Issue

Spring 2024

Student research from the Spring 2024 ECON 495 cohort. Browse papers in this semester issue.

Papers in This Issue

2026-02-26 Spring 2024

The Effects of the Tax Credit on the Used Electric Vehicle Market

By My-Tu Tran

Categories: Applied Microeconomics, Public Economics & Policy

In the past few years, tax credits have become the fundamental policy instrument to incentivize the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. However, contemporary research primarily focuses on new EVs, while the impact of tax credits on the used EV market remains obscure. This research...

2024-05-11 Spring 2024

The Race for Increasing College Costs

By Mark Jayson Farol

Categories: Education, Public Economics & Policy

As higher education continues to shift to be more progressive, providing access to more students of different backgrounds, it currently is facing an obstacle. The escalating cost of tuition is growing to be a significant concern for access to higher education. The government has prioritized increasing federal financial...