C.V. (abridged version; full version available upon request)

Office Address: Department of Economics

                               Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4200, U.S.A. Email

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Houston

M.A. in Economics, Industrial Organization and Econometrics, University of Houston; M.A. in Economics, I, Panjab University.

Bachelor of Commerce, G. N. D. University, India

Research Fields

Economics of Technical Change, Industrial Organization/Applied Microeconomics, Internet Economics, Entrepreneurship, Corruption, Tobacco Demand, Regulation

Teaching Fields

Employment

Professor, Illinois State University, Department of Economics.2000-present.

Associate and Assistant Professor, Illinois State University, Department of Economics. 

Visiting Faculty/Researcher, Indian Institute of Management, Indore; Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi; Administrative Staff College of India; The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia; Bank of Finland, Helsinki.

Graduate Program Director, Illinois State University, Department of Economics.

Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Energy Division.

Global Efforts to Combat Smoking, with M.A. Nelson, Ashgate Publishing, 2008.

    Reviewed in Choice, 2008; Journal of Public Health, 2008; Social History of Medicine, 2008;

    European Journal of Public Health, 2008; Economic Review (Ekonomski Pregled), 2008 (in Croatian); Drug and Alcohol Review 2009.

    Publisher’s web site http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=9211&edition_id=9795

Economic Models of Technological Change, Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1999.

    Reviewed in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2000.

    Publisher’s web site http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/Q212.aspx

"Income Inequality and Cigarette Consumption: Evidence from the United States," with R.Connelly and R. Ram, Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

"Cigarette Advertising and U.S. Cigarette Demand: A Policy Assessment," Journal of Policy Modeling, 2009, 351-57

"Determinants of Software Piracy: Economics, Institutions, Technology," with M. Nelson, Journal of Technology Transfer, 2009, 637-58.

"Technological Complementarities, Demand, and Market Power," Netnomics, 2009, 161-70 (lead article).

"Do Existing Corruption Levels Matter in Controlling Corruption? Cross-Country Quantile Regression Estimates," with S. Billger, Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 299-305.

"Demand for Cigarettes in the United States: Effects of Prices in Bordering States and Contiguity with Mexico and Canada," with R.Connelly and R. Ram, Applied Economics, 2009, 2255-60. 

"Cigarette Prices and Illicit Drug Use: Is there a Connection?" Applied Economics, 2009, 1071-76 (lead article).

"Smoking Restrictions and Spillovers Across Jurisdictions," Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 1587-92.

"Unemployment, Insurance, and Smoking," Applied Economics, 2008, 2593-99.

"Smoking Prevalence in the United States: Differences Across Socio-Economic Groups," Journal of Economics and Finance, 2008, 195-205.

"R&D Expenditures and U.S. Economic Growth: A Disaggregated Approach," with J. Payne and R. Ram, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 237-50.

"Cooperative and Noncooperative R&D with Spillovers: The Case of Labor-Managed Firms," with S. Haruna, Economic Systems, 2007, 423-40.

"Research Spending Under Regulatory Uncertainty," Journal of Technology Transfer, 2007, 593-604.

"The Master Settlement Agreement and Cigarette Tax Policy," with M. Nelson, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2007, 431-8.

"The Effectiveness of Anti-Smoking Legislation: A Review," with M. Nelson, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2006, 325-55 (lead article).

"Smoking Prevalence and Antismoking Regulations in Transition Countries," with J. Budak and M. Nelson, Transition Studies Review, 2006, 231-48.

"On Coordinating Environmental Policy and Technology Policy," with E. Hsieh, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2006, 897-908.

"Demand Elasticities for Internet Services," with E. Hsieh, M. Nelson and R. Ram, Applied Economics, 2006, 975-80.

"The Game Academics Play: Comment," Bulletin of Economic Research, 2006, 19-23.

"Privatization in Transition Economies: Privatization Scale and Country Size," with J. Budak, Economic Systems, 2006, 98-110.

"Organization of Markets for Science and Technology," with D. Rich, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2005, 1-17 (lead article).

"An IT Professional's Dilemma: Be an Entrepreneur or a Consultant?," with I. Hasan, Netnomics, 2005, 17-25.

"Economic Freedom versus Political Freedom: Cross-Country Influences on Corruption," with M. Nelson, Australian Economic Papers, 2005, 121-33.

"Corruption in Procurement: An Analysis of Contracting Modes," International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 2005, 283-292.

"Tobacco Policy and Tobacco Use: Differences Across Tobacco Types, Gender and Age," with M. Nelson, Applied Economics, 2005, 765-71.

"Transition, Governance and Corruption," with J. Budak, Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 2004, 395-406.

"New Developments in Tobacco Research: An Introduction," Journal of Economics and Finance, 2004, 379-81.

"International Patterns of Cigarette Smoking and Global Anti-Smoking Policies," with M. Nelson, Journal of Economics and Finance, 2004, 382-94.

"Quantile-Regression Estimates of Cigarette Demand Elasticities for the United States," with R. Ram,  Journal of Economics and Finance, 2004, 413-21.

"Cigarette Demand in Canada and the U.S.-Canadian Cigarette Smuggling," Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 537-40.

"Durable Emissions and Optimal Pigouvian Taxes," with E. Hsieh, Public Finance Review, 2004, 441-9.

"Research by Not-for-Profit Enterprises," Journal of Technology Transfer, 2004, 211-6.

"Effect of General Uncertainty on Venture-Capital Investments: A Cross-Country Study," with I. Hasan and R. Ram, Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 2004, 305-13.

"Funding New Ventures: Some Strategies for Raising Early Finance," with I. Hasan, Applied Financial Economics, 2004, 773-8.

"Use or Abuse of Highway Tax Revenues?: An Economic Analysis of Highway Spending," with M. Nelson, Applied Economics Letters, 2003, 813-9.

"A Market Mechanism for Scientific Communication: A Comment," Kyklos, 2003, 395-400.

"Rent-Seeking in Research Markets," Journal of Technology Transfer, 2003, 103-09.

"Internet Growth and Economic Theory," with E. Hsieh, Netnomics, 2002, 221-5.

"Uncertain Patent Scope and R&D Investment," Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 2002, 17-24.

"Irreversibility of R&D Investment and the Adverse Effect of Uncertainty: Evidence from the OECD Countries," with R. Ram, Economics Letters, 2001, 287-91.

"Price-Cap Regulation and Uncertain Technical Change," Applied Economics Letters, 2000, 739-42.

"R&D and Output in a Regulated Vertically-Integrated Oligopoly," Bulletin of Economic Research, 1999, 339-48.

"On Contracting for Uncertain R&D," Managerial and Decision Economics, 1999, 99-106.

"Variations in the Effect of Uncertainty on Different Types of Investment: An Empirical Investigation," with R. Ram, Australian Economic Papers, 1999, 481-92.

"The Political Economy of Motor-Fuel Taxation," with M. Nelson, The Energy Journal, 1999, 43-59.

"Corruption and Government Size: A Disaggregated Analysis," with M. Nelson, Public Choice, 1998, 107-20.

"On the Adoption of New Technology," with D. Rich, Applied Economics, 1997, 513-8.

"Market Structure, Pigouvian Taxation, and Welfare," with E. Hsieh, Atlantic Economic Journal, 1997, 128-38.

"Uncertainty, Patent Length and Firm R&D," Australian Economic Papers, 1996, 74-80.

"Spillovers, Rivalry and R&D Investment," Southern Economic Journal, 1995, 71-6.

"The Interdependence of Cigarette and Liquor Demand," with M. Morey, Southern Economic Journal, 1995, 451-9.

"Sudden Oil Price Changes: The Effect on U.S. Gasoline Demand," with M. Morey, OPEC Review, 1995, 203-18.

"Industrial Location, Advertising, and Entry Deterrence," Australian Economic Papers, 1994, 53-61.

"R & D Expenditures and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Study," with R. Ram, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1994, 403-11. Abstracted in Sociological Abstracts.

"Quasi-Experimental Taxation Elasticities of U.S. Gasoline Demand," Energy Economics, 1994, 133-7.

"The Effect of 1973 Oil Price Embargo: A Nonparametric Analysis," with M. Morey, Energy Economics, 1993, 39-48.

"On Vertical Integration into R&D," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1992, 54-9.

"Guidelines for Successfully Transferring Government-Sponsored Innovations," with M. Brown and L. Berry, Research Policy, 1991, 121-43.

"The Substitutability of Capital, Labor, and R&D in U.S. Manufacturing," Bulletin of Economic Research, 1990, 211-27.

"Innovation, Market Structure, and Welfare: A Stackelberg Model," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, 1990, 40-53.

"Quasi-Experimental Price Elasticity of Liquor Demand in the United States: 1960-1983," with B. Baltagi, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1990, 451-4.

"On the Economic Incentives for Taking Bribes," with D. Rich, Public Choice, 1989, 269-75.

"Quasi-Experimental Price Elasticities of Cigarette Demand and the Bootlegging Effect," with B. Baltagi, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1987, 750-4.

Selected Book Chapters

"Irreversible Investments: A Cost-Benefit Perspective," with R. Ram, in R.J. Brent (ed.), Handbook of Cost-Benefit Analysis, Edward Elgar, 2009, 455-81.

"Corruption in MENA Countries: An Empirical Investigation," with M. Nelson, in S. Sayan (ed.), Economic Performance in the Middle East and North Africa: Institutions, Corruption and Reform, Routledge, 2009, 13-24.

"The Tobacco Industry," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2^nd  ed., W.A. Darity (ed.), Macmillan, 2008, 376-8. 

"Public Utilities," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2^nd ed., W.A. Darity (ed.), Macmillan, 2008, 625-6.

"Regulation," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2^nd ed., W.A. Darity (ed.), Macmillan, 2008, 143-5. 

"Technological Change," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2^nd ed., W.A. Darity (ed.), Macmillan, 2008, 490-2.

"Oligopoly," in Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, B.S. Kaliski (ed.), Vol. 2, 2nd ed., Macmillan, 2007, 558-9.

"Commercializing Government - Sponsored Computer Software," with M. Brown, in Advances in the Implementation and Impact of Computer Systems, Vol. 1, J.A. Morell and M. Fleischer (eds.), JAI Press, 1991.

Research Reports

The Transfer and Diffusion of New Technologies: A Review of the Economics Literature, with T. Curlee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Report, ORNL/TM-11155, 1989.

Commercializing Government - Sponsored Innovations: Twelve Successful Buildings Case Studies, with M. Brown and L. Berry, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Report, ORNL/CON-275, 1989.

Selected Book Reviews

Review of Innovation and Incentives, by S. Scotchmer, (MIT Press), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2006.

Review of Interneteconomics.net: Macroeconomics, Deregulation, and Innovation, by P.J. Welfens, (Springer-Verlag), Kyklos, 2003.

Review of Cooperative Research in U.S. Manufacturing, by A.N. Link and L.L. Bauer, (Lexington Books), Southern Economic Journal, 1991.

Review of Productivity and U.S. Economic Growth, by D. Jorgenson, F. Gallop and B. Fraumeni, (Harvard University Press), Southern Economic Journal, 1989.

Review of Economic Policy and Technological Performance, by P. Dasgupta and P. Stoneman, eds., (Cambridge University Press), Southern Economic Journal, 1988.

Editorial Board Memberships

Guest Editor, Symposium on New Developments in Tobacco Research, Journal of Economics and Finance, Fall 2004.

Professional reviewer for about thirty scholarly journals and academic publishers.

Selected Awards/Grants

Outstanding College Researcher, College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University, 2007.

Scott Elliott Faculty Excellence Award, Department of Economics, 2007.

Ranked among "top 500 economists" based on articles published - http://student.vub.ac.be/~tcoupe/update/authorsarticles.html

University Research Grant, Illinois State University, 1993-94 (with M. Morey), 1996-97, 1998-99 (with M. Nelson), 2000-01, 2002-03 (with D. Rich), 2006-07.

University Research Initiative Award, Illinois State University, 1990.

Silver Medal for ranking first in Panjab University in M.A. (Economics) I.