Degrees:
Ph.D Economics,
University of
Wisconsin, Madison
1976
M.A. Economics,
University of
Wisconsin, Madison
1972
B.A. Economics,
Princeton
University, 1967
Current Position:
Professor of
Economics
Institute of Social
and Economic
Research
Department of
Economics
University of Alaska
Anchorage
3211 Providence
Drive
Anchorage, Alaska
99508
Previous Experience:
Associate Professor,
ISER, 1980-1985
Assistant Professor,
ISER, 1975-1980
Staff Economist,
NIKA Corporation,
1975
Research Assistant,
Environmental
Defense Fund, 1973
Teaching Assistant,
University of
Wisconsin 1973
US Peace Corps
Volunteer, Sarawak,
Malaysia, 1967-1969
Areas of Expertise:
I have been a public
policy researcher at
the Institute of
Social and Economic
Research (ISER) of
the University of
Alaska Anchorage
since 1975 and
became Institute
Director in 2001.
ISER is within the
College of Business
and Public Policy
where I have a joint
appointment in the
Department of
Economics. My
primary research
interests are in
these areas:
Regional Economic
Analysis. I am
responsible for the
operation,
maintenance, and
updating of several
models frequently
used to analyze
various aspects of
the Alaska
economy--an
econometric model,
an economic base
model, and an
input-output model.
Financial support
for the construction
and maintenance of
these models has
come from the
National Science
Foundation, the
State of Alaska, the
US Department of
Interior, and
others.
Alaska Fiscal
Analysis. I conduct
policy oriented
research on the
particular fiscal
problems of an
economy dependent
upon the petroleum
industry. Much of
this work has
appeared in the
Fiscal Policy Paper
series published by
ISER since 1992.
Energy and Natural
Resources. I conduct
analyses of Alaska
energy demand,
resource valuation
studies, and studies
of the oil and other
energy supply
industries
University,
Professional, Public
Service:
I am active in
professional service
to the community.
Right now I am a
member of the Outer
Continental Shelf
Scientific Committee
of the Minerals
Management Service
Advisory Board and
an advisor to the
Alaska Fiscal Policy
Council.
Scholarship/Creative
Activity:
See website.
* Rural Alaska
economic structure
* Long economic
cycles and
sustainability in
natural resource
dependent economies.
* Policy
considerations in
comparisons of the
Alaska Permanent
Fund Dividend and a
state personal
income tax.
* Updating the
Alaska Input-Output
model.
Selected
publications
• "Reflections on
the Surplus Economy
and the Alaska
Permanent Fund" in
Alberta's Volatile
Government Revenues;
ed. L.S. Wilson,
Institute of Public
Economics,
University of
Alberta, 2002
• "Fiscal and
Socioeconomic Impact
of Marginal Oil
Field Development in
Alaska: Does It Pay
Its Own Way?",
Journal of Energy
Finance and
Development, Vol. 2,
Number 1 (1997).
• "Implications of
Oil Supply
Uncertainty on a
Small Oil-Producing
Regional Economy,
"OPEC Review, Winter
1992.
• "Safe Landing: A
Fiscal Strategy for
the 1990s," Fiscal
Policy Papers No. 7,
ISER, 1992.
• Regions and
Resources:
Strategies for
Development, with
Kresge et al., MIT
Press, 1984.
• "Market Allocation
of Exhaustive
Resources,"Journal
of Political
Economy, Vol. 82,
Number 5, (1974).
Honors, Awards,
Certificates,
Licenses:
Edith Bullock Award
for Excellence,
University of Alaska
Foundation, 2006 |
Anchorage, Alaska
99508-4614