Dr. M i c h a e l R e k s u l a k

Associate Professor of Economics

School of Economic Development

Georgia Southern University

PO Box 8152

Statesboro, GA 30460

mreksula@georgiasouthern.edu, (912) 478 – 1842

Academic Employment

Georgia Southern University, School of Economic Development

Associate Professor of Economics, 2009 – current

Assistant Professor of Economics, 2003 – 2009

University of Mississippi, Department of Economics

Visiting Lecturer of Economics, 2002 – 2003

University of Mississippi, Department of Economics

Research/Teaching Assistant, 1999 – 2002

Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Jena (Germany)

Research-Fellow, 1998–99

Education

University of Mississippi

Ph.D. in Economics, Fall 2002

Research: Public Economics, Public Choice, Industrial Organization, Managerial Economics, Experimental Economics

Teaching: Business Statistics, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, Public Finance

Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Jena (Germany)

Research-Fellow, 1998–99

University of Mississippi

M.A. in Economics, August 1998

Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena (Germany)

B.A. (eq.) in Economics, August 1997

University of Kent at Canterbury (England)

Diploma in European Management Science, July 1996

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

“Antitrust Public Choice(s)”. Forthcoming in Public Choice.

“Your Place in Space: A Classroom Experiment on Spatial Location Theory” (with Margo Bergman, Dirk Mateer, Jon Rork, Rick Wilson, and David Zirkle). Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Education.

“Innovation and the Opportunity Cost of Monopoly” (with William F. Shughart II and Robert D. Tollison). Managerial and Decision Economics, 29(8), 2008: 619–627.

“Inhibiting Institutional Inertia: Squaring iron triangles while reforming welfare.” Public Finance and Management, 8(2), 2008: 204–233.

“Taxonomy: Racism versus Fiscal Conservatism in Voting on Segregationist Provisions in Alabama’s Constitution” (with William F. Shughart II). Constitutional Political Economy, 19(1), 2008: 61–80.

“Losing the Edge at the Final Frontier: A Relative Decline in Scientific Inputs and its Consequences” (with Atin B. Choudhary). Applied Econometrics and International Development, 7(2), 2007: 23–36.

“An Experimental Evaluation of the Serial Cost Sharing Rule” (with Laura Razzolini and Robert Dorsey). Theory and Decision, 63(3), 2007: 283-314.

“Flags of Our Fathers: Voting on Confederate Symbols in the State of Georgia” (with Gökhan Karahan and William F. Shughart II). Public Choice, 131(1-2), 2007: 83–99.

“A Multivariate Methodology for the Selection of Accreditation Peers” (with Jacob V. Simons). The Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 1(1-2), Spring-Fall 2006: 37–41.

“Economics and English: Language Growth in Economic Perspective” (with William F. Shughart II and Robert D. Tollison). Southern Economic Journal, 71(2), 2004: pp. 232–259. [Mentioned in: Bernard Saffran, “Recommendations for Further Reading,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19(1), Winter 2005, p. 235.]

“Titan Agonistes: The Wealth Effects of the Standard Oil (N.J.) Case” (with William F. Shughart II, Robert D. Tollison, and Atin Basu Choudhary). Research in Law and Economics, 21, 2004: pp. 63–84.

“The Political Economy of the IRS” (with Marilyn Young and William F. Shughart II). Economics and Politics, 13 (July 2001): 201–220. [Quoted in: “A Different Kind of Tax Break”, The Washington Post, 16 September 2001, p. B5.]

Collective Volume Articles

“Enron” (with William F. Shughart II), in Charles K. Rowley and Friedrich Schneider (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, pp. 219–24.

Book Reviews

Review of After Enron: Lessons for Public Policy, ed. by William A. Niskanen (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005). In Managerial and Decision Economics, 27(5), July-August, 2006: 394–96.

Review of The Economic Effects of Constitutions, by Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini (Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2003). In Public Choice, 127(1-2), 2006: 235–40.

Review of The Economics of Football, by Stephen Dobson and John Goddard (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001). In Managerial and Decision Economics, 23, 2002: 487–88.

Papers submitted for Publication

“Of Rebates and Drawbacks: The Standard Oil Company (N.J.) and the Railroads” (with William F. Shughart II)

Research in Progress

“Checks and Balances at the OK Corral: Restraining Leviathan” (with Atin B. Choudhary and William F. Shughart II)

“Reducing the Impact of Ethnic Tensions on Economic Growth - Economic or Political Institutions?” (with Atin B. Choudhary).

“Advertising as an Entry Fee into High Demand Markets” (with John T. King).

“Barrier to Entry: The Political Economy of H-1B Visas” (with Gökhan Karahan and William F. Shughart II).

“An Experimental Comparison of Three Cost-Sharing Mechanisms” (with Laura Razzolini).

Professional Affiliations & Services

American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Public Choice Society

Internal Service (selection)

Webmaster, Department, 2003(joint)/2004 - 2009

University

Senator, 2006-2009

Member of the University Senate Executive Committee, 2007-2009

Member of the University Senate Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2006-2008

Senate Alternate, 2005-2006

College of Business Administration

Member, Intercollegiate Working Group on Redesigning Math 1232, 2007-2008

Member, Strategic Planning Council, 2007-

Member, PACS Committee, 2003/2004/2005

School of Economic Development

Member, Graduate Committee, 2007-

Member, Research Committee, 2007-

Member, Faculty Recruitment and Retention Committee, 2006-2007

Member, Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee, 2006-2007

Member, Curriculum Committee, 2006-2007

Member, Search Committee, Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, Fall 2006/Spring 2007

Member, Search Committee, Director of the School of Economic Development, Georgia Southern University, Spring 2006

Member, Search Committee (2 positions), Assistant Professors, Georgia Southern University, Spring/Summer 2005

Member, Search Committee (2 positions), Assistant Professors, Georgia Southern University, Spring/Summer 2004

External Service (selection)

Ad-hoc reviewer for grant-applications submitted to the National Science Foundation

Ad-hoc referee for Public Choice, Southern Economic Journal, Economics and Politics, The Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics

Chair, Session 105G, Southern Economic Association Conference, Washington, D.C., November 18-20, 2005.

Published Editorials (in the US) and Miscellaneous Writings

“Better economic footing ahead”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 07 November 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Executive compensation: Separating facts and fiction”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 24 October 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“A whole new ballgame”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 10 October 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Timely expansion is only half the work”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 26 September 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Good luck with that travel fee”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 12 September 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“An insidious give and take”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 29 August 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Clunking along while oozing cash”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 15 August 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Unwelcome goodbye”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 01 August 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Profits as a potential measure of failure”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 18 July 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Facing the facts on health-care reform”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 04 July 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“More tools for paper tigers”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 20 June 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Choosing to 'Buy American' will cost you”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 06 June 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Taking the highway, not the highroad”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 23 May 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Stress test results relieve some anxiety”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 09 May 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“TARP fund use lacks transparency”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 25 April 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Business Ethics in a Crisis”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 11 April 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Protectionism doesn't lead to prosperity”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 28 March 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Financial crisis pits world against U.S.”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 14 March 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“President's truth in budgeting pays off”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 28 February 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Stimulus funding could affect Internet speed, access”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 14 February 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“'Evidence-based' White House should listen to economists”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 31 January 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“Bailout vote shows new Senate's timidity”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 17 January 2009, 1B. [PDF-Version]

“New year's new deal might be same old”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 03 January 2009, 6A. [PDF-Version]

“Here's to a happier 2009”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 20 December 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Let's avoid failure to verify”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 06 December 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“A car wreck either way”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 22 November 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Governments beware of protectionist involvement in market affairs”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 15 November 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Generational change faces an inter-generational challenge”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 08 November 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Time to 'limit down' on current market anxiety”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 25 October 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Bailout plans equal highway robbery on Main Street”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 11 October 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“The fatal conceit of Congress”, Havre Daily News (Havre, MT), 02 October 2008. [PDF-Version]

“The fatal conceit of Congress”, The Phoenix (Phoenixville, PA), 30 September 2008. [PDF-Version]

“The Goldilocks fallacy”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 27 September 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Captured regulators caught”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 13 September 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Cheerleaders are priceless benefit”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 30 August 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Production function for Olympics”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 16 August 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Politicians, Voters Pillage Set-Aside Funds to Plug Budget Gaps”, Los Angeles Business Journal (Los Angeles, CA), 04 August 2008. [PDF-Version]

“Radio deal puts less music in air”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 02 August 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Paulson's proposal a costly experiment”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 19 July 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Time for some creative destruction”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 05 July 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“The fees that break the traveler's back”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 21 June 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Leveling the playing field not a deterrent to competition”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 07 June 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Economist-like analysis can give new perspective to social issues”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 24 May 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“The true worth of the gas tax holiday proposals”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 10 May 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Overburdened FDA accused of biting off more than it can chew”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 26 April 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Test your financial literacy on tax rebate”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 12 April 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Current gas prices show how European ties affect U.S. economy”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 29 March 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“The dark side of daylight saving”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 15 March 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“European antitrust activism goes a step too far”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 01 March 2008, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Even with economic stimuli, budget shenanigans prevail”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 16 February 2008, E1. [PDF-Version]

“Disclosing of 'intentional foreclosure'”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 02 February 2008, F1. [PDF-Version]

“Fed, White House trying to stoke the economy fire without getting burned”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 19 January 2008, F1. [PDF-Version]

“Feeding the Green Monster makes free market less competitive”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 05 January 2008, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Hope that economy-boosting gifts will keep the Grinch at bay”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 22 December 2007, F1. [PDF-Version]

“PISA and the leaning economic superpower”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 08 December 2007, F1. [PDF-Version]

“Let's open air space for real”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 24 November 2007, F1. [PDF-Version]

“Productivity may ride to the economy's rescue”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 10 November 2007, F1. [PDF-Version]

“Sometimes when it doesn't rain, it pours”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 27 October 2007, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Recent conference shows Savannah in good economic company”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 13 October 2007, E1. [PDF-Version]

“For Europeans more leisure time may be less relaxing”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 29 September 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Bailout is in the eye of the beholder”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 15 September 2007, B1. [PDF-Version]

“Markets lack trust, not money”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 01 September 2007, E1. [PDF-Version]

“A cure for the healthcare crises may be crowding out private insurance”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 18 August 2007, E1. [PDF-Version]

“Asian markets appear resilient to U.S. economic woes”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 04 August 2007, B1. [PDF-Version]

“CAFE may be the way to wean Americans from fossil fuel addiction”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 21 July 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“After 96 years, the (price) fix is in”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 07 July 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Back-to-school money matters”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 23 June 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Rising costs of necessities signal an end of Gemütlichkeit”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 09 June 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“A French lesson for the 21st century work force”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 26 May 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Frustration of high gas prices can lead to inconvenient solutions”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 12 May 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“'Beige Book' paints a rosy outlook”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 28 April 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Auditing the IRS”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 14 April 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“The puzzle of consumer confidence”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 31 March 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Subprime Loans: The easy money spigot hurt due diligence”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 17 March 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“This week on Wall Street: The China Syndrome”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 03 March 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“The economics of global warming”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 17 February 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Competition by other means”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 03 February 2007, C1. [PDF-Version]

“Globalization gone right”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 22 January 2007, B6. [PDF-Version]

“CEO pay: Great rewards should be earned”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 08 January 2007, B6. [PDF-Version]

“And the economic champion is: You”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 25 December 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

“The case for prudent deregulation”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 18 December 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

“A Titan of free enterprise”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 27 November 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

“The market's verdict on a college degree”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 13 November 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

“The people dynamo within a 300M population”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 30 October 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

“Measuring unemployment in a dynamic economy”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 16 October 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

“A competitiveness ranking and its real message”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 02 October 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

“Medicare Surcharges”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 18 September 2006, C6. [PDF-Version]

“Understanding labor and wages in the immigration debate”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 04 September 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

“Adieu traditional pension plans”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 21 August 2006, B6. [PDF-Version]

Review of “Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich”, The Business Report & Journal (Savannah, GA), 21 August 2006. [PDF-Version]

“Challenges at the helm of the economy”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 07 August 2006, C6. [PDF-Version]

“U.S. should allow Russia to join the WTO”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 24 July 2006, C6. [PDF-Version]

“Business Reference: The 'net and free enterprise”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 10 July 2006.

Review of “Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life”, The Business Report & Journal (Savannah, GA), 12 June 2006.

Review of “How Soccer Explains the World: An (Unlikely) Theory of Globalization”, The Business Report & Journal (Savannah, GA), 03 March 2006.

Review of “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything”, The Business Report & Journal (Savannah, GA), 14 November 2005.

“Guest column: Road map for undermining property rights” [HTML] (with William F. Shughart II), Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 02 July 2005, p. A7.

“Supreme Court ruling opens the door to abuse” [HTML] (with William F. Shughart II), Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), 28 June 2005, p. B5. Also posted on the website of the Independent Institute.

Review of “Knock 'em Dead 2005: The Ultimate Job Seeker's Guide”, The Business Report & Journal (Savannah, GA), 16 May 2005.

Review of “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America”, The Business Report & Journal (Savannah, GA), 14 February 2005.

“G8-Economist Q&A”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 10 June 2004.

“G8-Summit Q&A”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 09 June 2004.

“Economics is at the Core of the Summit Agenda”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 07 June 2004.

“How does the G-8 Summit impact (the) US?”, The Business Report & Journal (Savannah, GA), May 31 2004.

“G-8 Sea Island Summit Agenda Takes Shape”, Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 23 May 2004 [syndicated in The Florida-Times Union (Jacksonville, FL)].

Review of “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy”, The Business Report & Journal (Savannah, GA), 15 February 2004.

“Political Panic trumps Terrorist Tragedy” (with William F. Shughart II), featured in The Lighthouse, The Independent Institute, Vol. 3, Issue 43, October 29, 2001.

“Politics and IRS Audit Rates” (with Marilyn Young and William F. Shughart II), Lewiston Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), 22 April 2001, p. D4. Also mentioned in National Center for Policy Analysis, Executive Alert 15 (July/August 2001), p. 2.

Presentations/Discussant

“Checks and Balances at the OK Corral: Restraining Leviathan” Presented at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the European Public Choice Society, Jena, Germany, March 27-30, 2008.

Discussant to Thomas Bräuninger (University of Mannheim) “Governments, Parliaments, and Legislative Activity” Presented at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the European Public Choice Society, Jena, Germany, March 27-30, 2008.

Discussant to Richard E. Wagner (George Mason University) “Political Pricing and Economic Calculation: Dissolving a Theoretical Antinomy” Presented at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the Public Choice, San Antonio, TX, March 06-09, 2008.

“Barriers to Entry: The Political Economy of H1-B Visas” Presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, November 18-21, 2007.

Discussant to Daniel Sutter (University of Texas - Pan American) “The Political Economy of Internet Poker” Presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, November 18-21, 2007.

Discussant to William F. Shughart II and Andrew T. Young (University of Mississippi) “The Consequences of the US DOJ’s Antitrust Activities: A Macroeconomic Perspective” Presented at the Festschrift in Honor of Robert D. Tollison, Clemson, SC, November 6-8, 2007.

“Inhibiting Institutional Inertia: Squaring iron triangles while reforming welfare” Presented at the 64th International Atlantic Economic Society Conference, Savannah, GA, October 7-10, 2007.

Discussant to Richard E. Wagner (George Mason University) “Conceptualizing the Welfare State: Contrasting Models of Political Economy” Presented at the 64th International Atlantic Economic Society Conference, Savannah, GA, October 7-10, 2007.

Discussant to Masahiro Shoji (University of Tokyo) “How Do The Poor Cope with Negative Income Fluctuation When Mutual Help within Community Is Not Available?” Presented at the 64th International Atlantic Economic Society Conference, Savannah, GA, October 7-10, 2007.

“Barriers to Entry: The Political Economy of H1-B Visas” Presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, Charleston, SC, November 17-20, 2006.

“Taxonomy: Racism versus Fiscal Conservatism in Voting on Segregationist Provisions in Alabama’s Constitution” Presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, Washington, D.C., November 18-20, 2005.

“Taxonomy: Racism versus Fiscal Conservatism in Voting on Segregationist Provisions in Alabama’s Constitution” Presented at the Economics Research Seminar, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, November 12, 2005.

“Flags of Our Fathers: Voting on Confederate Symbols in the State of Georgia” Presented at the Annual Conference of The Association of Private Enterprise Education, Orlando, April 3-5, 2005.

“Flags of Our Fathers: Voting on Confederate Symbols in the State of Georgia” Presented at the Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans, November 20-23, 2004.

Discussant to Manfred Dix (Tulane University) “Government Grants and the Provision of Local Public Goods in the Presence of Asymmetric Information” at the Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans, November 20-23, 2004.

Discussant to Todd M. Nesbit (West Virginia University) “The Effects of Excise Taxes on Product Quality: Evidence from the Gasoline Market” at the Southern Economic Association Conference, San Antonio, November 20-23, 2003.

Discussant to Christopher Garbacz and Herbert G. Thompson, Jr. (Mississippi Public Utilities and Ohio University) “Economic Freedom, Telecommunications and Productivity: East And West” at the Southern Economic Association Conference, San Antonio, November 20-23, 2003.

“Titan Agonistes: The Wealth Effects of the Standard Oil (N.J.) Case” Presented at the Economics Seminar, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, October 31, 2003.

“Ein experimenteller Vergleich dreier Kostenzuteilungsverfahren” Presented at the Universität Konstanz (Germany), January 13, 2003.

“An Experimental Comparison of Three Cost-Sharing Mechanisms” Presented at the Economics Seminar, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, December 6, 2002.

“An Experimental Comparison of Three Cost-Sharing Mechanisms” Presented at the Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans, November 23-26, 2002.

Discussant to Nick Vriend (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London) “Imitation of Successful Behavior in Cournot Markets”, Workshop “Evolution and Learning in Games” at the Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economics Systems, June 1999.

Discussant to Wilhelm Ruprecht (MPIEW, Jena) “Consumer Learning and Satiation: Towards an Evolutionary Agenda of Consumption Theory”, Seminar at the Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems, December 1998.

“Anti-Tax Pork Barrel” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society in New Orleans, March 1998.

Honors and Awards

Recipient of the Charles R. Gibbs Faculty Award, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, 2009

Recipient of The W.A. and Emma Lou Crider Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, 2008

Recipient of The T.J. Morris, Jr., Faculty Award for Outstanding Research, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, 2007

Professional Travel Grant, Georgia Southern University, 2006

Omicron Delta Epsilon (2005)

Member of the Graduate Faculty (2005)

Recipient of a Summer Research Award (Grant), College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, 2005

Recipient of The Bank of America Faculty Award, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, 2004

Professional Travel Grant, Georgia Southern University, 2003

Award from the SEA: selected for the graduate session at the SEA conference, Nov. 2002

Honors Fellow of the Graduate School, University of Mississippi, 1999–2002

First Place, Feature Category (with Rob Goza), 12th Annual Southeast Journalism Conference, 1998.

Fellow of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, 1994–98

Courses Taught

Mathematical Economics (Graduate Level)	Intermediate Microeconomics
Game Theory with Experimental Economics	Principles of Microeconomics
Public Finance and Public Policy	Economics in a Global Society
Managerial Economics	Principles of Macroeconomics
Economics/Business Statistics	Business Economics
First Year Experience Seminar: Economix -- Lessons from “Freakonomics” and “Predictably Irrational”

Additional Experience

Staff Officer Course, Federal Armed Forces Command & Staff College, Hamburg, Germany, December 8–19, 2008

NATO Staff Officer Orientation Course (NATO School), Oberammergau, Germany, September 15–19, 2008

Course Redesign Workshop (The National Center for Academic Transformation & Pearson Education) Tucson, Arizona, with David Pritchard (MIT), October 26–28, 2007

Principles of Economics Symposium (McGraw-Hill Irwin) Amelia Island, Florida, with George Borjas (Harvard) and Brad DeLong (Berkeley), November 2–5, 2006

Workshop on GIS & Community Analysis (New Urban Research, Inc.) in Atlanta, Georgia, September 18, 2006

Faculty Development Workshop on using On-line Simulations and Games, Georgia Institute of Technology, June 30, 2005

NSF Sponsored Workshop on Classroom Experiments in Economics, College of William and Mary with Charles Holt (University of Virginia), May 20–22, 2004

Graduate Student Workshop in Experimental Economics, George Mason University (Arlington)/ICES with Vernon Smith, August 7–14, 2002

Social Change Workshop for Graduate Students, University of Virginia (Charlottesville), June 15–21, 2002

The International Student Symposium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution [PDF] (Erasmus University Rotterdam) in Brussels, The Hague, and Amsterdam, July 16 – August 12, 2000

Editor in Chief and/or Public Information Officer (current rank: Major) for the NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spring/Summer 1997, Winter 1998, Winter 1999, Summer 2001. S1 Staff Officer/Public Information Officer, HQ, German Armed Forces Command US/CA, Summer 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

Resident Advisor at the University of Mississippi, 1997–98

Full-Time Journalist, Thüringer Allgemeine, 1991–93

Fellow and now Alumnus of the Melton Foundation