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Professor Aeimit Lakdawala was featured in WalletHub’s recent article about Changes in Inflation by City. You can find it here

On December 1, 2023, North Carolina became the 40th state, along with the District of Columbia, to expand Medicaid. Economics professor Tina Marsh Dalton said understanding the health impacts of Medicaid expansion is complicated, but one positive short-term measure was found: declining money worries. “Out-of-pocket medical bankruptcy […]

“The people most likely to enter [the energy workforce] are younger workers, generally more educated workers,” said economics professor Mark Curtis, who has studied how coal miners transition into clean energy jobs. And despite its reputation as an energy powerhouse due to coal and natural […]

Could lab-grown rhino horns stop poaching? Why we may never know Despite all the years of debate, there is still little research on the effects of engineered rhino horns. Economics professor Fred Chen has formulated economic models to predict how lab-grown horns would do […]

Is it fair for car insurance companies to consider gender or age when setting premiums? Is it fair for car insurance companies to consider a driver’s occupation when setting premiums? Full Article

“In places like Texas or in the middle of the country where there’s a lot of solar and wind, fossil fuel communities are relatively well positioned to take advantage of renewables,” Mr. Curtis said. “Coal communities generally don’t have that, especially when you think about […]

Online-trading startup Kalshi sued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, arguing the regulator wrongfully denied its application to launch a market for derivatives tied to results of congressional elections. Several states outlaw gambling on elections—a fact that was key to the CFTC’s rejection of Kalshi’s plan. […]

In a busy world with our busy lives, trends can slip by us easily until they’re finally right there and too obvious to ignore. For some, that’s what’s going on with our transition from “dirty jobs” to “cleaner jobs.” Wake Forest University professor Mark Curtis […]

Fans and players both feel it in the gut when the “hot hand” shows up in sports. Something special is happening that can’t be explained. Cross your fingers the streak continues. Wake Forest economist Erik Nesson investigated the hot hand phenomenon using statistics from NBA […]