Assistant Professor of Economics

PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
MA, DePaul University
BA, DePaul University

“Economics is an analytical tool that can help students make business decisions as well as general life choices.  The main point is to make students realize that there is a flip side (cost) to everything and it is important to take all the factors (costs and benefits) into account when making a decision, any decision.”
- Carol Tallarico

Carol Tallarico’s professional career has primarily focused on research in environmental economics.  She recently co-authored “Cost Effective Control of Urban Smog: The Significance of the Chicago Cap-and-Trade Approach” published in 2006 as part of the Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics series.  In 2004, she presented her co-authored paper “The Chicago VOC Trading System: The Consequences of Market Design for Performance” at the MIT Energy and Environmental Policy Workshop at the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy. 

Carol lives in Bristol, Wisconsin where she enjoys swimming, biking, playing beach volleyball, and snowmobiling.