Research
Publications:
Elasticity, Chapter 9 in Principles of Microeconomics, multimedia online textbook edited by Carsten Lange, 2015
An Introduction to Financial Markets and Institutions, 2nd edition (with Maureen Burton and Reynold Nesiba), M.E. Sharpe Publisher, 2010.
Financial Markets, article in Booms and Busts: An Encyclopedia of Economic History from Tulipmania of the 1630s to the Current Global Financial Crisis, M.E. Sharpe Publisher, 2010.
Nasdaq, article in Booms and Busts: An Encyclopedia of Economic History from Tulipmania of the 1630s to the Current Global Financial Crisis, M.E. Sharpe Publisher, 2010.
The Financial System and the Economy, Principles of Money and Banking, 5th edition (with Maureen Burton), M.E. Sharpe Publisher, 2009.
“Simpson’s Paradox, Aggregation, and On-Time Airline Performance,” in International Business Association Conference Proceedings, April 2005 pgs. 63-69.
“Lessons from the Japanese Healthcare Experience,” in Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, vol. 17, Fall 2004, pgs. 53-66.
“Wages and Employment in the U.S. Apparel Industry,” Contemporary Economic Policy, 19(4)
October 2001, pgs. 454-464.
“Japanese in the California Labor Market,” The Journal of Economics - Niigata University,
# 68, March 2000, pgs. 29-50.
“The Changing American Perspective of Japan: Revisionist and Chrysanthemum Club Views as Seen Through the Lens of ‘Japan - A Reinterpretation,’” The Annual Report of Economics - Niigata University, # 24, January 2000, pgs. 117-131.
“U.S. Gives Opposite Advice to Japan and Its Neighbors,” under the title “Some Pearls of Wisdom in Economic Advice,” The Japan Times, pg. 21, May 17, 1998.
Unskilled Immigration and Native Wages, UCLA Economics Department Ph.D. dissertation, (Edward E. Leamer, chair), December, 1997.
Conference Presentations:
"On Ricardian Equivalence and the Relevance of Ricardo?" 98th Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, San Diego CA, July 2023
“Is the Monetary Policy Curve an Effective Replacement for the LM Curve?” 97th Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, Portland OR, July 2022
“Teaching Aggregate Demand and Supply” 94th Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, San Francisco, CA. July 1, 2019
“The Money Market – Dynamic versus Static Representations” 93rd Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, Vancouver Canada June 29, 2018.
“Immigrant Impact on Natives by Education,” 92st Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, San Diego, CA June 26, 2017.
“Relative Wages and Substitutability of Immigrants and Natives,” 91st Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, Portland OR. July 1, 2016.
“Immigration and Native Adjustment,” 90th Annual WEAI Conference, Honolulu HI, June 28, 2015.
“Airline Ticket Prices and Flight Characteristics: Lowest Price Roundtrip Flights from Los Angeles to New York,” June, 2014, 89th Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, Denver CO.
“Contrasting Notions of Labor Substitutability” June, 2012, 87th Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, San Francisco CA.
“Is Credit Rationing a Market Imperfection?” July, 2011, 86th Annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, San Diego CA.
“Engaging a Diverse Set of Students in Healthcare Economics” in a poster session “Active Learning Strategies,” Jan., 2011, 123rd Annual American Economic Association (AEA) Conference, Denver, CO.
Last Update 12/1/2023