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Viscusi quoted by Washington Post
July 19, 2008
Professor Viscusi has been quoted in the Washington Post story "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 and Hersch research used by nicotine cessation advocates
April 25, 2008
Professors Viscusi and Hersch's paper "The Mortality Costs of Smoking," published by Journal of Health Economics, is cited at www.whyquit.com.
Viscusi writes for Forbes
January 7, 2008
Professor Viscusi wrote "A Price on Your Head" for Forbes magazine's On My Mind column.
