Education
1988 - PH.D (economics); Duke University
Dissertation Advisor: E. Roy Weintraub,
Dissertation Title: On The Compatibility of Markets, Greed, and Order
1979 - BA, cum laude (major in economics); Washington and Lee University;
Employment History
Elon University
Associate Professor: 2001 - present
Chair: 1999 - 2005
Assistant Professor: 1990 - 2000
Wake Forest University
Visiting Assistant Professor: 1988 - 1990
Instructor: 1987
Current Projects
CURRENT WORKING PAPERS
“Extending Duel Processing: One More Step From Homo Economicus to Homo Sapiens”
“Making the Weak Seller Strong: A Lesson in Bounded Rationality.”
“On the Possibility that American Undergraduates are not Human Capitalists” (With Samuel Allen.) Available at: http://org.elon.edu/econ/WPS/wp2009-01.pdf
“On the Struggle to Attain Universal Competence in a Complex Skill: The Case of a Senior Capstone Experience.” (With Tom Tiemann). Available at: http://org.elon.edu/econ/WPS/wp2008-06.pdf
“Research Across the Curriculum: Teaching Undergraduates to Complete a Good Senior Capstone Paper.” (With Thomas Tiemann.) Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=925728
Publications
(Peer-Reviewed) PUBLICATIONS
“Maximization,” in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition, edited by W. Darity, Macmillan Reference USA (2007). (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3045301488.html)
“The Savings and Loan Debacle: A Moral Hazard or a Market Disaster?” in The Causes and Consequences of Depository Institution Failure, edited by A.Cottrell, M.Lawlor and J.Wood, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1995): 119-161. (http://www.springerlink.com/content/w862548022l06783)
“Comment (on Seidenfeld),” in New Perspectives on Keynes, Annual Supplement to Volume 27, History of Political Economy (1995): 53-60.
“Bounded Rationality: A Simon-Like Explication,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 18 (1994): 205-230.
"Recursiveness and Preference Orderings," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 17 (1993): 865-876. Reprinted in Computable Economics , Velupillai , Zambelli and Kinsella eds. Edward Elgar (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series) 2011. (http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Print_product_detail.lasso?id=2980)
(Other) PUBLICATIONS
The Economic Impact of a PACE Center on Davidson County (with Teagan Lewis). January 2012.
The Economic Impact of Alamance Regional Medical Center on Alamance County. July 2008
The Economic and Social Impact of Elon University on the Central Piedmont of North Carolina. (with Dan Anderson and Greg Halstead) 2004. (Received an Award of Excellence in the 2005 CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) District III awards competition)
(https://www.elon.edu/e-net/docs/elon_economic_impact_2004.pdf)
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