Research

RESEARCH

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Current Research Projects

Economics of Vaccines and Immunization Policies, Programs, and Practices for Adults: Priority-setting for adult vaccines. CDC, RFA#: SIP 14-028.
Tobacco Use and Quitting behavior among college students, faculty, and staff.
Tobacco Use and Quitting behavior among LGBT individuals.
Behavioral aspects of e-cigarette use.
Hospital efficiencies in Turkey.

Vahé Heboyan and Vardges Hovhannisyan. "Elasticity of Demand for Cigarettes in the US: Evidence from Quantile Regression Analysis". To be presented at the Annual AAEA Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, CA.
Georgianna Laws, Vahé Heboyan, and Maryshka Connolly-Brown. "Creating an online course pack: Collaboration leads to creative solutions." 2015 Teaching and Learning Conference, June 28-July 1, 2015, Jekyll Island, GA.
Vahé Heboyan and Andy Pope. "Perceived Weight Gain due to Quitting Smoking as a Correlate to Physical Activity, Smoking, and Quitting Behavior among Young College Adults". To be presented at the Annual APHA Meeting, Oct 31-Nov 4, Chicago, IL.
Vahé Heboyan, Georgianna Laws, and Maryshka Connolly-Brown. "Faculty Member, an Instructional Designer, and a Librarian Walk into a Bar: Conversation over the Best Practices for Designing and Delivering Distance Learning Curricula." 2015 Teaching and Learning Conference, April 8, 2015, Athens, GA.
Vahé Heboyan, Jessica Johnson, and Christine O'Meara. "Lessons Learned for Tobacco-free Campuses: Evidence from Georgia Regents University and University of South Carolina Systems." 2015 Southern College Health Association Annual Meeting, March 4-7, 2015, Charlotte, NC.

Maryska Connolly‐Brown, Vahé Heboyan, and Georgianna Laws. "Creatively meeting the work-life-balance learning needs of distance learners through course packs". Conference on Meaningful Living and Learning in a Digital World, May 27-29, 2015, Savannah, GA
Vahé Heboyan and Andy Pope. "How Weight Control Belief Impacts Smoking and Quitting Among Students: Evidence from South Carolina." Presented at the 2014 SEC Symposium on Obesity, Sept 21-23, 2014, Atlanta, GA.
Vahé Heboyan. "Behavioral and Social Determinants of Support for Tobacco-Free Campus Policies among Students, Faculty and Staff: Evidence from South Carolina." Presented at the Fifth Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (AshEcon), June 22-25, 2014, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
M. Said Yildiz, Vahé Heboyan*, and M. Mahmud Khan. "Determinants and Technical Efficiency of Turkish Hospitals: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis." Presented at the Fifth Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (AshEcon), June 22-25, 2014, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Vahé Heboyan, Gina M. Besenyi, Andy Pope, and Theresa Oniffrey. "Rates and Correlates of Physical Activity among Underserved Minority Populations: Evidence from South Carolina’s LGBT Tobacco Users." Presented at the 2014 International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) Conference, San Diego, CA, May 21-24, 2014.

Heboyan, Vahé. “Estimating the Impact of 2010 Cigarette Tax on Cigarette Consumption in South Carolina.”
Heboyan, Vahé, Bergstrom, John C., Santos, Florence, Cordell, H. Ken. “Estimating the Effects of Natural Amenities on Future Rural Population Migration Patterns under Alternative Climate Change Scenarios.”
Vahé Heboyan, Daniel Sarpong, and Wojciech J. Florkowski. “Vegetable, Fruit and Peanut Product Expenditure in Urban Households in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana.”
Wojciech J. Florkowski, Vahé Heboyan, and Daniel Sarpong. "Consumer attitudes and preferences for peanut product attributes in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Evidence from Ghana."
Vahé Heboyan, Wojciech J. Florkowski, and Daniel Sarpong. “Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for Peanut Paste in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana.”
Vahé Heboyan and Lewell F. Gunter. “Real Exchange Rate Determinants in Transition Economies: Do Investment Risk and Diaspora Play a Role?”

Estimation of Hospital Efficiency in Turkey (with M. Mahmud Khan and Mustafa Said).
Vahé Heboyan, Andy Pope, Theresa Oniffrey, Louis Eubank, and Doug Outlaw. “Determinants of Preferences for Smoking Cessation Services: Case Study of the South Carolina’s LGBT Population.”
Vahé Heboyan, Andy Pope, Theresa Oniffrey, Louis Eubank, and Doug Outlaw. “Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinants of Smoking and Quitting Behavior among LGBT Population in South Carolina.”
Vahé Heboyan, M. Mahmud Khan, and Meifang Chen. “Determinants of Patient Satisfaction at Public Sector Health Facilities in Bangladesh.”
Economics of Time Allocation for Meal Preparation in the Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from Ghanaian Household Surveys (with Wojciech J. Florkowski).