| Education:
Ph.D., Economics, North Carolina State University, 1999.
B.A., Economics, magna cum laude, Washington and Lee University,
1988.
Positions Held:
Chair, Department of Economics, Berry College, 2003-.
Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure), Berry College,
2003-.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Berry College, 1997-2003.
Instructor, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro,
1996-97.
Courses Taught:
Public Economics
Economic Analysis of Law
Sports Economics
Academic Publications:
"The Effect of Voting Technology on Voter Turnout: Do Computers
Scare the Elderly?" Public
Choice, forthcoming (with G.H. Roseman, Jr.).
"Are the Networks Biased? 'Calling' States in the 2000 Presidential
Election," Public Choice 118
(January 2004), 53-59 (with J.W. Mixon, Jr. and A. Sen).
"The Real Scandal of Janitors Insurance," The Independent
Review 8 (Winter 2004), 467-469.
"Is This Exam Hazardous to Your Grandmother's Health?"
Atlantic Economic Journal 31 (December 2003), 384.
"Local Government Structure and Public Expenditures"
Public Choice 115 (April 2003), 185-198
(with J.C. Bradbury).
"Economic Information versus Quality Variation in Cross-Country
Data," Canadian Journal of Economics 34 (November 2001), 988-1009
(with J.W. Dawson, J.P. DeJuan, and J.J. Seater).
"Optimal Portfolio Allocations to Equity: The Decision to
Buy and Hold or Rebalance Annually," Journal of Business and
Economic Perspectives, 27 (Spring/Summer 2001), 143-153 (with D.
Waggle).
"Comments on 'Capital Punishment: The Budgetary Repercussions
of Pricey Prosecutions,'" National Tax Association, Proceedings
of the Ninety-Third Annual Conference, 2000.
"A Reexamination of the Tax Effects of Traditional and Roth
IRAs," The Law Review of Michigan State University-Detroit
College of Law, 2001 (Spring 2001), 139-142 (with D. Waggle).
"Average Marginal Tax Rates Revisited," Journal of Monetary
Economics 41 (April 1998), 389- 409.
"The Link Between Volatility and Growth: Evidence from the
States," Economics Letters 55 (September 1997), 365-369 (with
J.W. Dawson).
"Even the Underprivileged Are Rational: The Incentive Effects
of Welfare," Journal of Labor Research 18 (Spring 1997), 367-372.
Book Reviews, Policy, and Pedagogical Publications:
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan,
reviewed in The
Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, December 2003.
The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance by Russell Roberts, reviewed
in Ideas on Liberty, February 2003.
"An Economics Lesson for the Drug Czar," Ideas on Liberty,
April 2002.
The Great American Tax Dodge by Donald L. Barlett and James B.
Steele, reviewed in Ideas on Liberty, February 2002.
"Reducing Class Sizes: Other Things Are Not Always Equal,"
Ideas on Liberty, January 2002.
"Of Genomes and Lemons," Ideas on Liberty, September
2001 (with M.E. Rupert).
Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History
by Walter Mosley, reviewed in Ideas on Liberty, June 2001.
"Of Lights and Liberty," Ideas on Liberty, March 2001.
"Working-Family Gibberish," Ideas on Liberty, January
2001 (with J.W. Mixon).
(A shorter version appeared in The Atlanta Journal, 6 September
2000.)
"The Economic Virtues of Federalism," Ideas on Liberty,
November 2000 (with D.L. Alban).
"Retirement Savings Plus," The Atlanta Journal, 26 June
2000.
"Why Trash Fee Plan Should Be Thrown Away," Rome News-Tribune,
30 December 1999 (with R.L. Frank and M.E. Rupert).
"The 'Berry Bikes': A Lesson in Private Property Rights,"
The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, October 1999 (with D.L. Alban). (Reprinted
in The Berry Review, The Cornell Review, and The Atlanta Constitution.)
"Milking the Consumer," Georgia Policy Review, July 1999.
"Reducing Class Sizes: A Policy Analysis," Georgia Policy
Review, October 1998.
Selected Presentations:
"The Law of 1/n: A New Test."
Public Choice Society 2003.
"The Effect of Voting Technology on Voter Turnout: Do Computers
Scare the Elderly?"
Public Choice Society 2003.
"Local Government Structure and Public Expenditures."
National Tax Association 2001.
Southern Economics Association 2001.
Other Professional Experience:
Discussant:
Public Choice Society 2003 (2 sessions).
Southern Economics Association 2001 (2 sessions).
National Tax Association 2000.
Association of Private Enterprise Education 2000.
International Atlantic Economic Society 1998.
Executive Committee, Association of Private Enterprise Education,
2004-.
Faculty, Institute for Humane Studies "Foundations of Liberty"
Seminar, Princeton NJ, 2003, 2004.
Grant Recipient, Hayek Fund, 2003.
Consultant:
Various Law Firms, 2000-2003.
Expert witness/financial analyst in personal injury cases.
The Dryden Press, 1997.
Reviewed first edition of Mankiw's Principles of Economics.
Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1994.
Developed test bank to accompany Hyman's Economics.
Awards, Honors, and Professional Memberships:
Eleana M. Garrett Award for Meritorious Advising and Caring, 2004.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, North Carolina State University,
1992.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Omicron Delta Epsilon.
American Economic Association.
National Tax Association.
Service:
Berry College Faculty Committees:
Academic Council, 2004-.
Interdisciplinary Studies, 2004-
C. C. Wilson Lectureship, 2003-.
Honor Code Task Force, 2003.
First Year Experience Task Force, 2003.
Faculty Assembly Vice Chair, 2001-2003.
Honors Program Advisory Committee, 2001-.
General Education Review Task Force, 2002-2003.
Academic Integrity Policy Review Committee, Spring 2001-Fall 2001.
Council on Student Scholarship, 2000-2001.
Chair, Legal Studies Minor Committee, 1999-.
Institutional Research Advisory Committee, 1999-2001.
Faculty Development Committee, 1999-2001 and 2002-2003.
Campbell School of Business Faculty Committees:
Promotion and Tenure, 2003-.
Outreach, 2003-.
Economics Coordinator, 2000-2001.
Committee on Students, 1997-1998, Spring 2000, and 2001-2003.
Undergraduate Curriculum and Assessment, 1998-2000.
Faculty Search, 1998-2000.
Honors Theses Supervised:
Andrew Chupp, title TBA, (in progress).
John W. Coleman, "An Economic Analysis of Georgia's HOPE Program,"
2004.
Justin D. Neal, "A Public Choice Analysis of State SSI Supplements,"
2002.
Michael E. Rupert, "Two Essays on Risky Sexual Behavior,"
2001.
Faculty Advisor for Student Organizations:
Omicron Delta Epsilon, 1999-.
Berry College Republicans, 2000-2002.
Berry College Libertarians, 1998-2000.
Community:
Northwest Georgia Credit Union.
Director, 2000-2004.
Vice Chair of Board, 2001-2003.
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