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David A. Anderson

Blazer Professor of Economics & Business

Offices & Programs

Education

BA: University of Michigan
MA: Duke University
Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Harvard Extension School 
PhD: Duke University

BIOGRAPHY

David A. Anderson is the Paul G. Blazer Professor of Economics at 黄瓜视频. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University. Dr. Anderson鈥檚 research focuses on the economics of crime, the environment, gender bias, law, childbirth, and public policy. His 15 books include Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management, The Cost of Crime, Economics for the AP Course, and Survey of Economics.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • Innovative Teaching Award
  • Center for Teaching & Learning, 2016
  • Social Science Textbook of the Year, Macmillan, 2015
  • Kirk Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013
  • Stodghill Research Professorships, 2005, 2012
  • Permaculture Design Certificate, Ecological Solutions of Australia, 2005
  • ACS / Rasmussen Foundation Grants, 1999鈥2000, 2003, 2004
  • 3M Foundation Vision Grant, Principal Investigator, 1997鈥2000
  • NEH Distinguished Professorship, 1996鈥98
  • 黄瓜视频 Professional Development Grants, 1993鈥2001
  • BellSouth Teaching Grants (co-PI); 1995, 1996
  • Andrew Mellon Foundation Technology Grant (co-PI), 1995鈥98
  • Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center Grant, 1995
  • 3M Foundation Vision Grant, Principal Investigator, 1995鈥97
  • Kentucky Real Estate Commission Research Grants; 1994, 1995
  • Duke University Research Grant with Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., 1991
  • High Honors in Economics, University of Michigan, 1986
  • Class Honors, University of Michigan, 1984鈥86

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Economic Association Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society)
  • Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Honorary Member, Delta Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Law and Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Industrial Organization
  • Game Theory
  • Economics of Crime
  • Principles of Economics
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Legal Environment of Business
  • Senior Seminar Economics of Tourism
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Freshman Seminar: Economics in an Ethical World
  • Sustainability
  • The Law and Economics of Oceania (Fiji/Hawaii)
  • Economic Development
  • Labor Economics

PUBLICATIONS

  • Dispute Resolution: Bridging the Settlement Gap, editor (1996, Routledge)
  • Cracking the AP: Economics (2000+, Princeton Review/Random House)
  • Cracking the Golden State Exam: Economics, with John Gilleaudeau (2000, Random House)
  • Favorite Ways to Learn Economics, with James Chasey (2001, 2006, South-Western; 2011, Worth)
  • Sometimes I Get So Angry! Anger Management for Everyone (2007, Pensive Press)
  • Contemporary Economics for Managers (2008, Worth Publishers)
  • Treading Lightly: The Joy of Conservation, Moderation, and Simple Living (2009, Pensive Press)
  • Economics in Modules, with Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, and Margaret Ray (2011, Worth)
  • Explorations in Economics, with Alan Krueger (2013, Worth Publishers)
  • Favorite Ways to Explore Economics, with James Chasey (2013, Worth)
  • Economics by Example (2007, 2016, Worth)
  • Krugman鈥檚 Economics for AP, with Margaret Ray (2011, 2015, 2019, Worth)
  • Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management (2004, South-Western; 2006, Pensive Press; 2010, 2014, 2019, Routledge)
  • Survey of Economics (2019, Worth Publishers)
  • Empirical Analysis of Natural Gas Markets, editor with Shigeyuki Hamori (2020, MDPI)
  • "Improving Settlement Devices: Rule 68 and Beyond," 23:1 Journal of Legal Studies (1994), 225-246
  • "Compensating Wage Differentials and the Optimal Provision of Unemployment Insurance," 60:3 Southern Economic Journal (1994), 644鈥656
  • "Can Computers Replace the Classroom Chalkboard? The Case of Economic Education," 12:1 Social Science Computer Review (1994), 100鈥113
  • "Estimating the Adequacy of Workers' Compensation Benefits," Kentucky Journal of Economics and Business (1994), 33鈥51
  • "Empirical Evidence on Settlement Devices: Does Rule 68 Encourage Settlement?" with Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., 71:2 Chicago-Kent Law Review (1995), 519鈥545
  • "One-Way Fee Shifting Statutes and Offer of Judgment Rules: An Empirical Experiment," with T.D. Rowe, Jr., 36 Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (1996), 255鈥273
  • "An Introduction to Dispute Resolution," in David A. Anderson (ed.), Dispute Resolution: Bridging the Settlement Gap (1996, Elsevier/JAI Press) 1鈥16
  • "Empirical Evidence on the Success of Settlement Devices," with Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., in David A. Anderson (ed.), Dispute Resolution: Bridging the Sett. Gap (1996, JAI Press) 131鈥144
  • "The Accelerator Principle," in Thomas Cate, David Colander, and Geoff Harcourt (eds.), Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics (1997 and 2013, Elgar Publishing) 3鈥6
  • "The Multiplier Effect," in Thomas Cate, David Colander, and Geoff Harcourt (eds.), Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics (1997 and 2013, Elgar Publishing) 450鈥453
  • "Characteristics of an Ideal Teacher Evaluation Mechanism,鈥 with Harry Landreth, 7:4 The National Teaching and Learning Forum (1998) 5鈥7.
  • "The Cost Effectiveness of Home Birth," with Rondi Anderson, 44:1 Journal of Nurse-Midwifery (1999) 30鈥35
  • "Government's Role in Property Ownership: Hobbes meets Gulligan," in Nicholas Mercuro and Warren J. Samuels (eds.), Fundamental Interrelationships between Government and Property, Policy Studies Organization/JAI Press (1999) 37鈥46
  • "The Aggregate Burden of Crime," 42:2 Journal of Law and Economics (1999) 611鈥642,
  • 鈥淎 Production Possibilities Frontier Experiment: Links and Smiles,鈥 with James Chasey, 7:2 Classroom Expernomics (2000)
  • 鈥淎 Theory of Quality Signaling in the Marriage Market,鈥 with Shigeyuki Hamori, 12:3 Japan and the World Economy (2000) 229鈥242
  • 鈥淭he Fair Division of Natural Resources,鈥 15:2 Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law (2001) 227鈥45
  • 鈥淎n Empirical Analysis of the Osaka Rice Market during Japan鈥檚 Tokugawa Era鈥 with Shigeyuki and Naoko Hamori, 21:9 Journal of Futures Markets (2001) 861鈥74
  • 鈥淭he Deterrence Hypothesis and Picking Pockets at the Pickpocket鈥檚 Hanging,鈥 4:2 American Law and Economics Review (2002) 295鈥313
  • 鈥淩eal Wage Behavior in the United States, Britain, and Japan: An ARCH Approach,鈥 with Shigeyuki Hamori, 4 European Economic and Political Issues (2002) 13鈥24
  • 鈥淪tock Returns and Real Activity: New Evidence from the United States and Japan,鈥 with Shigeyuki and Naoko Hamori, 41:3,4 Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics (2002)
  • 鈥淎 Picture is Worth $10 Million: Adult Object Permanence and the Neglected Power of Sight,鈥 23: 1 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Newsletter (2003)
  • 鈥淧ricing Protection: Understanding the Environmental Economics of Biodiversity Protection,鈥 in S. Spray and K. McGlothlin (eds.), Loss of Biodiversity (2003, Rowman & Littlefield)
  • 鈥淔airness in the Face of Conflict: Dividing Environmental Assets and Obligations,鈥 3:2 International Journal of Global Economic Issues (2003) 116鈥32
  • 鈥淭he Aggregate Burden of Crime,鈥 republished in Kurt Finsterbush, ed., Taking Sides: Social Issues 13e (2004, McGraw-Hill/Duskin), Isaac Ehrlich and Zhiqiang Lui, eds., The Economics of Crime (2005, Edward Elgar), Kurt Finsterbush, ed., Annual Editions: Sociology, 34e (2005, McGraw-Hill/Duskin), Thom Brooks, ed., Crime and Punishment: Critical Essays in Legal Philosophy (2014, Ashgate)
  • 鈥淕ender Role Stereotyping of Parents in Children's Picture Books: The Invisible Father,鈥 with Mykol Hamilton, 52:3/4 Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (2005) 145鈥151.
  • 鈥淓valuating Policies for Sustainability: The Neglected Influence of Visual Images,鈥 International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability (2005)
  • 鈥淭he Determinants of Municipal Solid Waste,鈥 24:2 Journal of Applied Economics and Policy (2005)
  • 鈥淕ender Stereotyping and Under-Representation of Female Characters in 200 Popular Children鈥檚 Picture Books: A 21st Century Update,鈥 with Mykol Hamilton, 55:11/12 Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (2006) 757鈥765
  • 鈥淯topia Isn鈥檛 So Bad,鈥 68:5 The Humanist (Sept./Oct. 2008) 20鈥24. 鈥淔inding the Path to Optimal Deterrence by Tracking the Path that Leads to Crime," Editorial Introduction, 9:2 Criminology & Public Policy (May 2010)
  • 鈥淎 Voting Approach to Externality Problems,鈥 14:1 Journal of Economic and Social Policy (2011)
  • 鈥淭he Cost of Crime,鈥 7:3 Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics (2012) 209鈥265
  • 鈥淓nergy Efficiency,鈥 in John C. Whitehead and Tim Haab (eds.), Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: An Encyclopedia (2014, Greenwood)
  • 鈥淭eaching Economics: Writing, Resources, and Formulating Questions.鈥 ReVIEWS + ABC-CLIO, 2017. Web. 1 Apr. 2017
  • 鈥淲hat If Another 10% of Deliveries Occurred at Home or in a Birth Center? The Economics and Politics of Out-of-Hospital Birth in the United States,鈥 with Betty-Anne Daviss and Kenneth C. Johnson, in Betty-Anne Daviss and Robbie David-Floyd (eds.) Birthing Models on the Human Rights Frontier: Speaking Truth to Power (2020, Routledge)
  • 鈥淓nvironmental Exigencies and the Efficient Voter Rule,鈥 8:4 Economies (2020) 100,
  • 鈥淣atural Gas Transmission Pipelines: Risks and Remedies for Host Communities,鈥 13:8 Energies (2020) 1873,
  • 鈥淐ost of Crime,鈥 in A. Marciano and G.B. Ramello (eds), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. (2021, 2014, Springer),
  • 鈥淧ivoting to Childbirth at Home or in Freestanding Birth Centers in the US during COVID-19: Safety, Economics and Logistics,鈥 with Betty-Anne Daviss and Kenneth C. Johnson, Frontiers in Sociology: Gender, Sex and Sexualities (March 2021).
  • "The Costs of Crime,鈥 in C. J. Barnes and David R. Forde (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice (2021, Wiley-Blackwell)
  • 鈥淭he Cost of Home Birth in the United States,鈥 with Gabrielle M. Gilkison, 18:19 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021) 10361.
  • 鈥淕ender Socialization, Family Leadership, and the Invisible Father in Children鈥檚 Literature,鈥 with Mykol C. Hamilton, Gabrielle M. Gilkison, and Skyler K. Palmer. Journal of Family Issues (December 2021).
  • 鈥淭he Aggregate Cost of Crime in the United States,鈥 64:4 Journal of Law and Economics (November 2021).
  • 鈥淭riangulated Teaching: Approaching Environmental Economics from Multiple Angles,鈥 in John C. Bergstrom and John Whitehead (eds.), Teaching Environmental and Resource Economics: Paradigms and Pedagogy. (2022, Edward Elgar).

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