Ph.D., Oklahoma State University,1984
M.S., Oklahoma State University, 1982
B.A., University of Maryland, 1980

March 2009 to the present:  Department Chair

February 2009 to the present:  Co-Editor, International Review of Accounting, Banking, and Finance

July 1997 to the present:  Professor, Department of Economics, Florida Atlantic University

July 1997 through June 2007: Chair, Department of Economics, Florida Atlantic University

July 1993 through June 1997: Professor, Department of Finance and Economics, Mississippi State University

July 1993 through June 1995: Head, Department of Finance and Economics, Mississippi State University

February 1991 through June 1993: Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Baltimore

August 1988 through January 1991: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Baltimore

August 1984 through August 1988: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Kent State University

Teaching Interests:

Economic Principles
Economics of Social Issues
Labor Economics

Research Interests:

Natural Hazards
Economics of Public Policy

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


"Traffic Fatalities: Does Income Inequality Create an Externality?", Canadian Journal of Economics, forthcoming, with Monica Escaleras and Nejat Arbarci. 

“The Ill Effects of Public Sector Corruption in the Water and Sanitation Sector,” Land Economics, 85, (May, 2009), with Monica Escaleras and Nejat Anbarci.

“Mitigating Natural Disasters through Collective Action:  The Effectiveness of Tsunami Early Warning Systems,” Southern Economic Journal, 74, (April, 2008), with Monica Escaleras.

“Public Sector Corruption and Major Earthquakes:  A Potentially Deadly Interaction,” Public Choice, 132, (June, 2007), with Nejat Anbarci and Monica Escaleras.

“Earthquake Fatalities:  The Interaction of Nature and Political Economy,” Journal of Public Economics, 89, (September, 2005), with Nejat Anbarci and Monica Escaleras.

“Ownership Structure, Charter Value, and Risk-Taking Behavior for Thrifts,” Financial Management, 28,  (Spring, 1999), with Sinan Cebenoyan and Elizabeth Cooperman.

"Deregulation, Reregulation, Equity Ownership, and S&L Risk- Taking," Financial Management, 24, (Autumn, 1995), with Elizabeth Cooperman and Sinan Cebenoyan.

"Firm Efficiency and the Regulatory Closure of S&L's: An Empirical Investigation," The Review of Economics and Statistics, 75, (August, 1993), with Elizabeth S. Cooperman and A. Sinan Cebenoyan.

“Labor Market Effects of Marijuana and Cocaine Use Among Young Males,”  Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 45, (April, 1992), with Donald R. Williams.
 	
“Profit Incentives and Technical Efficiency in the Production of Hospital Care," Southern Economic Journal, 53, (April, 1987), with Edward R. Bruning.