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Cornell Expert Quotes

Cornellians weigh in on current events in the news

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Drew Margolin

Assistant Professor

Topic	Name	Date
Economics and Business	Erica Groshen Visiting senior scholar at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations	03/27/20
	“The increase in initial claims is very large and translates into consequential impacts on headline labor market statistics that we won't see for another six weeks in the Employment Situation report because of the way that the statistics are constructed.” Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Record jobless claims may push unemployment rate up to 6% (03/27/20)
Industrial and Labor Relations , Economics and Business	Patricia Campos-Medina co-director of the New York State/AFL-CIO Union Leadership Institute at Cornell University’s ILR School	03/24/20
	"This pandemic has shown that retail and service workers are essential workers and the heroes of this crisis. But while higher wages are a quick short-term incentive for these workers to stay on the job, we need to demand more from corporate actors." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Retail workers ‘heroes’ in pandemic, but need healthcare (03/24/20)
Economics and Business	Christopher Anderson Professor at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration	03/18/20
	"I think the biggest changes we are going to see short term are impacts on air and cruise – both these industries will be impacted but in different ways." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Air, cruise and lodging: COVID-19 disrupts the tourism industry (03/18/20)
Law and Policy , Economics and Business	Lawrence Glickman professor of history at Cornell University	03/17/20
	"Just a day or so ago, a targeted payroll tax cut seemed to be in the offing. Now we have moved from a conventional conservative solution—tax cuts—to a conventionally liberal one: direct payments to individuals." Media: Rachel Rhodes rer252@cornell.edu 202-434-8036 Related Tip Sheet: Trump adopts liberal policy: Direct payments to 'grease the economy' (03/17/20)
Economics and Business , Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship	Aija Leiponen Professor of Economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management	03/17/20
	“While much of the economy is rapidly shrinking into recession, markets for communication products and services will be booming. 5G and other network upgrades couldn’t come soon enough." Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: COVID-19 hits economy hard but sets digital tech up for market boom (03/17/20)
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business , Economics and Business	Karan Girotra Professor of Operations, Technology and Information Management	03/02/20
	Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Coronavirus to disrupt grocery supply chains, price stability (03/02/20)
Economics and Business , Industrial and Labor Relations	Alexander Colvin Martin F. Scheinman Professor of Conflict Resolution	03/02/20
	“When times get tough, it's often the most vulnerable who take the worst hit. Economic slowdown due to the coronavirus will disproportionately impact low-wage workers, who often lack benefits such as paid sick leave." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: What does coronavirus mean for the global workforce? (03/02/20)
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business , Economics and Business	Elena Belavina Associate professor of applied economics	03/02/20
	"At this point, the biggest risks and disruptions will likely come due to consumer hoarding and panic buying. Modern supply chains are lean and efficient, which is great in regular times, but they have surprisingly little slack to deal with panic buying." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Coronavirus to disrupt grocery supply chains, price stability (03/02/20)
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business , Economics and Business	Dana Radcliffe Senior Lecturer in Business Ethics	03/02/20
	"In emergencies where critical supplies are scarce, the conditions of a ‘free and fair market’ don’t exist." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Coronavirus to disrupt grocery supply chains, price stability (03/02/20)
Economics and Business , Cornell SC Johnson College of Business	Robert Kwortnik Associate professor of marketing and management communication	02/27/20
	“If coronavirus is contained worldwide or does not spread to the main North American market, the cruise industry may have most of the bad news behind it; otherwise, 2020 could be one of the most difficult years for the industry in the past couple of decades.” Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: ‘Stuck’ at sea: Coronavirus challenges cruise industry (02/27/20)

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