Education: 

    Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1982

    M.S., Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, 1975 

    B.A., Rosary College, 1974 

Courses Taught:

Microeconomics and Public Policy

Economics of Sports and Entertainment

Business Research Methods

Principles of Macroeconomics

Money and Banking

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Monetary Theory

Advanced Topics In Macroeconomics

Current Research:

"Is It Time for Major League Baseball to Reconsider Its Schedule?" with Glenn Knowles

"Are Steroids-Era Players’ Performances Really That Grand?" with Glenn Knowles and Kevin Quinn

Publications:

"A Tale of Two Teams: A Comparison of the Cubs and Sox in Chicago." with Glenn Knowles, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, vol.18, no.1 (Fall 2009).

“Smartball: Are Small Market Teams Redefining the Market for Baseball Talent?" with Alan Davison, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, vol.16, no.1 (Fall 2007).

"An Empirical Look at State Income Taxation of Major League Baseball Players," with Tom Aiuppa and Mike Haupert, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, vol.12, no. 1 (Fall 2003)

“Shirking in Major League Baseball in the Era of the Reserve Clause,” with Glenn Knowles, James Murray, and Mike Haupert, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, vol.12, no. 1 (Fall 2003)

"A Topology of Baseball Player Behavior," Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, vol.10, no. 2 (Spring 2002)

“Competitive Balance in Major League Baseball: Back to the Future,” with Glenn Knowles and Mike Haupert, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture vol.9, no. 2 (Spring 2001)

“Estimating the Economic Impact of a Minor League Baseball Stadium,”  with W.G. Coclough and L.A. Daellenbach, Managerial and Decision Economics,  vol. 15, 1994.

“The Demand for Major League Baseball: A Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis,” with M. Haupert and G. Knowles, The American Economist, vol. XXXVI, no.2, Fall 1992.

“The Economic Impact of Sustained Crop Loss: a Computable General Equilibrium Approach,” with G. Knowles and R. Boyd, Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 16, no.1, July 1991.

“Restrictions on Allen’s Arc Elasticity of Demand,” with L.A. Daellenbach, A.W. Khandker, and G.J. Knowles, The American Economist, vol. XXXV, no.2, Spring 1991.

“Employer Search Activity and Short-run Aggregate Labor Supply,” with J. W. Elliott, Southern Economic Journal, January 1986.