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Nazneen Ahmad, Ph.D., 2005, University of New Orleans

“Prospect Theory and the Welfare Cost of Business Cycles”, co-authored with Wei Xiao, Southwestern Journal of Economics, June 2007, Vol. X, no. 1, pp 3-24.

“Decomposing the Relationship between Human Capital and GDP: An Empirical Analysis of Bangladesh”, co-authored with Joseph French, forthcoming, Journal of Developing Areas.

“The Psychology of Investing”, Book review, co-authored with M. Imtiaz Mazumder, Journal of Economic Psychology, February 2009, vol. 30(1), pp 113-114.

Under Review

“Greed, financial innovation or laxity of regulation? - A close look into the 2007-09 financial crisis and stock market volatility”, co-authored with M. Imtiaz Mazumder, under review, Studies in Economics and Finance.

“End of Double Taxation, Policy Announcement, and Business Cycles”, co-authored with Wei Xiao, under review, Contemporary Economic Policy.

“Returns or Valuation? A Study of the Dynamics of Foreign Equity Flows into the United States”, co-authored with Joseph French, under review, Studies in Economics and Finance.

Working Papers

“Consumer Response to Child Tax Credit”, co-authored with Norbert Michael.

“Cointegrated Foreign Portfolio Flows to the United States”, co-authored with Joseph French.

 

Dan Fuller, Ph.D., 1982, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

"The Effectiveness of Real Estate Foreclosure Auctions: A Case Study and Policy" with Ekaterina Karnioucina, Debra Scammon, and William Moore, Marketing and Public Policy Conference Proceedings, Vol. 19, pp. 206-216, 2009.

"Consensus on Economic Issues: A survey of Republicans, Democrats and Economists", with Doris Geide-Stevenson, Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2007.

"Consensus Among Economists: Revisited" with Doris Geide-Stevenson, Journal of Economic Education, Vol 34, No. 4, pp. 369-387, 2003.

"Antitrust Concerns About Evolving Vertical Relationships in Health Care" with Debra Scammon, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 227-232, 2000.

"Newly Evolving Organizational Structures in the Health Care Industry: Principles of Antitrust Enforcement and Developing Concerns" with Debra Scammon, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, Vol. 15 no. 1, Spring 1997.

"Big Fish in a Small Pond: Advantages and Disadvantages of a First Mover Strategy" with Debra Scammon and Randy Davis, Journal of Ambulatory Care Marketing, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1995, pp. 1 -10 (lead article).

Doris Geide-Stevenson, Ph.D., 1995, SUNY Buffalo

“Does Collecting and Grading Homework Assignments Impact Student Achievement in an Introductory Economics Course?”, Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, forthcoming.

Instructor's Manual and Solutions Manual to accompany Money, Banking and Financial Markets by Laurence M. Ball. (with Jane S. Himarios), Worth Publishers, 2009 (ISBN 10:1-4292-0599-7)

Eisenhauer, Joseph, Geide-Stevenson, Doris, Ferro, David, "Experimental Estimates of Taxpayer Ethics", Review of Social Economy, forthcoming

Fuller, Dan, Geide-Stevenson, Doris, "A Survey of Republicans, Democrats and Academic Economists", Eastern Economic Journal, 2007, 33:81-94

Geide-Stevenson, Doris, Ho, Mun. S., "International labor migration and Social Security", Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17:535-551.

Fuller, Dan, Geide-Stevenson, Doris, "Consensus among economists: Revisited", Journal of Economic Education , Vol. 34, Fall 2003, 369 - 87.

Geide-Stevenson, Doris, "Capital mobility in the presence of unemployment insurance", Review of International Economics, Vol. 11, Feb. 2003, 193 - 205.

 

Therese Grijalva, Ph.D., 2000, University of New Mexico

Ranking Economics Departments in a Contested Discipline: A Bibliometric Approach to Quality Equality Among Theoretically Distinct Sub-Disciplines, with F. Lee and T. Grijalva, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Forthcoming 2010.

“A Guide to Graduate Study in Economics: Ranking Economics Departments by Fields of Expertise.” Therese Grijalva and Cliff Nowell. Southern Economic Journal, 74(4), 2009.

“The Role of Experience and Quantity-Based Pricing on the Valuation of a Curbside Recycling Program.” Arthur Caplan, Therese Grijalva, and Alok Bohara. Ecological Economics, 64(2), 2007.

“Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: A Meta-Analysis of Environmental Kuznet Curve Studies.” Hui Li, Therese Grijalva, and Robert Berrens, Economics Bulletin 17(5), 2007.

“Using Choice Question Formats to Determine Compensable Values: The Case of a Landfill-Siting Process.” Arthur Caplan, Therese Grijalva, and Douglas Jackson-Smith. Ecological Economics 60(4), 2007.

"Academic Honesty and Online Courses." Therese Grijalva, Joe Kerkvliet, and Cliff Nowell. College Student Journal 40 (1), March 2006.

“Fundamental Dimensions Underlying the Regulation of U.S. Trade.” Alok Bohara, Alejandro Islas-Camargo, Therese Grijalva, and Kishore Gawande. Journal of International Economics 65, 2005.

“Social Capital and the Value of Hunting Club Memberships” Cynthia B. Green, Therese Grijalva, and Stephan Kroll. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 9(1), 2004.

"Estimating Revealed Preference and Contingent Behavior Trip Demand: A Seemingly Unrelated Poisson Regression Model." Therese Grijalva, Alok Bohara, and Robert Berrens. Applied Economic Letters 10(7), June 2003.

"A Question of Standing: Institutional Change and Rock Climbing in Wilderness Areas." Therese Grijalva and Robert Berrens. Society and Natural Resources 16(3), March 2003.

“Waste Not or Want Not: A Contingent Ranking Analysis of Curbside Waste Disposal Options.” Arthur Caplan, Therese Grijalva, and Paul Jakus. Ecological Economics 43(2-3), December 2002.

“Testing the Validity of Contingent Behavior Responses.” Therese Grijalva, Robert Berrens, Alok Bohara, and W. Douglass Shaw. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 2002.

“Valuing the Loss of Rock Climbing Access: A National-level Random Utility Model.” Therese Grijalva, Robert Berrens, Alok Bohara, Paul Jakus, and W. Douglass Shaw. Land Economics, February 2002.

“A Meta-Analysis of Environmental Kuznets Curve Studies.” Therese Cavlovic, Kenneth Baker, Robert Berrens, and Kishore Gawande. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, April 2001.

 

John Mukum Mbaku, Ph.D., 1985, University of Georgia

“The Public Right to Float Through Private Property in Utah: Conatser v. Johnson,” Journal of Land, Resources & Environmental Law, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2009).

“Corruption Cleanups in Africa: Lessons from Public Choice Theory.” Journal of Asian and African Studies (London), Vol. 43, No. 4 (August 2008).

“Institutions and Poverty Alleviation in Africa.” African and Asian Studies (Leiden), Vol. 6, Nos. 1-2 (2007).

“NEPAD and Prospects for Development in Africa in the New Millennium.” International Studies (New Delhi), Vol. 41, No. 4 ((2004).

“Constitutionalism and Governance in Africa.” West Africa Review, Issue 6 (2004). http://www.westafricareview.com/issue6/toc6.htm

“Democratisation
and the Constitutional Imperative.” Global Dialogue, Summer/Autumn (2004).

“Entrenching Economic Freedom in Africa.” Cato Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Fall 2003).

Books

1. Institutions and Reform in Africa: The Public Choice Perspective. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997. This book is the winner of the 1998 Cecil B. Currey Book Length Publications Award for the study of developing societies. The competitive prize is given by the Association of Third World Studies, Inc., the largest professional organization devoted to the study of developing societies.

2. Institutions and Collective Choice in Developing Countries: Applications of the Theory of Public Choice. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1999 (edited with Mwangi S. Kimenyi).

3. Multiparty Democracy and Political Change: Constraints to Democratization in Africa. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1998 (edited with Julius O. Ihonvbere).

4. Corruption and the Crisis of Institutional Reforms in Africa. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1998 (edited volume).

5. Preparing Africa for the Twenty-First Century: Strategies for Peaceful Coexistence and Sustainable Development, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1999 (edited volume).

6. Bureaucratic and Political Corruption in Africa: The Public Choice Perspective, Melbourne, FL: Krieger, 2000.

7. Ethnicity and Governance in the Third World, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2001 (edited with Pita Ogaba Agbese and Mwangi S. Kimenyi).

8. The Transition to Democratic Governance in Africa: The Continuing Struggle, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003 (edited with Julius O. Ihonvbere).

9. Restarting and Sustaining Economic Growth and Development in Africa: The Case of Kenya, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2003 (edited with Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Ngure Mwaniki).

10. Political Liberalization and Democratization in Africa: Lessons from Country Experiences, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003 (edited with Julius O. Ihonvbere).

11. Africa at the Crossroads: Between Regionalism and Globalization, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004 (edited with Suresh Chandra Saxena).

12. The Leadership Challenge in Africa: Cameroon under Paul Biya, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Pres, 2004 (edited with Joseph Takougang).

13. Institutions and Development in Africa, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2004.

14. Culture and Customs of Cameroon, Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005.

15. Multiparty Democracy and Political Change: Constraints to Democratization in Africa, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2006 (edited with Julius O. Ihonvbere).

16. Corruption in Africa: Causes, Consequences and Cleanups (Lexington Books, 2007).
 

Cliff Nowell, Ph.D., 1988, University of Wyoming

Ranking Economics Departments in a Contested Discipline: A Bibliometric Approach to Quality Equality Among Theoretically Distinct Sub-Disciplines, with F. Lee and T. Grijalva, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Forthcoming 2010.

Assessing Faculty Performance Using Student Evaluations of Teaching in an Uncontrolled Setting, with L. Gale and B. Handley, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. October, 2009.

The Influence or Relative and Absolute Grade Expectations on Student Evaluations of Teaching, International Review of Economic Education. Spring, 2008.

A Guide to Economics Graduate Programs: Ranking Departments is Areas of Expertise, with T. Grijalva, Southern Economic Journal. April, 2008.

I Thought I Got an A! Overconfidence Across the Economics Curriculum, with R. Alston. Journal of Economic Education. Spring 2007.

Academic Dishonesty and Online Courses, with Therese Grijalva and Joe Kerkvliet. College Student Journal. March 2006.

Does One Size Fit All? Encouraging Retention Across Colleges and Universities, Economics of Education Review. Summer 2004.

Economics and Ecology: A Comparison of Experimental Methodologies and Philosophies, with J. Shogren. Reprinted in Experiments in Environmental Economics. Ashgate Publishing 2003.

Mary V. Wrenn, Ph.D., 2004, Colorado State University

“The Economic Surplus as a Fund for Social Change and Post-Neoliberal Governance,” Forum for Social Economics, forthcoming

“The Inheritance of Heterodox Economic Thought,” Journal of Philosophical Economics, Fall 2009.

“Galbraith and Robinson’s Second Crisis: The Crisis of the Welfare State and the Neoliberal Counter-Revolution,” lead author, Journal of Economic Issues, March 2008

“What is Heterodox Economics? Conversations with Historians of Economic Thought,” Forum for Social Economics, Fall 2007.

Meador, D. Marshall. “Comment on ‘What is Heterodox Economics? Conversations with Historians of Economic Thought,’” Spring 2008

Response to the Comment: “What is Heterodox Economics? Conversations with Historians of Economic Thought,” Spring 2008

“Searching for Common Ground: Interactive Agency in Heterodox Economics,” Intervention, Fall 2007 (lead article)

“On the Nature of Heterodox Economics: A Survey Study,” History of Economics Review, Winter 2006

“Karl Polanyi on the Limitations of Formalism in Economics,” co-author, in Donald Wood, ed. Research in Economic Anthropology, Volume 25, “Choice in Economic Contexts, Ethnographic and Theoretical Enquiries.” New York: Elsevier, 2006, ch. 11

“Mental Models and Agency in Heterodox Economics,” Journal of Economic Issues, June 2006

“Thomas Kuhn and Scientific Revolutions,” co-author, Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Spring 2006

“John Kenneth Galbraith and the Original Institutionalists,” co-author, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Fall 2005

“Forging New Relationships: Social Capital in the Transition,” co-author Forum for Social Economics, Fall 2003 (lead article)





 


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