TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
since 2009 -- Adjunct Professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor), European Business School (EBS), Germany
Ph.D. seminars in econometrics of relevance to real estate economics; advising Ph.D. students.
since 1989 -- Professor of Economics, Middle Tennessee State University
Graduate courses (Ph.D., DA, and
MA): currently, mathematics for economists, time series econometrics;
in the past, instructional development and practice, research
seminar, macroeconomics I and II, advanced international economics;
undergraduate courses: principles of economics (macro), macroeconomic
theory and policy. Chair of numerous doctoral dissertation committees.Tenure
since June 1992.
1987-89 -- Associate Professor of Economics, University
of Detroit
Graduate courses (MA): macroeconomics,
public finance; undergraduate courses: macroeconomics, money and
banking.
1985-87 -- Research Fellow, Kiel
Institute of the World Economy, Kiel, Germany
Research in growth economics department
on commercial policy in textiles, telecommunications, agriculture,
and on the effects of the European Community on growth and structural
change in Germany.
1981-84 -- Assistant Professor of Economics, University
of Baltimore
Graduate courses (MS and MBA):
quantitative methods of forecasting, managerial economics; undergraduate
courses: price theory, managerial economics, money and banking,
financial management, economic analysis.
1979-81 -- Research Assistant, International
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C.
Research in international trade group on simulation model for trade liberalization in agricultural products, food security issues, and the estimation of export and import functions.
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND DEGREES
1982 -- Dr. rer. pol. (doctorate in economics), University
of Göttingen, Germany
degree conferred "summa cum laude"; defense in May 1981.;
dissertation topic: An Econometric Analysis of the Incidence of
the Corporate Income Tax in the U.S." (in German).
1979 -- Graduate courses at Georgetown University and
George Washington University
advanced macroeconomics, mathematical economics, advanced econometrics,
and development economics I and II - A average.
1978 -- Diplom-Volkswirt
(masters in economics), University
of Göttingen, Germany
degree conferred with overall grade "sehr gut" (highest
grade); minimal possible time to degree: eight semesters compared
to national average of > 11; Diplomarbeit (MA thesis): "New
Developments in the Theory of Peak-Load Pricing".
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editor
Journal of Economics and Finance, September 1998 to March 2003.
Consulting
American
College Testing (ACT) (Summer, Fall 1999, Spring, Summer 2000)
Develop questions in microeconomics and macroeconomics for actuarial
exams.
World
Bank (IBRD), Washington, D.C. (4/93-6/93)
Overview paper on price distortions in world agricultural markets
and their relevance to economic restructuring efforts in Latin
America.
OECD,
Paris, France (8/88-2/89)
Development of world trade model on the causes and consequences
of price distortions in world food markets (with A. Valdés).
International
Labour Office (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland (2/87-5/87)
Report for Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Clothing
Industry, Geneva, 1987: "The Impact on Employment and Income
of Structural and Technological Change in the Clothing Industry"
(with Dean Spinanger and Frank D. Weiss).
World
Bank (IBRD), Washington, D.C. (9/84-12/84)
Background paper for World Development Report 1985 on the effects
of trade protectionism by OECD countries on developing countries
(with A. Valdés).
World
Food Programme (WFP), Rome, Italy (11/83-2/84)
Preparation of background paper for the evaluation of emergency
reserve and price stabilization projects of FAO/WFP in Sub Saharan
Africa. Member of evaluation team for East African emergency reserve
projects in 1984.
International
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C.(81-90)
Numerous projects on trade issues related to agricultural products.
Reviewer
European Economic Review, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern
Economic Journal, World Bank Economic Review, Review of International
Economics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv,
World Development, International Review of Economics and Finance,
Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Economic Integration,
Jouurnal of Economic Education, Education Economics, Journal of
Economics and Business, Journal of Housing Economics, Journal
of Real Estate Research, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal
of Business Disciplines, Southern Business and Economic Journal.
MIT Press, Kluwer Academic Publisher.
Member
American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association,
Academy of Economics and Finance, American Real Estate Society.
Internal Grants
Summer Research Grant 2001, The Impact of Asset Prices
on the U.S. Trade Deficit
Academic Year Research Grant 2000, Funds for Revision of Article.
Summer Research Grant 1999, Heterogeneity and Flexible Functional
Forms.
Summer Research Grant 1997, Structural Misspecification and Cointegration
Analysis
Summer Research Grant 1996, A New Method of Assessing Teaching
Effectiveness.
Summer Research Grant 1995, Econometric Estimation of Pure Cross-Section
Models in the Presence of Heterogeneous Agents.
Summer Research Grant 1994, Individual Heterogeneity and Aggregate
Consumption: Some Evidence from German Cohort Data.
Summer Research Grant 1993, Representative Agents, Aggregation,
and the Modeling of Aggregate Consumption Behavior.
Summer Research Grant 1992, Tradables, Nontradables and the Competitiveness
of the U.S. Economy.
Summer 2000 Instructional Technology
Development Grant, Flow of Funds Accounting in an Integrated Instruction
Environment.
Summer 1998 Instructional Technology Development Grant, The Basics
of Money and Growth in an Integrated Instruction Environment.
Instructional Development Grant, 1993, Hardware and Software Purchases.
Instructional Development Grant, 1992, Hardware and Software Purchases.
RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
Professsional Association Awards
University Awards
College of Business Awards
Recognition of Intellectual Contributions
Member, Cosmos Club of Washington D.C., elected 1989.
Listings in Directories
Who's Who in the World, 12th ed.;
Who’s Who in America, 57th ed., 2003;
Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 2nd ed., 1991;
Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 27th ed.;
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd ed., 1996/97;
Who's Who Among Young American Professionals, 1992-93;
Who's Who in American Education, 1992-93;
Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 3rd ed., 1994;
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 4th ed., 1992;
Dictionary of International Biography, 22nd ed., 1992;