Recent Publications and Presentations

Note: Names of individuals who were economics faculty members or graduate students at the time of publication acceptance appear in color.

Working Paper Series

The series will appear in the Fall 2009 semester.

Books

  • Diamantaras, D., Campbell, K. A., Cardamone, E., Deacle, R. S., Delgado, L. (2009). A Toolbox for Economic Design. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Leeds, M. A., von Allmen, P. (2008). The Economics of Sports (3rd Edition). Boston: Addson Wesley.
  • Leeds, M. A., von Allmen, P., Schiming, R. (2006). Economics. Boston: Addison Wesley.
  • Blackstone, E., Bognanno, M, and Hakim, S., editors (2005). Innovations in E-Government: The Thoughts of Governors and Mayors. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland.
  • Hakim, S., Kaplan, D., Nadol, M., and Seidenstat, P., editors (2005). Management Innovation in U.S. Public Water and Wastewater Systems. John Wiley & Sons Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey. Sponsored by the American Water Works Association.
  • Sorrentino, J.A. (2005). Casualty Actuaries Exam 2 Study Manual, ACTEX Publications, Inc., Winsted, CT.
  • Stull, W. J., N. Sanders (2003). The School-to-Work Movement: Origins and Destinations. Praeger.
  • Hale, D., Lady, G.M., Maybee, J. and Quirk, J.P. (1999). Nonparametric Comparative Statics and Stability. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Rousseau P.L., Yilmazkuday, H. (2009). Inflation, Finance and Growth: A Trilateral Analysis. Economic Systems, forthcoming.
  • Yazgan M.E., Yilmazkuday, H. (2009). Okun's Convergence within the U.S.. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, forthcoming.
  • Yilmazkuday, H. (2009). Productivity Cycles in Public and Private Manufacturing Sectors: Evidence from Turkey. International Journal of Applied Economics, forthcoming.
  • Gilles R.P., James T., Barkhi, R., Diamantaras, D. (2009). Simulating Social Network Formation: A Case-Based Decision Theoretic Model. International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking, 1(4): 1-20.
  • Friedman, J., Phillips, H. (2009). The Portfolio Implications of Adding Social Security Private Account Option. Financial Services Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, Winter. Forthcoming.
  • Buck, A.J. and Peng, M. (2008). Tradable Hospital Admissions Permits: Creating a Market for the Medically Indigent. Journal of Business and Public Affairs, Vol 2, No. 1, January.
  • Friedman, J., Phillips, H. (2008). Optimizing Social Security Benefit Initiation and Postponement Decisions: A Sequential Approach. Financial Services Review, Vol.17 No. 2, Summer, 155-168.
  • Hakim, S., Blackstone, E., Buck, A. J., and Spiegel, U. (2008). Market Segmentation in Child Adoption, International Review of Law and Economics, (With Blackstone, Buck, and Spiegel), Vol. 28: 1-16.
  • Leeds, M. A. (2008). Do Good Olympics Make Good Neighbors? The Impact of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games on the Colorado Economy. To appear in Contemporary Economic Policy, 26(3), 460-467.
  • Sorrentino, J.A., Meenar, M.M.D., and Flamm, B.J. (2008). "Suitable Housing Placement: a GIS-Based Approach," Environmental Management, available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/57v14vpn50306k4l/
  • Blackstone, E., Buck, A. J., and Hakim, S. (2007). Economics of Emergency Response. Policy Sciences, Vol. 40: 313-334.
  • Blackstone, E., Buck, A. J., and Hakim, S. (2007). Funding the Local War on Terror: Dollars in Plain Sight. The Milken Institute Review: Journal of Economic Policy, January, 46-56.
  • Hakim, S., Blackstone, E., Buck, A. J., and Spiegel, U. (2007).  The Disturbance Model and Congestion in Emergency Response. The Manchester School. Vol. 75 (1), January, 104-121.
  • Lady, G.M. and Quirk, J. (2007). The Scope of the LeChatelier Principle. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 381, April, 351-365.
  • Leeds, M. A. (2007). A Commentary on Coaching Experience, Playing Experience and Coaching Tenure. To appear in International Journal of Sport Science and Coaching.
  • Leeds, E. M., Leeds, M. A., Pistolet, I. (2007). A Stadium by Any Other Name: The Value of Naming Rights. To appear in Journal of Sports Economics.
  • Leeds, M. A., Miller, C., Stull, J. (2007). Interscholastic Athletics and Investment in Human Capital. To appear in Social Science Quarterly, 88(3), 729-744.
  • Blackstone, E., Buck, A. J., and Hakim, S. (2006). Determinants of Airport Choice in a Multi-Airport region. Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 34 (3), September.
  • Stull, W. J. (2006) A Game-Theoretic Model of Curriculum Integration and School Leadership. Economics of Education Review, Vol. 25.
  • Blackstone, E., Buck, A. J., and Hakim, S. (2005). Evaluation of Alternative Policies to Combat False Emergency Calls. Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol. 28 (2), May, 233-242.
  • Buck, A.J. and Lady, G.M. (2005). Falsifying Economic Models. Economic Modeling, September, Vol. 22, No. 5, 777-810.
  • Gilles, R. P. and Diamantaras, D., "New Classical Economics: Toward a New Paradigm for Economics?", Division of Labour and Transaction Costs, June 2005, 1/1: 35-56.
  • Friedman, J., Shachmurove, Y. (2005). European Stock Market Linkages: The Effect of the Adoption of the Euro as a Single Currency. Alliance Journal of Business Research, 1(2), 21-34.
  • Blackstone, E., Buck, A. J., and Hakim, S. (2004). Privatizing adoption and foster care: Applying auction and market solution, in Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 26 (11), 2004: 1033-1049.
  • Diamantaras, D. and Gilles R. P., "On the Microeconomics of Specialization". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, October 2004, 55/2: 223-236.
  • Leeds, M. A., von Allmen, P. (2004). Spousal Complementarities in Home Production. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 63(4), 795-812.
  • Blackstone, E., and Hakim, S. (2003). "A Market Alternative to Child Adoption and Foster Care", in The Cato Journal, Vol. 22 (3), Winter, 485-494.
  • Buck, A.J., Hakim, S., Swanson, C.E., and Ruttner, A. (2003). Vandalism of vending machines: Factors that attract professionals and amateurs.
  • Leeds, M. A. (2003). Race, Opportunities, and Incentives: the Importance of Timing. Review of Black Political Economy, 30(3), 55-69.
  • Gilles, R. P., Diamantaras, D., and Ruys, P. H. M. (2003). Optimal Design of Trade Institutions. Review of Economic Design, 8: 269-292.
  • Gilles, R. P. and Diamantaras, D. (2003). To Trade or Not to Trade: Economies with a Variable Number of Tradeables. International Economic Review, 44: 1173-1204.
  • Friedman, J., Friedman, Silberman, J. (2003). University Technology Transfer: Do Incentives, Management, and Location Matter?. Journal of Technology Transfer, vol 28, 17-30.

 

Book Chapters

  • Leeds, M. A. (2008). In Dennis Howard and Brad Humphreys (Ed.), Salary Caps and Luxury Taxes in Professional Sports Leagues (vol. 2). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group Inc.. www.greenwood.com
  • Leeds, M. A. (2007). In Wladimir Andreff, Jeffrey Borland, and Stefan Szymanski (Ed.), The Handbook of Sport Economics, American Football. London: Edward Elgar.
  • Stull, W. J., (2007). "School-to-Work in America," in K. Borman et al. (eds.), Handbook of American High Schools. Praeger.
  • Leeds, M. A., McCormick, B. E. (2006). In John Fizel (Ed.), Handbook of Sports Economics Research, Econometric Issues in Sports Economics. M.E. Sharpe.
  • Leeds, M. A. (2005). In Rudi Mullner, Georg Spitaler, Michael Zinganel, and Matthias Marschik (Ed.), Das Stadion: Geschichte, Architektur, Politik, Ökonomie, Winners and Losers at the Stadium Game: The American Experience with Stadiums. Vienna: Verlag, Turia, and Kant.
  • Phelps, C. D., (2005). The Evolution of Caring, Chapter 11 in Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis, L. Bruni and Porta, P. L., eds., Oxford University Press. Published in paperback in 2007.
  • Leeds, M. A., Suris, Y., Durkin, J. (2004). In John Fizel and Rodney Fort (Ed.), The Economics of Collegiate Sports, The Impact of Big-time Football Programs on the Status of Women's Athletics. Westport, CT: Praeger.
  • Leeds, M. (2004). In Bonnie Parkhouse (Ed.), The Management of Sport: Its Foundation and Application, The Economics of Sport. St. Louis: McGraw-Hill.
  • Leeds, M. A., Wheaton, E. (2003). In William J. Stull and Nicholas Sanders (Ed.), The School to Work Movement: Origins and Destinations, The Youth Labor Market in the 1990s. Westport, CT: Praeger.
  • Stull, W. J., School-to-Work in Schools: An Overview (2003). In W. J. Stull and N. Sanders (eds.), The School-to-Work Movement: Origins and Destinations. Praeger.

 

Conference Proceedings

  • Friedman, J., Phillips, H. (2006). The Portfolio Implications of Adding Social Security Private Account Options to Ongoing Investments. Academy of Financial Services:
  • Leeds, M. A., Leeds, D. M., Pistolet, I., Wheaton, E. (2003). Discrimination Against Europeans in the National Hockey League. Twenty-first World Congress of the Czecho-Slovak Society of Arts and Sciences, Twenty-first World Congress of the Czecho-Slovak S.

Presentations

  • Crucini, M.J., Yilmazkuday, H. (Presenter & Author), Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting, "A Model of International Cities: Implications for Real Exchange Rates," Istanbul. (July 2, 2009).
  • Friedman, J. and Phillips, H. (Presenter & Author), 2008 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Financial Services, "On the Irrationality of Postponeing Social Security Benefits," Academy of Financial Services and the Financial Planning Association. (October 3, 2008).
  • Leeds, E. M. (Presenter & Author), Leeds, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Tang, D. (Author Only), Western Economic Association Annual Meetings, "Incentives and Rewards of Head Football Coaches," Western Economic Association International, Honolulu. (July 2, 2008).
  • Leeds, M. A., Mirikitani, J. M. (Author Only), Tang, D. (Author Only), Western Economic Association Annual Meetings, "Rational Exuberance? The Impact of Hosting the Olympics on Stock Prices," Western Economic Association International, Honolulu. (July 1, 2008).
  • Phelps, C. D., Invited seminar: "An Intergenerational Model of Attachment Processes: Fertility Outcomes", Baylor College of Medicine, Human Neuro-Imaging Lab, June, 2008.
  • Friedman, J. "Delayed Claiming of Social Security Benefits: The Implications of Return on Investment," Academy of Financial Service, Orlando, Florida. (October 16, 2007).
  • Hakim, S. "Adam Smith Rescue Emergency Services and A Multivariate Poisson Model of Consumer Choice in a Multi-Airport Region," International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines, Orlando, Florida, January 4-7, 2007.
  • Leeds, M. A., Huttner, B., "Charitable Contributions, Volunteer Time and Marriage," Western Economic Association International, Seattle, Washington. (July 2007).
  • Leeds, M. A., Conference on Mathematics in Sport, "Simulation Using Quantile Regression: Race and Salaries in the National Basketball Association," Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Manchester, Great Britain. (June 2007).
  • Leeds, M. A., Leeds, E. M., EEA, "International Soccer Success and National Institutions," New York, New York. (February 2007).
  • Phelps, C. D., "Towards Deconstructing the Paradox of Happiness:" (with Nalini Ambady), International Society for the Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), San Diego, California, December, 2007.
  • Stull, W. J., "Was the Nation at Risk in 1983? Evidence from School-to-Work Data," International Atlantic Economic Society Meetings, Savannah, 2007.
  • Stull, W. J., W. Dunkelberg, C. Moore, and J. Scott, "Resource Deployment for the New Entrepreneurial Venture," International Atlantic Economic Society Meetings, Savannah, 2007.

Other

  • Leeds, M. A. (2007). Review of: The Bottom Line by Andrew Zimbalist (1st ed., vol. 9, pp. 106-109). Thousand Oaks, CA: Journal of Sports Economics.