Paff, Lolita A.

Dr. Lolita A. Paff is associate professor of business economics at Penn State Berks. Paff's pedagogical scholarship and faculty development work focus on classroom and online interaction, student engagement, and active learning. In her work as an economist she has researched the characteristics of Pennsylvania's R&D tax credit recipient firms, estimated firms' sensitivity to changes in state-level R&D tax credit rates, estimated the effective after-tax price of R&D across all U.S. states, and has provided expert witness testimony to the Pennsylvania Senate Finance Committee. Dr. Paff’s teaching experience reflects her broad-based professional and academic background in public and private accounting, finance and economics. She has taught courses in microeconomics, first-year seminar, financial and managerial accounting, and international economics in face-to-face, blended, and fully online formats.