2015 Faculty Publications
Alexandra Bernasek
“Health Care Handcuffs? Job Lock in Rural versus Urban Labor Markets”.
(with David Mushinski and Stephan Weiler) Growth and Change. Vol. 45 No. 2. 2014.
Harvey Cutler
Conroy, Tessa, Harvey Cutler and Stephan Weiler (2015) “The State-Level Impacts of
Enforcing Sales Taxes for E-retail Purchases,” (forthcoming Growth and Change).
Burnett, Perry, and Harvey Cutler (2014) "The City-Level Effects of Offshoring." Modern
Economy 5.10: 1022.
Karen Gebhardt
Textbooks: Schiller, B and K. Gebhardt, The Economy Today 14e, The Macro Economy Today
14e, and The Micro Economy Today 14e, with Bradley Schiller, 2015, McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Publishing.
PAPERS PRESENTED/SYMPOSIA/INVITED LECTURES/PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
Engaging students with online homework and technology webinar presented at the allday virtual event “Teach Without Limits” held in August 2015.Gebhardt, K.
Gebhardt, K. Creating a More Engaging and Collaborative Online Program. 26th Annual
Teaching Economics Conference: Instruction and Classroom Based Research, Robert
Morris University, Moon Township, Pennsylvania, February 12-14, 2015.
Terry Iverson
T. Iverson, S. Denning, S. Zahran (2015): “When the Long Run Matters: The Joint Effect of
Carbon Decay and Discounting,” Climatic Change 129: 57-72.
S. Zahran, T. Iverson, S. Weilar, T. Underwood (2014): “Evidence the Accuracy of SelfReported Lead Emissions Data Improved: A Puzzle and Discussion,” Journal of Risk and
Uncertainty 49:235-257.
Nancy Jianakoplos
PAPERS PRESENTED/SYMPOSIA/INVITED LECTURES/PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
2015, "Economics of the NFL" North American Association of Sports Economists and
International Association of Sports Economists in conjunction with the Western
Economics Association International Conference, Chair and Discussant, Honolulu,
Hawaii.
2015, “Convergence of Women’s and Men’s NCAA Basketball Performance” North
American Association of Sports Economists in conjunction with the Southern Economics
Association, Presenter and Discussant, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Robert Kling
R.W. Kling, T.S. Findley, E.F. Gahramanov, and D. Theobald. “Hedonic Valuation of Land
Protection Methods: Implications for Cluster Development,” Journal of Economics and
Finance, 39 (2015): 782-806.
Anita Pena
Maoyong Fan, Susan Gabbard, Anita Alves Pena, and Jeffrey Perloff, 2015, Why Do
Fewer Agricultural Workers Migrate Now?, American Journal of Agricultural
Economics, Volume 97, Issue 3, 665-679 (lead article, the top field journal in ag
econ).
Anita Alves Pena, 2015, The Effect of Continuing Education Participation on
Outcomes of Male and Female Agricultural Workers in the USA, Education
Economics, Volume 23, Issue 6, 751-776. (was published online in 2014, appeared in
print in 2015, a top (arguably 2nd ranked) field journal in educ econ)
Other (e.g. lab texts, book reviews, technical reports, in-house reports):
Anita Alves Pena, 2015, The Effects of Skills on Economic Inequality across Race and
Ethnicity in the U.S., Hispanic Economic Outlook, The Report of the Hispanic
Economic Outlook Committee, American Society of Hispanic Economists, Fall
Maoyong Fan, Susan Gabbard, Anita Alves Pena, and Jeffrey Perloff, 2015, Are
migrant farm workers disappearing?, OUPblog, Oxford University Press, February 26
Anita Alves Pena, 2015, Revisiting the effects of skills on economic inequality:
Within- and cross-country comparisons using PIAAC, Program for the International
Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), Commissioned Paper, February
(appears at
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51bb74b8e4b0139570ddf020/t/54da75cbe4
b002fd2533b19d/1423603147528/Pena_PIAAC.pdf)
Ramaa Vasudevan
Ramaa Vasudevan Finance, Distribution and Accumulation: A Circuit of Capital Model
With a Managerial Class Metroeconomica (doi: 10.1111/meca.12106 )
Refereed Chapters in Books:
Ramaa Vasudevan, The Dollar Standard and Imperialism, Encyclopedia of Imperialism
and Anti-Imperialism, London Palgrave Macmillan 2015.
Non-Refereed – Journals/Chapters/Proceedings/Transactions:
Ramaa Vasudevan, The International Gold Standard, entry in The Encyclopaedia of
Central Banking, edited by Lp Rochon and S Rossi Edward Elgar 2015
Martin Shields
Journal Articles: In Progress
“Decomposing the Sources of State Income and Sales Tax Revenue Volatility over the
Business Cycle” with Harvey Cutler.
“Does State Tax Policy Affect Income Inequality?” with Harvey Cutler.
Stephan Weiler
Hogler, Ray, Herb Hunt, and Stephan Weiler (2015) “Killing Unions with Culture:
Institutions, Inequality, and the Collapse of the American Labor Movement.”
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 27(1), 63-79.
*Bunten, Devin, Stephan Weiler, Eric Thompson, and Sammy Zahran (2015)
“Entrepreneurship, Information, and Growth.” Journal of Regional Science, 55(4),
560-584.
*Zahran, Sammy, Terry Iverson, Stephan Weiler, and Anthony Underwood (2015)
“Evidence that the Accuracy of Self-Reported Lead Emissions Data Improved: A
Puzzle and Discussion.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 14, 235-257.
*Conroy, Tessa and Stephan Weiler (2015) “Where Are the Women Entrepreneurs?
Business Ownership Growth by Gender Across the Urban Landscape.” Economic
Inquiry, 53(4), 1872-1892.