Faculty
Zsolt Becsi
Associate Professor
Office: Faner Hall 4134
Phone: 618/453-5062, becsi@siu.edu
Ph.D. 1991, Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Fields: Macroeconomics, Public Economics
Selected Publications:
"Does Wealth Imply Secularization and Longevity?" Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, forthcoming.
"Bilateral War in a Multilateral World: Carrots and Sticks for Conflict Resolution," (with Sajal Lahiri), Canadian Journal of Economics, 40, 2007, 1168-1187.
"Heterogeneous Borrowers, Liquidity, and the Search for Credit," (with Vector E. Li and Ping Wang), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 29, 2005, 1331-1360.
"War Technology, War, and Welfare," (with Sajal Lahiri), India Macroeconomics Annual 2004-2005, edited by Sugata Marjit, The Reserve Bank of India Endowment: Calcutta, 77-91.
"Endogenous Longevity and the Value-Maximizing Firm," Economics Bulletin, 2002, 5, 1-7.
Chifeng Dai
Associate Professor
Office: Faner Hall 4140
Phone: 618/453-5347, daic@siu.edu
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2003
Fields: Industrial Organization, Contract Theory, Law and Economics, and Applied Econometrics
Selected Publications:
“International Joint Venture with Double-Sided Moral Hazard: Payment Arrangements and Credit Constraints,” with Sajal Lahiri, Oxford Economic Papers, forthcoming.
“International Business Alliance Under Asymmetric Information: Technology vis-à-vis Information Advantage,” with Sajal Lahiri, Southern Economic Journal, 77, 2010, 599-622.
“The Appeals Process in Principal-Agent Relationships,” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 71, 2009, 4451-4462.
“Wealth Constraint and Contractual Arrangements,” Canadian Journal of Economics, 42, 2009, 226-243.
“Regulating a Risk-Averse Firm Under Incomplete Information,” Journal of Regulatory Economics, 34, 2008, 75-85.
"Delegating Management to Experts," with Tracy Lewis and Giuseppe Lopomo, Rand Journal of Economics, 37, 2006, 503-520.
Scott Gilbert
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Office: Faner Hall 4044
Phone: 618/453-5095, gilberts@siu.edu
Ph.D., 1996 Economics, University of California San Diego
Fields: Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Finance
Editorships:
- Associate Editor, African Finance Journal
- Associate Editor, The American Statistician
Selected Publications:
"Foreign Aid, History, and Growth," (with Kevin Sylwester), in Theory and Practice of Foreign Aid, edited by Sajal Lahiri, 2007, 403-420.
"Who's Afraid of Reduced-Rank Parameterizations of Multivariate Models? Theory and Example," (with Petr Zemcik), Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 97, 2006, 925-945.
"The Impact of Skewness in the Hedging Decision" (with Samuel K. Jones and Gay Hatfield), Journal of Futures Markets, 26, 2006, 503-520.
"Testing for Latent Factors in Models with Autocorrelation and Heteroskedasticity of Unknown Form" (with Petr Zemcik), Southern Economic Journal, 72, 2005, 236-252.
"Distribution of Rankings for Groups Exhibiting Heteroskedasticity and Correlation," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 98, 2003, 147-157.
Richard Grabowski
Professor
Office: Faner Hall 4137
Phone: 618/453-5067, ricardo@siu.edu, curriculum vita
Ph.D. 1977, University of Utah, M.A. 1972, Eastern Illinois University.
Fields: Economic Development, International Economics
Editorships:
- Editorial Board for The International Business and Economic Review
- Editorial Board for The International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research
- Editorial Board for The Journal of Business and Economics
Selected Publications:
"Opportunities for Women and Islam: Variations Upon Variations," with Sharmistha Self, Applied Economics, forthcoming.
"What Can India Learn from China (and Japan)," Bulletin of Political Economy, forthcoming.
"Is There Gender Bias in Participation in Early Childhood Education Programs in Developing Countries? Role of Mother's Education," with Sharmistha Self, Journal of International Development, forthcoming.
"The Evolution of the State and Taxation: Role of Agriculture," International Journal of Development Issues, forthcoming.
"Indonesian Economic Development: Political Economy of an Effective State," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 16, May 2011, 102-118.
"The Economic Takeoff of China: A Few Similarities With Japan," The Chinese Economy 44(2), March-April 2011, 5-24.
"A Comparison of Latin American and African Development With an East Asian Twist," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 24, November 2010, 104-116.
"Effective States and Agriculture: East Asian Experience," Canadian Journal of Development Studies 31, 2010, 173-188.
Sajal Lahiri
Professor and Vandeveer Chair
Office: Faner Hall 4131
Phone: 618/453-9472, lahiri@siu.edu
Personal website: http://mypage.siu.edu/lahiri
Ph.D., Indian Statistical Institute, 1977
Fields: International Trade, Development, Environmental Economics and Public Finance
Editorships:
- Founding Editor, The Review of Development Economics
- Associate Editor, Bulletin of Economic Research
- Associate Editor, Economics Bulletin
- Editorial Board for Ekonomia
- Editorial Board for Review of Development Finance
- Editorial Board for Economic Research International
- Editorial Board for Arthaniti
Selected Publications:
“Tax Competition with Asymmetric Market Structures: The Role of Policy Instruments,” with Qian Hao, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, forthcoming.
“Trade and Domestic Tax Reforms in the Presence of a Public Good and Different Neutrality Conditions,” with P. Hatzipanayotou and M.S. Michael, International Tax and Public Finance, forthcoming.
“Cost Heterogeneity and the Destination of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis,” with S. Katayama and E. Tomiura, Japan and the World Economy, forthcoming.
“International Business Alliance Under Asymmetric Information: Technology vis-à-vis Information Advantage,” with Chifeng Dai, Southern Economic Journal 77, 2011, 599-622.
"Political Asymmetry and Common External Tariffs in a Customs Union," with Subhayu Bandyopadhyay and Suryadipta Roy, Economics and Politics 23, 2011, 88-106.
Thomas Mitchell
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Office: Faner Hall 4143
Phone: 618/453-5073, tmitch@siu.edu
Personal website: http://tmitch.siuc.edu/
Ph.D. 1984, Economics, Brown University
Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Mathematical Economics
Selected Publications:
"Visualizing Long-Run Average Cost with an Interactive Excel Module," Journal of Economic Education, http://www.heldref.org/pubs/jece/online/mitchell.html .
"Conservation Laws for Microeconomists!: Comments on Economic Conservation Laws as Indices of Corporate Performance," Japan and the World Economy, 16, 2004, 269-276.
"Indeterminate Output Allocations," in Economic Theory, Dynamics and Markets: Essays in Honor of Ryuzo Sato, Takashi Negishi, Rama V. Ramachandran, and Kazuo Mino, eds., 2001, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, 429–437.
"Homotheticity and Non-radical Changes" (with R.G. Chambers), Journal of Productivity Analysis, 15, 2001, 31–39.
"Multiple Outputs and 'Homotheticity'" (with R. Färe), Southern Economic Journal, 60, 1993, 287–296.
AKM Mahbub Morshed
Associate Professor
Office: Faner Hall 4142
Phone: 618/453-5740, mmorshed@siu.edu
Personal website: http://mypage.siu.edu/mmorshed
Ph.D. 2001, University of Washington
Fields: Macroeconomic Theory, International Economics
Editorships:
- Editorial Board for Panoeconomicus
Selected Publications:
“Real Exchange Rate Dynamics: The Role of Elastic Labor Supply,” with Stephen J. Turnovsky, Journal of International Money and Finance, 30(7), 2011, 1303-1322.
“Infrastructure Provision and Macroeconomic Performance,” with Santanu Chatterjee, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 35, 2011, 1288-1306.
“Is There Really A ‘Border Effect’?”, Journal of International Money and Finance, 26, 2007, 1229-1238.
“Sectoral Adjustment Costs and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics in a Two-Sector Dependent Economy,” with Stephen J. Turnovsky, Journal of International Economics, 63, 2004, 147-177.
“What Can We Learn From a Large Border Effect in Developing Countries?” Journal of Development Economics, 72, 2003, 353-369.
Subhash C. Sharma
Professor and Chair
Office: Faner Hall 4126
Phone: 618/453-5082, sharma@siu.edu
Personal website: http://sharma.siuc.edu
Ph.D. 1983, Statistics, University of Kentucky.
Fields: Econometrics/Time Series Analysis; Applied Econometrics: Monetary Economics, International Finance, Development Economics
Editorships:
- Executive Editor, Journal of Asian Economics
Selected Publications:
“Cost Efficiency, Economies of Scale, Technological Progress and Productivity in
Indonesian Banks,” with Heru Margono and Paul Melvin, Journal of Asian Economics 21 (2010), pp. 53-65.
“Trend-Following Trading Strategies in Commodity Futures: A Re-examination,” with Qian Shen and Andrew Szakmary, Journal of Banking and Finance 34 (2010), pp. 409-426.
“Economic Integration in Africa,” with Assande Adom and AKM Mahbub Morshed, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 50 (2010), pp. 245-253.
“Technical Efficiency and Productivity Analysis in Indonesian Provincial Economies.” with Heru Margono, Kevin Sylwester and Usama Al-Qalawi, Applied Economics, (forthcoming).
Kevin Sylwester
Associate Professor
Office: Faner Hall 4141
Phone: 618/453-5075, ksylwest@siu.edu
Ph.D. 1997, Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Fields: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Development
Selected Publications:
“Historical Legacy and Institutions Across Countries,” Journal of Applied Economics, 11, 2008, 373-398.
"A Note on Geography, Institutions, and Income Inequality," Economics Letters, 85, 2004, 235-240.
"Can Education Expenditures Reduce Income Inequality?," Economics of Education Review, 21, 2002, 43-52.
"A Model of Public Education and Income Inequality with a Subsistence Constraint," Southern Economic Journal, 69, 2002, 144-158.
"Income Inequality, Education Expenditures, and Growth," Journal of Development Economics, 63, 2000, 379-398.
Regina Trevino
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: Faner Hall 4136
Phone: 618/453-5065, rtrevino@siu.edu
Ph.D. 2005, Economics, University of Chicago
Alison Watts
Professor
Office: Faner Hall 4138
Phone: 618/453-5072, wattsa@siu.edu
Ph.D. 1993, Economics, Duke University
Fields: Microeconomics, Game Theory, Law and Economics
Selected Publications:
“Career and Family Choices in the Presence of Uncertainty,” Review of Business and Economics, forthcoming.
"Social Games: Matching and the Play of Finitely Repeated Games," (with M. Jackson), Games and Economic Behavior, 70 (1), 2010, 170-191.
"Formation of Segregated and Integrated Groups," International Journal of Game Theory, 35, 2007, 505-519.
"Formation of Buyer-Seller Trade Networks in a Quality-Differentiated Product Market," (with P. Wang), Canadian Journal of Economics, 39, 2006, 971-1004.
"The Evolution of Social and Economic Networks" (with M. Jackson), Journal of Economic Theory, 106, 2002, 265-295.
"On the Formation of Interaction Networks in Social Coordination Games," (with M. Jackson), Games and Economic Behavior, 41, 2002, 265–291.
Self Study Document
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