Week in Washington DC

Students engaged with professionals at think tanks, government organizations and international lending institutions opening career paths to new opportunities.

2023-11-07T14:59:05-07:00October 26th, 2023|

Marriner Sponsored Confernces

The Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis sponsors several conferences each year, including the Utah Winter Organizational and Political Economics Conference and the Utah Tax Invitational (UTAXI).

2023-10-15T18:56:01-06:00August 27th, 2023|

Consumer Protection in Auto Lending

Jen Brown and Mark Jansen , 2020. In a study that examines the impact of consumer protection laws on loan terms and outcomes in auto financing, the authors find that while laws prohibiting wage garnishment benefit borrowers who default, borrowers who pay their debt in full face higher total observable loan costs where wage garnishment is [...]

2023-09-27T12:35:47-06:00May 16th, 2023|