Stories about "Nathan Tefft"
Bates in the News: March 27, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020 10:47 am
As COVID-19 affects study and work, we revisit Bates history, celebrate fellowships and promotions, and follow a Bates alum reality star.
Taxing e-cigarettes may push vapers to conventional cigarettes, says Bates economist Nathan Tefft
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 1:21 pm
A study coauthored by Associate Professor of Economics Nathan Tefft finds that attempts to cut vaping by raising taxes on e-cigarettes may push users toward conventional, and many would say far more deadly, tobacco cigarettes.
A price subsidy for organic fruits: Good economics, or not?
Friday, August 16, 2019 10:24 am
Bates economist Nathan Tefft and his colleagues wondered: Would a price subsidy on organic fruits benefit wealthy households at the expense of poorer ones?
Bates in the News: Dec. 14, 2018
Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:10 pm
An alumna discovers her great-grandfather's art, an economics professor recreates Maine election results, and Ed Muskie's people recall his 1968 campaign.
How to keep teens from taking dangerous diet pills? Tax ’em
Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:44 pm
A diet pill tax could reduce purchases among households with teens by 17.5 percent, according to a study by Bates economics professor Nathan Tefft.
The unique proposition of Bates’ new Digital and Computational Studies Program
Friday, February 26, 2016 10:00 am
The new DCS Program's goal is squarely in the liberal arts wheelhouse: To give Bates graduates "the capacity to claim the world," in the words of one professor.
Bates welcomes returning faculty: Nathan Tefft, economics
Thursday, October 2, 2014 3:47 pm
Nathan Tefft, assistant professor of economics at Bates College, goes in for risky behavior — in his research, anyway.
Economist Tefft's research links 'soda tax' to small decrease in adult obesity rates
Friday, October 16, 2009 2:44 pm
Bates economist and other colleagues conduct first empirical examination of the effectiveness of soft drink taxes in reducing adult weight.