EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, North
Carolina State University, December 1996.
Major Field: Macroeconomics
Minor Field: Statistics
Dissertation: "Essays on Government and Economic Growth"
Advisory Committee: John J. Seater, Douglas K. Pearce, Lee A. Craig,
Alastair
Hall
M.Econ., North Carolina State University, May 1992.
B.S. Summa Cum Laude, Economics, East Carolina University, May 1990.
CURRENT POSITION
Fall 2006-Present
Associate Professor of Economics, Walker College of Business,
Appalachian State University.
Fall 2000-Spring 2006
Assistant Professor of Economics, Walker College of Business,
Appalachian
State University.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Fall 1998-Spring 2000
Assistant Professor of Economics, Rubel School of Business, Bellarmine
College.
Fall 1996-Spring 1998
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Wake Forest
University.
Summer 1992-Summer
1996
Instructor, Department of Economics, North Carolina State University.
Fall 1990-Spring 1992
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, North Carolina State
University.
COURSES TAUGHT
Principles of Economics,
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Economic Growth and
Development.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Economics Growth, Convergence, Institutions, Regulation.
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
"Macroeconomic Volatility and Economic Freedom: A Preliminary Analysis." Economic Freedom of the World: 2010 Annual Report, Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 2010.
"Time Series Tests of Income Convergence with Two Structural Breaks: Evidence from 29 Countries." Applied Economics Letters, 17:9 (2010), 909-912 (with Mark Strazicich).
"The Empirical Institutions-Growth Relationship: Is Something Amiss at the Top?" Econ Journal Watch 4:2 (2007), 184-196.
"New Evidence on the
Convergence of International Income from a Group of 29 Countries."
Empirical Economics 33:2 (2007), 199-230 (with Amit Sen).
"Regulation and the
Macroeconomy." Kyklos 60:1 (2007), 15-36.
"Trend Breaks and
Nonstationarity in
the
Yugoslav Black Market for Dollars: 1974-1987." Applied Economics 39:1 (2007),
43-51
(with Steve Millsaps and Mark Strazicich).
"Regulation, Investment,
and
Growth Across Countries." Cato
Journal 26:3 (2006), 489-509.
"Causality in the Freedom-Growth Relationship." European Journal of Political Economy 19:3 (2003), 479-495.
"Economic Information versus Quality Variation in Cross-Country Data." Canadian Journal of Economics 34:4 (2001), 988-1009 (with Joseph DeJuan, John Seater, and Frank Stephenson).
"Institutions, Investment, and Growth: New Cross-Country and Panel Data Evidence." Economic Inquiry 36:4 (1998), 603-19.
"The Link Between Volatility and Growth: Evidence from the States." Economics Letters 55:3 (1997), 365-69 (with Frank Stephenson).
WORKING PAPERS
"Measuring Federal
Regulatory
Activity in the U.S.: 1938-1994." Manuscript under revision.
"The Macroeconomic Effects of Federal Regulation." Manuscript under revision (with John Seater).
BOOKS
"Instructors Resource Manual to Accompany Modern Principles: Macroeconomics by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, Worth Publishers, 2010.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
"Macroeconomic Volatility and Economic Freedom Across Countries." Southern Economic Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2009.
"Economic Freedom and business Cycles Across Countries." Association of Private Enterprise Education, Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 2009.
"The Macroeconomic Effect of Federal Regulation." Association of Private Enterprise Education, Las Vegas, NV, April 2008.
"The Empirical Institutions-Growth Literature: Is Something Amiss at the Top?" Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2007.
"Regulation, Investment, and
Growth Across Countries." Association of Private Enterprise Education,
Las Vegas, NV, April 2006.
"Regulation and the
Macroeconomy." Association of Private Enterprise Education, Las Vegas,
NV, April 2006.
"Regulation and Growth Across
Countries." Association of Private Enterprise Education, Orlando, FL,
April 2005.
"Regulation and Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis." Association of Private Enterprise Education, Nassau, Bahamas, April 2004.
"Regulation and the Macroeconomy." Western Economic Association International, Denver CO, July 2003.
"Regulation and the Macroeconomy." Southern Economic Association, New Orleans LA, November 2002.
"Causality in the Freedom-Growth Relationship." Western Economic Association International, Seattle WA, June 2002.
"Further Evidence on the Institutions-Growth Relationship." Southern Economic Association, Tampa FL, November 2001.
"Federal Regulation and
Macroeconomic
Performance in the U.S." Western Economic Association International,
San
Francisco CA, July 2001 (with John Seater).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE
Professional Memberships
Association of Private Enterprise Education
Southern Economic Association
Referee Services
Public Choice, 2010.
Economic Inquiry, 2009
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2008
Southern Economic Journal, 2008.
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2007
Economic Inquiry, 2007.
Journal of Comparative Economics,
2007
European Journal of Political Economy,
2007, 2005, 2004 (3)
Journal of Private Enterprise, 2006
Cato Journal, 2006, 2004
Economic Inquiry, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001, 2000, 1999
Comparative Economic Studies, 2005
Southern Economic Journal, 2004 (2), 2002, 2000
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2004
Journal of Political Economy, 2002
Eastern
Economic Journal, 2000
Journal
of Forensic Economics, 2000
Journal
of Macroeconomics, 2000
Journal
of Economic Growth, 2000
The
Journal of Developing Areas, 1997
Professional
Conference
Services
Organized and Chaired Session, "Institutions and Growth." Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2007.
Organized and Chaired Session, "Regulation and Economic Outcomes." Southern
Economic Association, New Orleans LA, November 2002.
Organized and Chaired Session, "Institutions and Economic Outcomes." Western
Economic Association International, Seattle WA, June 2002.
Organized and Chaired Session, "Economic Freedom." Southern Economic
Association,
Tampa FL, November 2001.
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Departmental Personnel
Committee,
2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
Department Chair Search Committee, Economics, 2008-09
Merit Review Committee,
2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04
Brasear Prize Committee,
2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03 (Chair)
COLLEGE SERVICE
Faculty Composition and
Development Committee, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03
Student Services Committee,
2002-03
Research Award Committee,
2002-03
Assessment Committee,
2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
Teaching Award Committee,
2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Awards Committee, 2004-05
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Co-author of the Western
North Carolina Economic Index, reported monthly.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Walker College of
Business Excellence in Teaching Award, Appalachian State University,
April 2004.