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The Labor Lens of Claudia Goldin – by Dr. Cecil Bohanon and Dr. John Horowitz
- Research
May 2, 2025 by christianhartselle
Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics. She is best known for her research on women’s earnings and labor market participation since the 1800s and for why there is a gender pay gap. She finds that childless men and women earn about the same, but having children reduces women’s earnings because they mainly […]

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Economics: A Degree of Value – by Dr. Cecil Bohanon and Dr. John Horowitz
- Education
May 2, 2025 by christianhartselle
We, economics professors, love our bragging rights. At Ball State, we advertise our economics major as “the major that pays.” Numerous studies back this up. Undergraduates majoring in economics earn more than those majoring in most other fields of study, the exception being engineering majors. Economics majors consistently earn more than other business school majors. […]

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Elinor Ostrom in the Cul-de-Sac – by Dr. Cecil Bohanon and Dr. John Horowitz
- Government
May 1, 2025 by christianhartselle
Elinor Ostrom, who taught at Indiana University, was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. Her work focused on various mechanisms of self-governance of common resources. Ostrom documented how local communities in the developed and less developed world managed common resources like water, forests, and fisheries. As an economist, Ostrom focused on […]

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Who Pays Corporate Taxes? – by Dr. Cecil Bohanon and Dr. John Horowitz
- Tax
May 1, 2025 by christianhartselle
Stan Lee, who passed away at 95 in 2018, is credited with creating or co-creating over 300 cartoon characters, including Spiderman, Thor, The Hulk, Black Widow, and Black Panther. Mr. Lee didn’t amass the fortune of other creative entrepreneurs, such as the $5 billion of Star Wars creator George Lucas. Mr. Lee earned $1 million […]

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A for Effort—or for Funding? – by Dr. Cecil Bohanon and Dr. John Horowitz
- Education
May 1, 2025 by christianhartselle
Perhaps the best bumper sticker for economics is: Incentives Matter. This insight is vital in thinking about behavior, including how for-profit and not-for-profit firms operate. Here is an example from our own backyard. From 1970 to 1990, university completion rates, defined as the percentage of entering university freshmen who attain a degree within a six-year […]

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Gift giving is all about relationships, not goods – by Dr. Cecil Bohanon and Dr. John Horowitz
- Culture
April 30, 2025 by christianhartselle
Economics is labeled the “dismal science,” and often for good reason. Using standard economic thinking it is easy to show that the holiday custom of gift-giving is an enormous waste of time and resources. Ebenezer Scrooge was right: the whole thing is a humbug! Take that bottle of cologne Nephew Fred gives Uncle Ebenezer. It […]

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