Obamacare'
OCT 19, Dr. Yelowitz was quoted in the Healio Special Report: Health Care and Politics
Pensions and Pension Reform
Tuesday, November 7th, a column of Dr. John Garen "Pensions and Pension Reform" was published online by The Lane Report
Tax Reform: An Ongoing Policy Debate
On October 9th, Dr. John Garen spoke about tax policy on KET's Kentucky Tonight
Pension systems expert to speak at UK Oct. 18
The Lane Report features Schnatter Institute's upcoming pension event.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 2, 2017) — As Kentucky lawmakers try to decide how to deal with the commonwealth’s pension problem, a widely recognized scholar on the subject of state and local pension systems will be speaking at University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
What U of L’s Basketball Scandal Could Cost The City
On September 28th, Dr. John Garen spoke with Eleanor Klibanoff of WFPL about the University of Louisville basketball scandal and how it'll affect finances at the University.
Tax and spending panel looked for answers to Kentucky’s pension crisis
UK's student paper, the Kentucky Kernel, wrote a piece covering the Schnatter Institute's event on September 7th - Tax Policy and Economic Growth in Kentucky: A Panel Discussion.
Where’s the tax reform? The noted economist who helped flip Kentucky House is frustrated
On September 7th, 2017, the Schnatter Institute hosted a tax policy panel with Dr. Arthur Laffer. The Herald-Leader discusses Dr. Laffer's ideas and includes a video from the event on their page. The panel also included UK economists Dr. Bill Hoyt and Dr. Chris Bollinger and Kentucky Center for Economic Policy's Jason Bailey.
Paid Sick Leave and Chipotle Norovirus Outbreak
Schnatter Institute Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz talked to KCBS Radio out of San Francisco on July 27, 2017 about the cost to Chipotle from a worker who came to work with the Norovirus and company sick leave policies.
Aaron Yelowitz to become director of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise
On July 5th, 2017, Gatton College Dean Blackwell announced the appointment of Dr. Aaron Yelowitz to be director of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise.
What happens to birth control if the Affordable Care Act is repealed?
Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz’s research on the Affordable Care Act and birth rates was cited by the Boston Globe on June 30, 2017.
2017’s Most & Least Independent States
Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz’s was interviewed by Wallethub about state and personal financial independence.
New York City Wants to Supersize the ‘Fight for $15’
Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz’s research on part-time fast-food employees was cited in the Wall Street Journal on May 19, 2017.
Ransomware attack reveals bitcoin as an accessory to cybercrime
Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz’s research on interest in Bitcoin was cited on May 16, 2017, for a CBC News piece.
The Flimsy Facts Behind NYC's 'Fair Workweek' Bills
Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz’s research on part-time fast-food employees was cited in Forbes on May 15, 2017.
TV: Ask an Economist: What Does the AHCA Mean for You?
Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz was a guest on Breaking down the News (a feature of WKYT News on the CW) on May 9, 2017, where he discussed healthcare issues and the American Health Care Act.
Op-Ed: Kentucky health insurance market in death spiral
This op-ed by Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz was published by the Lexington Herald-Leader on May 3, 2017.
Louisville Home Values Go Up As Inventory Falls, But Is It A Bubble?
Schnatter Institute Director Dr. John Garen and Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz were interviewed by Louisville Public Radio 89.3 WFPL on April 22, 2017, where they discussed rising home values and the economy.
TV: The Impact Trump Could Have on Kentucky's Economy
Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz was a guest on WKYT on January 11, 2017, where he discussed President-elect Trump’s economic policies and their effects on Kentuckians.
TV: Will Obamacare Survive in 2017?
Schnatter Institute Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yelowitz was a guest on Breaking down the News on WKYT on December 30, 2016, where he discussed healthcare and premium hikes in 2017.
Why It Matters that Fewer Americans Trust Government to ‘Do the Right Thing’
Schnatter Institute Director Dr. John Garen was interviewed by Deseret News about cronyism and mistrust in the government.
UK center to unleash power, benefits of entrepreneurship
The University of Kentucky announced this month that it will soon open the John H. Schnatter Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise at its Gatton School of Business. This initiative, which I helped fund, offers UK students and scholars the opportunity to engage in classes and research that explore the role of free enterprise in advancing a free and prosperous society that benefits everyone.