{"id":5163,"date":"2025-06-03T13:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/?page_id=5163"},"modified":"2025-12-08T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:55:48","slug":"2025-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/2025-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The 39th Meeting of the Pennsylvania Association at The Pennsylvania State University &#8211; Berks!<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gaige_Building_at_Penn_State_Berks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5050\" style=\"width:448px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pennsylvania Economic Association held the 39th annual conference in Reading, PA at The Pennsylvania State University &#8211; Berks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conference Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final Conference Program (forthcoming)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conference Proceedings (forthcoming) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Paper Competition Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1st place (co-winners): <strong>Aegus Kim<\/strong> (Georgetown University), <em>National Expenditure on R&amp;D and International Comparison of Productivity<\/em>, and <strong>Adalynn Cherry<\/strong>, Washington &amp; Jefferson College<br>\u201cEconomics of the Olympics: Impact of Bidding and Hosting the Olympic Games on International Openness\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2nd place: <strong>Ariana Ulsh <\/strong>(Millersville University of Pennsylvania), <em>Corporate or Public Accounting: Analyzing Career Preferences of Future Accountants<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3rd place: <strong>Brenna Zarkovich <\/strong>(Millersville University of Pennsylvania), <em>Financial Management in College: How Personality, Education, and Family Affect Budgeting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Research Competition Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winner: <strong>Arseniy Braslavskiy<\/strong>, University of Maryland, <em>Beyond the Flypaper Effect: Crowding-In from Federal Investment in Public Transit<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): <strong>Blaize Giangiulio<\/strong> (Drexel University), <em>Choke Points, Trade, and Distance<\/em> &amp; <strong>Caroline Welter<\/strong> (West Virginia University), <em>Impact of COVID-19-induced SSA Field Office Closures on Disability Benefit Applications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Memories<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 39th Meeting of the Pennsylvania Association at The Pennsylvania State University &#8211; Berks! The Pennsylvania Economic Association held the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5163","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5163"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5283,"href":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5163\/revisions\/5283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/econpea.org\/pea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}