Faculty and Staff

Rahi Abouk

Professor • Economics, Finance and Global Business

Professional Interests

Health Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Economics

Languages (other than English)

Persian 

Degrees

PhD Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI

Representative Publications


Association of US State Implementation of Newborn Screening Policies for Critical Congenital Heart Disease With Early Infant Cardiac Deaths; JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association; Volume 318, Issue 21 2017
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2664999


Bans on Electronic Cigarette Sales to Minors and Smoking Among High School Students; Journal of Health Economics; Volume 54, 2017
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28349865


Compliance Inspections of Tobacco Retailers and Youth Smoking; American Journal of Health Economics; 2017
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/283291329_Compliance_Inspections_of_Tobacco_Retailers_and_Youth_Smoking


Texting Bans and fatal accidents on roadways: Do they work? Or do drivers just react to announcements of bans?; American Economic Journal: Applied Economics; 2013


School Shootings and Private School Enrollment; Economics Letters; Volume 118, 2013

Representative Presentations


Bans on Electronic Cigarette Sales to Minors and Smoking Among High School Students
Southern Economic Association Conference Southern Economic Association
Washington, DC 2016

Awards and Honors

Charles C. Shepard Science Award
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
06/10/2018

"2014 Is Not the Year to Text While Driving"

"Do Texting Bans Really Prevent Fatal Accidents?"

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