Viscusi quoted on front page of Washington Post

July 19, 2008

Professor Viscusi has been quoted in the Washington Post front-page feature "Cosmic Markdown: EPA Says Life is Worth Less," by David A. Fahrenthold.

Viscusi quoted by Associated Press

July 10, 2008

Professor Viscusi has been quoted in the AP Impact story “An American Life Worth Less Today,” which highlights the Environmental Protection Agency’s reduction in the value of statistical life by nearly $1 million since 2003. Viscusi says the cut and the procedure by which the reduction was reckoned “don’t make sense.” Read the story at the Associated Press.

Skiba organizes three AEA sessions

June 23, 2008

Professor Skiba has organized three sessions that were accepted by the American Economic Association to fill highly competitive slots during its 2009 annual meeting. The sessions are: "Law and Economics of Crime," "Lotteries and Gambling," and "Rationality in Consumer Credit Markets." The latter will appear in the publication American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings. The AEA 2009 annual meeting will be held January 3-5 in San Francisco, CA.

Hersch in The Boston Globe

June 15, 2008

Professor Hersch's paper "Double Your Major, Double Your Return?" coauthored with Alison Del Rossi and forthcoming in the Economics of Education Review, is cited in the Ideas section of The Boston Globe.

Skiba quoted by American Banker

May 19, 2008

Professor Skiba was interviewed about the payday loan industry by the trade newspaper American Banker.

Viscusi writes for Forbes

January 7, 2008

Professor Viscusi wrote "A Price on Your Head" for Forbes magazine's On My Mind column.

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