Faculty Areas of Specialization

Donald Baum
Taxation, Subsides, and Revenue
Publicly Provided Goods
State and Local Finance


Catherine Y. Co
International Trade
International Factor Movements and International Business
Technological Change; Research and Development
Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance


William Corcoran
Welfare Economics: Allocative Efficiency, Cost-Benefit Analysis
Analysis of Education
General Regional Economics: Econometric and Input-Output Models


Christopher Decker
Environmental Economics: Government Policy
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes
General Regional Economics: Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Models
Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
Environmental, Health, and Safety Law


Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.
Capitalist Systems
History of Thought: Individuals
Current Heterodox Approaches
Technological Change; Research and Development
Economic Methodology
Demand and Supply of Labor


Shuanglin Lin
Countrywide Studies: China
Economic Development
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
Inter-temporal Choice and Growth
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity


Jinlan Ni
International Finance
Financial Economics
Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
Labor and Demographic Economics


Janet West
Labor–Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
Economic Education and Teaching of Economics


Mark Wohar
Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
Money and Interest Rates
Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
Econometric and Statistical Methods: General
International Finance
Financial Economics
General Regional Economics