Associate Professor of Finance and Economics
Director of the Honors Program
Mount Saint Mary’s University
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(301) 447-5396 x4068
EDUCATION
Ph.D. January 1999
Dissertation: “Economic Incentives and Collective Actions”
(Advisor: James A. Dearden)
Fields: Microeconomics, Game Theory, Economics of Technological Change
M.S., May 1994
Business Administration
The
B.S., May 1989
Mathematics/Economics
TEACHING AWARD
2003 John W. Richards Award for Teaching Excellence – An annual award given to a Mount Saint Mary’s College professor for creative course development, the ability to inspire and challenge students, concern for students’ intellectual, moral, and religious development, and the ability to explicate difficult ideas, texts, and concepts.
PUBLICATIONS
“Building a Socially Responsible Equity
Portfolio Using Data Envelopment Analysis,” forthcoming in Philosophica, Fall
2008.
“The Economics of Collegiate Athletics” in Handbook on the
Economics of Sport, Szymanski, S. and Andreff,
W., eds., Edward Elgar Publishing,
Management
Economics: An Accelerated Approach
with William Forgang, M.E. Sharpe Publishers,
“March Madness in the Classroom,” Journal of Industrial Organization Education: (2006) Vol. 1 : Iss. 1, Article 3. Available at: http://www.bepress.com/jioe/vol1/iss1/3
“EconFantasy.com: Where Fantasy Becomes Reality in an Economics of Sports Simulation” Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 6 No. 3, August 2005.
“Is Winning Everything? A Data Envelopment Analysis of Major League Baseball and the National Football League” Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 5 No. 2, May 2004.
“Strategy-Proof Allocation of Fixed Costs” with James A. Dearden. Review of Economic Design, Vol. 8, No. 2, July 2003.
“Major League Baseball Wants to Fold its Most Efficient Teams” Sports Business Journal. December 2001.
“Turn Fantasy into Reality: Using Fantasy Football in an Economics of Sports Course” in Teaching Economics: Instruction and Classroom Based Research Irwin/McGraw Hill Publishers. June 2001.
“Benchmarking your R&D: Results of the Annual IRI/CIMS R&D Survey for FY ‘97” with Alden S. Bean and M. Jean Russo. Research Technology Management. January-February 1999.
WORKING PAPERS
“Optimizing the Location of Sports Franchise Investment” Work in Progress.
“Bidding Strategies and the Ebay Auction: Does Bidding Late Eliminate Pay Great!” Work in Progress.
PRESENTATIONS
“Building a Socially Responsible Equity
Portfolio Using Data Envelopment Analysis,” Socially Responsible Investing
Forum Annual Conference, October, 2007.
“Measuring the Cost of Socially Responsible Investing” Socially Responsible Investing Forum Annual Conference, September 2005.
“Is Winning Everything? A Data Envelopment Analysis of Major League Baseball and the National Football League”
§ The Western Economic Association Annual International Meeting, July 2003
“Bidding Strategies and the Ebay Auction: Does Bidding Late Eliminate Pay Great!”
§ Lehigh University Economics Department Colloquium, March 2003
§ Mount Saint Mary’s College Faculty Honors Presentation, April 2002
“March Madness in the Classroom: An auction exercise using the NCAA basketball tournament”
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§ Mount Saint Mary’s College Teaching Workshop, March 2002
§ Teaching Economics: Instruction and Classroom Based Research
“Macroeconomic Efficiency and Technological Advancement of the European Union and Candidate Countries”
§ Mount Saint Mary’s College First Annual Faculty/Student Research Symposium
“Is Efficiency or Winning Everything? A Data Envelopment Analysis of Payrolls and Performance in Sports Franchises”
§ Lehigh University Economics Department Colloquium, October 2001
“Inefficient Payroll Spending in Sports Leagues: A Data Envelopment Analysis Comparison of the National Football League and Major League Baseball”
§ The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Annual International Meeting, June 2001
“Turn Fantasy into Reality: Using Fantasy Football in an Economics of Sports Course”
§ Teaching Economics: Instruction and Classroom Based Research
“Inefficient Payroll Spending in the National Football League: A Data Envelopment Analysis”
§ Mount Saint Mary’s College Seminar, October 2000
§ The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Annual National Meeting, November 2000
“Cooperation and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Solving the Free Rider Problem”
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“R&D Productivity in Industrial Firms: A Data Envelopment Analysis”
§ The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Annual Meeting, November 1999
“Strategy-Proof Allocation of Fixed Costs”
§ The North American Meeting of the Econometric Society, July 1998
§ The Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, March 1999
§ Mount Saint Mary’s College Seminar, April 1999
“Economic Incentives and Collective Actions”
§ The 1997 International Conference on Game Theory, SUNY Stony Brook
§ The NATO Advanced Study Institute, SUNY Stony Brook, July 1997
§ Lehigh University Department of Economics Seminar, October 1997
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Vice President of Programs for academic year 2003-2004
Referee for the Journal of Sports Economics, Fall 2003 - Present.
Referee for the Journal of Economic Education, Fall 2003.
Member of the Editorial Review Board for “Managerial Economics” by Hirschey (Thomson South-Western Press) February 2003.
Referee for the Journal of Productivity Analysis, Fall 2001.
Chair of the Data Envelopment
Analysis Seminar Session at The Institute for
Operations Research and the Management Sciences Annual Meeting –
Member of
the Editorial Review Board for “The Economics of Sports” by
Visiting Research Scientist
Center for Innovation Management Studies directed by Alden S. Bean
Examined the effectiveness of R&D on the Productivity of Firms, Analyzed Annual Survey
Summer 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
ACADEMIC AWARDS
2005 CASE Professor of the Year Nominee
Mount St. Mary’s College Class of 2002 Service Award
Warren-York Fellowship, Fall 1997-Spring 1998 - A competitive fellowship awarded by Lehigh University’s Department of Economics to a Ph.D. candidate whose dissertation research shows superior promise for future success.
NATO Advanced Study Institute - Game Theory and Resource Allocation: The Axiomatic Approach, SUNY Stony Brook, July 1997 - A ten-day intensive study program offered by invitation to promising Ph.D. candidates and junior level professors in the field of axiomatic game theory.
The Edward J. Stegman Memorial
Award, May 1994 - A competitive award
offered to
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Mount Saint Mary’s
University,
Assistant Professor - Fall 1998 to Spring 2004
Associate Professor - Fall 2004 to present
Courses:
Corporate Finance MBA Financial Analysis
MBA Managerial Economics Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Managerial Economics Thinking Strategically: An Introduction to Game Theory
International Economics Business and Economics of Sports
History of Economic Thought Management Science
Principles of Economics E-Commerce
Instructor - Spring 1997 Introduction to Management / Business Computing
Teaching Assistant - Fall 1994 to Spring 1996
Instructor - Summer 1995, 1996 Microeconomics
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
Mount Saint Mary’s University,
Chief Faculty Marshal: 2006-Present
Faculty Marshal: 2004-Present
Committees:
Academic Subcommittee of the Technology Advisory Committee: 1999-2001.
Bicentennial Commission: 2004-Present
Enrollment Management Committee: 2000-2003
Graduate Academic Committee: 2006-Present
Honors Committee Chair: 2003-Present
NCAA Division 1 Review Task Force: 2002
Technology Advisory Committee: 1999-2001
Tenure, Rank, and Awards Committee: 2006-present
Undergraduate Academic Committee: 2001-2004
Various Faculty Search Committees
Webpage Subcommittee of the Technology Advisory Committee Chair: 1999
Economics Club Moderator 1999-2001.
Federal Reserve Challenge Moderator 2001-2002.
University Honors Program Director 2003 - Present
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sprint Corporation,
Educational Consultant Sprint’s University of Excellence 5/91-8/94
Developed and provided training in all facets of Sprint’s operations with an emphasis on finance, personal computing, and management.
Forecasting Analyst Finance Department 5/90-5/91
Used econometric analysis to forecast Sprint’s telecommunications growth.
Business Analyst Finance Department 5/89-5/90
Developed mathematical models to perform cost allocation studies.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Economic Association
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences