Associate Professor Kurtis J. Swope, Ph.D.

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Department of Economics                                                                                                                    Office: Nimitz 55
United States Naval Academy
589 McNair Rd Stop 10 D
Annapolis, Maryland    21402
Phone: (410) 293-6892
Fax: (410) 293-6899
Email: swope@usna.edu

Education

Ph. D., Indiana University, Economics, 2000
B.A., Heidelberg College (Tiffin, Ohio), Economics, German, International Studies, l994
Positions Held
2006- Present     Associate Professor, Department of Economics, U.S. Naval Academy
2001- 2006        Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, U.S. Naval Academy
2000- 2001        Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, U.S. Naval Academy
1996- 2000        Associate Instructor, Department of Economics, Indiana University
1994-1996         Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Indiana University
Publications

"An Experimental Study of the Holdout Problem in a Multilateral Bargaining Game," (with John Cadigan, Pamela Schmitt, and Robert Shupp), forthcoming in the Southern Economic Journal. Abstract

"Personality Preferences in Laboratory Economics Experiments," (with Pamela Schmitt, Rob Shupp, and John Cadigan), in Journal of Socio-Economics, 2008, 37, 998-1009. Abstract

"Social Position and Distributive Justice: Experimental Evidence," (with Pamela M. Schmitt, John Cadigan, and Rob Shupp), in Southern Economic Journal, 2008, 74(3), 811-818. Abstract

"Pre-Commitment and Personality: Behavioral Explanations in Ultimatum Games," (with Pamela Schmitt, Rob Shupp, and Justin Mayer) in Journal of Economic
       Behavior and Organization, 2008, 66(3-4), 597-605 Abstract

"The Performance of Economics Graduates over the Entire Curriculum: The Determinants of Success," (with Pamela M. Schmitt) in the Journal of Economic Education, 2006, 37(4), 387-394. Abstract

"On the Role of the Hostage in Ultimatum Games," (with Pamela Schmitt and Rob Shupp), in Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35(3), 399-411. Abstract

"Roll the Dice and Students Participate," in The Teaching Professor, April 2006, 20(4), 6.

"Taxes or Fees? The Political Economy of Providing Excludable Public Goods," (with Eckhard Janeba), in Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2005, 7(3), 405-426. Abstract

"Multi-Period Rent-Seeking Contests with Carryover: Theory and Experimental Evidence," (with John Cadigan, Pamela M. Schmitt, and Rob Shupp), in Economics of Governance, 2004, 5, 187-211. Abstract

"An Experimental Investigation of Excludable Public Goods," in Experimental Economics, 2002, 5(3), 209- 222 AbstractDataInstructions

"Collective Action with Incomplete Commitment: Experimental Evidence," (with Pamela M. Schmitt and James M. Walker) in Southern Economic Journal, 2000, 66(4), 829-854  Abstract

"Bucks for Ducks, or Money for Nothin’? The Political Economy of the Federal Duck Stamp Program," (with Daniel K. Benjamin and Terry L. Anderson) in Political Environmentalism: Going behind the Green Curtain, Terry L. Anderson editor, Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2000, 121-159 Abstract

Work in Progress
The Holdout Problem and Urban Sprawl: Experimental Evidence (with Robert Shupp, John Cadigan, and Pamela Schmitt), Abstract

Inequality, Personality, and the Demand for Fair Outcomes (with John Cadigan and Pamela Schmitt), Abstract

Demand for the Washington, D.C. Metrorail (with Robert Franklin), Abstract

Jurisdiction and the Provision of Excludable Public Goods, Abstract

Economies of Scale for Charitable Organizations? Theory and Evidence (with Pamela M. Schmitt), Abstract

Other Professional Activities
2000-2001     Consultant, Unext.com, Bloomington, IN
1997-1998     Graduate Research Fellow, Political Economy Research Center (PERC), Bozeman, Montana
                       Referee for the American Economic Review
                       Referee for the Journal of Public Economics
                       Referee for Global Governance
                      
Referee for Games and Economic Behavior
                      
Referee for Education Economics
                      
Referee for Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

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