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Current courses:
Econ
210Q Principles of Economics - Quantitative Majors
Econ 462
Economics of Information
Past courses:
Econ 210
Principles of Economics
Econ 311
History of Economic Thought
Econ 365Q
Macroeconomics
Econ 400
Advanced Microeconomics
Econ 341
Microeconomics
Econ 475
Topics in Economic Growth
Econ 475
Topics in the Economics of the Law
Thesis title: Three Topics in the Economics of Hunter-Gatherer SocietiesThesis chairman: Tom Miceli
Work Experience
Associate Professor, USNA, Aug
2005-present
Assistant Professor, USNA, Aug 2000-Aug 2005
Visiting Instructor,
Wesleyan University, Sep 1997 - May 2000
Visiting Instructor, Eastern
Connecticut State University, May 1996 - Dec 1997
Instructor, Department
of Economics, University of Connecticut, Sep 1994 - Dec 1995
Reseach and
Research Interests
Fields:
"Court Decisions and Equity Markets: Estimating the Market Value of Copyright Protection", Journal of Law and Economics, Forthcoming October 2006. (with Brendan Cunningham)
"A Human Capital-Based Theory of Post Marital Residence Rules", Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Forthcoming. (with Joyce Jacobsen)
"Credible Criminal Enforcement" European Journal of Law and Economics, July 2005 (with Tom Miceli)
"Land Inheritance Rules: Theory and Cross-Cultural Evidence," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, January 2005. (with Tom Miceli)
"The Old Ball Game: Organization of Nineteenth Century Professional Base Ball Clubs," Journal of Sports Economics, August 2004 (witth Tom Miceli)
"An Equilibrium Conflict Model of Land Tenure in Hunter-Gatherer Societies, " Journal of Political Economy, February 2003.
"Optimal Title Search," Journal of Legal Studies, January 2002 (with Tom Miceli, C. F. Sirmans, and Geoff Turnbull)
"Property Rights by Squatting: Adverse Possession Statutes and Land
Ownership Risk," Land Economics, August 2001
(with Tom
Miceli, C. F.Sirmans, and Geoff Turnbull)
"Factors Associated with Home Versus Institutional Death among Connecticut
Cancer Patients," Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society, August
2001 (with Betsy Bradley and Bill Gallo)
"Statutes of Limitations for Accident Cases: Theory and Evidence," Research in Law and Economics, 2000 (with Tom Miceli)
Book Reviews:
Review of "A Burning Issue: A Case for the
Abolition of the U. S. Forest Service," by Richard Nelson, in
Constitutional Political Economy, August 2002.
Papers under review/revisions requested:
"The Customary
Gender Division of Labor" (with Joyce Jacobsen)
"Mortgage Redemption" (with C. F. Sirmans and Tom Miceli)
Research in Progress:
"Sharing, Gift-Giving, and Optimal Resource Use Incentives in Hunter-Gatherer
Society," (with Kurtis Swope)
"Clinical Pathways and the Costs of Stroke Care" ( with Marcella Wozniak,
Genevieve Schmitt and Pam Schmitt)
"The Treatment of the Elderly in
Indigenous Society" (with Joyce Jacobsen)
"Technological Progress,
Population Growth, and the Origins of Agriculture: Theory and
Empirics"
"Kings and Vikings: A Dynamic Model of Conflict and Agglomeration"
"On theJoint Emergence of Asset Markets and Property Rights (with Katherine
Smith)
Other professional activities:
Referee: Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Economic
Journal, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economics of Governance, Journal of
Business and Economics, Natural Resource Economics.
Member, American Economic Association, Econometric
Society.
Last Updated - September 2005