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UC team wins first place in international ‘hackathon’

November 7, 2022

Combining their knowledge of economics and computer science, a University of Cincinnati professor and student won first place in an international hackathon competition with their solution to counter inflation's harmful effects.

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UC students' cryptocurrency advice leads to big gains

April 4, 2024

Using recommendations from University of Cincinnati students, a cryptocurrency fund has grown from $50,000 to more than $120,000 in less than 15 months. As part of an economics course, Economic Applications of Blockchain, UC students are challenged to research potential cryptocurrency investments for a fund owned by UC’s Kautz-Uible Economics Institute.

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Election results show potential of prediction markets, blockchain

December 6, 2024

A prediction market was more accurate in forecasting the 2024 presidential election than traditional polls and pundits. The potential displayed by that success in forecasting the election, along with an administration friendlier to cryptocurrencies, could lead to greater adoption for them, a University of Cincinnati economist said. Michael Jones, PhD, a Carl H. Lindner College of Business assistant professor of economics and director of the Cryptoeconomics Lab at UC Digital Futures, said the success of a blockchain-based prediction market, Polymarket, in predicting the outcome of the election showed that cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies have more potential than just investments.

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Failure to pass fire levies can lower house values

February 20, 2024

Cuts to fire protection funding initially have a larger effect on home prices than crime, school quality or environmental quality, but the short-term decreases don’t persist, University of Cincinnati economists found.

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WLWT: Kroger recruits veterans

November 12, 2021

Veterans have a lot to offer employers, Michael Jones, an associate professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati's Carl H. Lindner College of Business, told WLWT.

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WLWT: Wages and inflation increasing nationwide

November 2, 2021

In a recent conversation with WLWT's Courtis Fuller, Michael Jones, an associate professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati's Carl H. Lindner College of Business, said the trend of corporations raising their internal minimum wage is not a fresh development but started with Amazon in 2018.

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UC economics professor says Ukraine conflict could affect U.S. consumers

February 24, 2022

Aside from rising gas prices, the escalating conflict in Ukraine is unlikely to have short-term repercussions for U.S. consumers, but that could change if the supply chain is disrupted, according to Michael Jones, PhD, associate professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business.