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Department
of Economics1
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
The Department of Economics faculty is very active in the Centers and Programs of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the entries in those sections, and to publications listed in "Papers, Books and Chapters: Published or Forthcoming," various other projects of economics department faculty are listed below. Academic programs are described in the Academic Assistance section. James Alm is Chair of the Department of Economics.
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Highlights
- For the third year in a row the Economics Department is ranked in the top ten nationally in both total and federally financed Research and Development Expenditures according to the latest National Science Foundation report on Academic Research and Development Expenditures. (This corresponds with earlier high rankings in 2000 and 1999.)
- Largely on the strength of Economics, the Social Sciences at GSU are ranked 21st nationally in R&D expenditures.
Programs
Graduate Teaching Assistant Training Program. The program was created in 2000 and is designed to help GTAs in Economics perform well in the classrooms. During 2002, several GTAs video-taped some portions of their lectures. These video-taped lectures then were analyzed by Harry Dangel, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, together with GTAs to identify areas for improvement. The responses from GTAs who participated the program were very positive. Yongsheng Xu manages the GTA training program.
Faculty Recruitment. The Department hired Assistant Professor Ragan Petrie, a recent graduate from the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Department also hired Wasseem Mina as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Andre Jordaan visited the Department during Fall 2002 semester from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Grant Black, a recent doctoral graduate from the AYSPS, spent the Winter 2002 semester visiting the University of Pretoria. Associate Professor Michael Rushton joined the PAUS faculty, with a joint appointment in Economics.
Program Review. The Department of Economics has completed its internal evaluation as part of Program Review. A team of three external reviewers - Professors William Fox from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Daniel McMillan from the University of Illinois-Chicago, and William Schulze from Cornell University - visited the Department.
Summer Intern Program. The Department continued its summer intern program, under the supervision of Neven Valev and with funding from the National Science Foundation. Ten students from around the country attended the 6-week program, beginning the first week of June. Interns were from Duke University, Morehouse College, Tufts University, Northern Illinois University, Columbia University, University of Tennessee, Ithaca College, Emory University, Michigan State and Dartmouth College. Research fields include Education Policy, International Policy, Health Policy, Environmental Policy, and Fiscal Policy.
Indonesian Masters Program. The
Department of Economics welcomed another group of masters students from
Indonesia, funded by USAID-Jakarta. After
completing some initial training in Manila and Jakarta, 20 students from
throughout Indonesia arrived in Atlanta in early August to begin a one-year
masters program. Last year's group of 35 students has returned
to Indonesia.
South Africa Study Abroad. Planning continued for the the May 2003 study abroad program, in which students from GSU and Morehouse College travel to South Africa for a 3-week study abroad program, under the direction of Professor Glenwood Ross of Morehouse College.
Projects
Bioinformatics/Computational Biology. Paula Stephan. Alfred P. Sloan. ($39,798)
Child Care Subsidies, Welfare, and Nonstandard Employment of Single Mothers. Erdal Tekin. Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM), July 2002; $20,000.
Child Care Subsidies, Welfare, and Nonstandard Employment of Single Mothers. Erdal Tekin. The Upjohn Institute for Employment, June 2002; $5,000.
The Economics of Municipal Public Service ‘Overbuilds:’ An Analysis of the Cable Television Industry. Bruce Seaman.
The Economic Effects of the Fifth Runway at the Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport: An Update. Bruce Seaman. Subcontract research via consulting firm, 360 Inc.
Economic Impact of Georgia’s Music Industry. Kelly Edmiston. Georgia Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism. ($4,000)
An Evaluation of Medicaid Infant and Prenatal Care Programs. Mary Beth Walker (with M. Melinda Pitts). Department of Medical Assistance, State of Georgia. ($50,000)
Georgia Administrative Data Project. Julie L. Hotchkiss. This grant involves the acquisition and maintenance of data files obtained through ongoing contracts with the Ga. Department of Human Resources and the Ga. Department of Labor. She responded to requests for use of the data. 2002 saw six requests from researchers inside Georgia State University and 14 requests (more than double from 2001) by researchers outside GSU. The activity also included securing an additional agreement for expanding the data holdings from the Ga. Department of Labor.
The Growing Postdoc Population at U.S. Research Universities. Paula Stephan. TIAA-CREF Institute. ($24,984)
Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Research and Consultation. Paul Farnham. May 2002-May 2003. ($116,559)
Monetary Credibility in a Transforming Economy. Neven Valev. National Science Foundation. Study issues of financial stabilization in Eastern Europe. ($20,000)
Scientific Networks. Paula Stephan. NBER. ($29,968)
Undergraduate Research Experiences in Economics. James Alm. National Science Foundation. This provides funding for the economics summer intern program. (3-year, $200,000)
Virtual Players in Experimental Analyses of Human Decision-making. Paul Ferraro. Georgia State University Research Initiation grant ($10,000).
Welfare-to-Work. Julie L. Hotchkiss. University of Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Labor. ($30,000)
Workforce Diversity, Coworker Cooperation, Skin Shade, and Competitiveness: Wage Determination of Black Americans Reconsidered. Darrick Hamilton (with William Darity, Jr. and Arthur Goldsmith). National Science Foundation. ($302,000)
Under Review
Analyzing the Survey of Earned Doctorates: Firm Placements and the Role of Geography. Paula Stephan. National Science Foundation, Science Resources Statistics, $98,098, under review.
An Empirical Evaluation of the Costa Rican Conservation Performance Payment Initiative. Paul Ferraro. Environment Department, World Bank, $175,000, under review.
Field Experiment to Assess the Effects of Performance Payments on Ecosystem Conservation, Quality Of Life, and Territorial Rights of Indigenous Populations. Paul Ferraro. National Science Foundation. 5-year, $1.7 million proposal, revise and resubmit.
The Use of Experimental Methods to Elicit Estimates of Household Reservation Prices for Accepting Restrictions on Land Uses in Bolivia and Madagascar. Paul Ferraro. The World Bank Institute. $100,000, under review.
Visitors and Presentations
The Department of Economics and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta co-hosted the conference, "Technology, Growth and the Labor Market," which explored the role of technology in the U.S. economy. Alice M. Rivlin, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Edward M. Gramlich, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, served as speakers. Atlanta, Ga., January 6-7, 2002.
Applied Econometrics Workshop:
| February 8 | Julie L. Hotchkiss (GSU) "A Closer Look at the Employment Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act" |
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| October 10 | erhard Glomm (Indiana University) "Majority Voting and Means-Tested Vouchers" |
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| October 11 | John Pepper (University of Virginia) "Disability and Employment: Reevaluating the Evidence in Light of Reporting Errors" |
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| November 8 | Joanna Shepherd (Clemson University) "Are Criminals Like Us? An Analysis of Risk Attitudes" |
Economics Seminar Series:
| January | Ragan Petrie (GSU) "What do Bargainers' Preferences Look Like? Experiments with a Convex Ultimatum Game?" (co-authored with James Andreoni and Marco Castillo) |
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| February | Julie L. Hotchkiss (GSU) "A Closer Look at the Employment Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act" |
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| February 25 | Xiao Chen (Tsinghua University) "Capital Market Induced Tax Competition among Local Governments in China" |
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| May | Darrick Hamilton (GSU, and Robert Wood Johnson
Fellow, Yale University) “Poverty in the Family and the Black White Wealth Gap Among Middle Class Families” (with Ngina Chiteji) |
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| November 1 | John Weymark (Vanderbilt University) Microeconomics seminar: "Efficient Strategy-Proof Exchange and Minimum Consumption Guarantees" |
1. For a complete listing of AYSPS Active Research Sponsored Grants from CY2002, see the Appendix: Report on External Funding.
