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Positions


Union College                                         2022-present       

Assistant Professor    

Department of Economics


Syracuse University                               2020-2022 

Postdoctoral Researcher                  

Institute For An Entrepreneurial Society (IES)                             

Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises    

Education


West Virginia University                                  2017-2020

Ph.D. in Economics


St. Bonaventure University                             2014-2016

M.B.A. in General Business


Boston University                                            2009-2011

M.T.S. in Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics  


St. Bonaventure University                             2005-2009

B.A. in Theology

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Davis, Lewis and Zachary Rodriguez (2024) Does Religious Belief or Attendance Matter More for Economic Values? Journal of Institutional Economics, forthcoming. 

Minuci, Eduardo and Zachary Rodriguez (2024) Does Uniqueness Matter for Community Banks? Journal of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.

Cardazzi, Alexander and Zachary Rodriguez (2024) Demand for Offense: Designated Hitters and MLB Attendance, Applied Economics, forthcoming. 

Minniti, Maria, Zachary Rodriguez, and Trent Williams (2024) Resilience Within Constraints: An Event-Oriented Approach to Crisis Response. Journal of Management, forthcoming. 

Cardazzi, Alexander, Joshua C. Martin, and Zachary Rodriguez (2023) Information Shocks and Celebrity Exposure: The Effect of "Magic" Johnson on AIDS Diagnoses and Mortality in the U.S. Health Economics 32(9): 2047-2079.

Cardazzi, Alex, Brad R. Humphreys, Bryan C. McCannon, and Zachary Rodriguez (2022) Emotional Cues and Violent Behavior: Unexpected Basketball Losses Increase Incidents of Family Violence. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations 40(2): 267-288.

Zachary Rodriguez (2022) The Power of Employment: Effects of India's Employment Guarantee on Women Empowerment. World Development 152: 105803.

McCannon, Bryan C., and Zachary Rodriguez (2019) The Impact of Microfinance on Pro-Social Behaviors: Experimental Evidence of Pro-Social Behaviors in Uganda. Journal Institutional and Theoretical Economics 175(2): 228-257.

McCannon, Bryan C., and Zachary Rodriguez (2019) Orphans and Pro-Social Behavior: Evidence from Uganda. Journal of International Development 31(6): 495-515.

Papers Under Review

George, Kurian, Maria Minnitti, and Zachary Rodriguez (2023) Administered Prices And Product Innovation: Evidence From The Wheelchair Industry (Revise and Resubmit). 

McCannon, Bryan C., Zachary Rodriguez, and Roman Sheremeta (2022) Save To Win: Using Contests to Promote Savings in Uganda (Revise and Resubmit)

Book Reviews

Zachary Rodriguez (2023) Review of Trading Futures: A Theological Critique of Financialized Capitalism, Journal of Economics, Management and Religion 4(01): 1-6.

Ad Hoc Referee

World Development, Economic Modelling, Indian Economic Journal, Small Business Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Institutional Economics, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Conference Presentations and Invited Seminars

Invited presenter, Department of Economics, Skidmore College, 2023

Conference presenter, Liberal Arts Colleges Development Economics (LACDev) Conference, Wellesley College, 2022

Conference presenter, Virtual AOM Annual Meeting, 2021.

Panel discussant, Institute for Humane Studies, Denver, CO, 2021.

Conference presenter, Society of Economics of the Household, Boston, MA, 2021.

Invited participant, Institute for Humane Studies Summer Seminar, Georgetown University, 2019.

Invited participant, HOPE Summer Institute, Duke University, 2019.

Conference presenter, Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York City, NY, 2019.

Invited presenter, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 2019.

Invited presenter, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, 2018.

Conference presenter, Eastern Economic Association Conference, Boston, MA, 2018.

Invited participant, Center for Free Enterprise Summer Empirical Workshop, West Virginia University, 2016.

Conference presenter, Symposium for Economic Experiments in Developing Countries, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, Nairobi, Kenya, 2016.

Conference presenter, Business Research Consortium of Western New York, Niagara University, 2016.

Conference presenter, Business Research Consortium of Western New York, St. Bonaventure University, 2015.

Invited participant, Seminar on Debates about Religion and Sexuality, Harvard University, 2012.

Conference presenter, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, 2012.