The Purdue University Research Center in Economics (PURCE) hosts a number of events each year that highlight our faculty, their research, and the research's ability to help community groups, businesses, and government address economic challenges. The center also hosts visitors to campus for lectures and more intimate conversations; many events are open to the public while some are reserved for students or PURCE partners and supporters.
If you would like to be invited to our events, join our mailing list by sharing your contact information with us by emailing purce@purdue.edu.
PURCE hosts for community, business and government leaders and academic peers a monthly in-person economic policy luncheon, which includes a faculty talk, catered lunch, networking and Q&A.
Students: The center greatly appreciates your interest in these events. However, because PURCE's economic policy luncheons regularly reach capacity, we must reserve registrations for members of the business community. Seats will open up for Economics PhD students only if space is available.
Registration for our December 3 event has closed. Stay tuned for details on our first economic policy luncheon of 2026, set for January 28 and featuring Distinguished Fellow Tobias Moskowitz.
Laura Montenovo will examine how Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) reshaped federal transfers to local governments. She and her coresearchers estimate that, on average, the ACA expansion would have increased federal Medicaid transfers by about 50 percent more per capita in non-expansion counties than they did in expansion counties. These transfers disproportionately flow to counties with lower tax capacity and lower adjusted gross income, generating fiscal smoothing across U.S. counties.
PURCE faculty affiliate Montenovo is an assistant professor of agricultural economics in Purdue’s College of Agriculture. Her research focuses on labor economics, studying how large reforms and regulations affect workers, firms, and overall economic development.
Space is limited for our luncheons, and registration is required. Please register here by noon on Friday, November 28.
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