BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Taking its name from the street that runs through Illinois Wesleyan’s campus, The Park Place Economist is a well-established economic journal published by Illinois Wesleyan undergraduates, and is one of several undergraduate journals at the University.
Students are responsible for gathering submissions, choosing articles, editing and proofreading and planning the layout for publication. Available in print and online, this annual journal is an opportunity for student work to be published, along with the experience to have an active role in the creation of an academic journal.
This year’s edition will feature nine articles discussing a range of issues including financial aid amounts affecting academic performance, gender inequality affecting growth, and capital investment and rural-urban migration in China. Senior economics major and The Park Place Editor-in-Chief, Elizabeth Taylor, worked with a team of 16 students and faculty advisor, Economics Department Chair and Associate Professor of Economics, Robert M. Leekley, to successfully publish its largest edition thus far.