KEVIN WELDING Department of Economics 2127 North Hall University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131
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RESEARCH FIELDS & TEACHING INTERESTS Health Economics, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, and Labor Economics
EDUCATION Ph.D. Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara M.A. Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara M.A. Applied Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro B.A. with distinction in Economics, B.A. Philosophy, Muhlenberg College (PA)
Sept. 2014 2007 2006 2003
WORKING PAPERS “The Effectiveness of Cigarette Taxes on Older Adult Smokers: Evidence from Recent State Taxes” (Job Market Paper) “The Effect of Alcohol Access on Mental Well-Being: Evidence from the Minimum Legal Drinking Age” “The Substitutability of Alcohol and Marijuana: Where there is Smoke, is there Fire?”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Visiting Lecturer, University of Colorado Denver Dept. of Economics – Principles of Microeconomics, Intro to Econometrics Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara Dept. of Economics – Intermediate Microeconomics Research Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara Philip Babcock, College credit hours study Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara Dept. of Economics – Microeconomics (Intermediate and Principles), Labor Economics, Econometrics (MA), Time Series (MA) Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Dan Rosenbaum, Draft and trade analysis for an NBA team Bruce Caldwell, The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek Vol. 2
2012-2013 Summer 2011 2010-2011 2006-2011 2005-2006
SELECTED HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS Outstanding Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Barbara Keith Griffin Memorial Fund Award, Dept. of Economics, UC Santa Barbara Myerson Graduate Fellowship, Dept. of Economics, UC Santa Barbara Joseph M. Bryan Fellowship, UNC Greensboro
2009-2010 2007-2008 2006-2007 2004-2006
REFERENCES Dr. Kelly Bedard (Chair) UC Santa Barbara
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Dr. Heather Royer UC Santa Barbara
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Dr. Maya Rossin-Slater UC Santa Barbara
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