February 1998
DATE OF BIRTH: March 4, 1951
CITIZENSHIP: U.S.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
| Primary: Public Finance | |
| Secondary: Economics and Catholic Social Teaching, Microeconomics |
EDUCATION
| Ph. D., Economics, The Johns Hopkins University, November 1980 | |
| Dissertation: "The Impact of Changing State Excise Tax Rates on Tax Revenues: An Analysis of Selected Taxes" | |
| M.A., Economics, The Johns Hopkins University, May 1977 | |
| Honors and Fellowships: The Johns Hopkins University Fellowship (1975-78) | |
| A.B., Economics/Mathematics, Middlebury College, May 1973 | |
| Honors and Fellowships: Summa Cum Laude, High Honors in Economics/Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa (1972), Charles A. Dana Scholar (1970-73) |
EXPERIENCE
| Senior Lecturer, Boston College, Dept. of Economics, 1996 - present | |
| Lecturer, Boston College, Department of Economics, 1982 - 1995 | |
| Economist, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 1979-84 | |
| Tax Research Econometrician, Vermont Department of Budget and Management, 1973-75 |
PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH
| Workbook to Accompany Intermediate Microeconomics, with Michael Ormiston, 1992 | |
| "Employment Impacts of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982," with Stewart Butler, Transportation Research Record, #1074, 1986 | |
| "Framework for Assessing Preliminary Cost Impacts of User Charges on Waterborne Commodities," Transportation Systems Center Staff Study #SS-42-U9-12, January 1984 | |
| "Highways and the Economy," with Stewart Butler et al, Federal Highway Administration Report #FHWA-PL-83-014, November 1983 | |
| "An Analysis of Alternative Highway User Charges, Volume I," with Mark Hollyer, Transportation Systems Center Staff Study #SS-42-U9-2, January 1983 | |
| "The Effects of Increased Navigation Capacity in the Upper Mississippi River System on the Railroads," with Paul Hoxie and Elaine Hickernell, Transportation Systems Center Staff Study #SS-221-U1-79, November 1981 | |
| " 'The Economic Impact of Railroad Deregulation': A Critical Review," with Stewart Butler, Transportation Systems Center Staff Study #SS-221-U7- 61, February 1981 | |
| "Current Estimates of the Impact of Waterway Expansion on the Railroads," Transportation Systems Center Staff Study #SS-221-U1-78, September 1980 |