Directory

Work Experience
Professor of Economics, Colby College, 2007-present
Associate Professor of Economics, Colby College, 1996-2007
Assistant Professor of Economics, Colby College, 1989-1996
Visiting Scholar, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2004-2005
Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, D.C., 1994-1995
Dana Fellow, Yale University, 1992

Maine Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission, 1992-present
CEME Model Comparison Seminar, 1985-1994, 1995-1998 (chair)

Consulting Activities
Maine Development Foundation: Economic impact assessment of the current healthcare delivery system in the Kennebec Valley Region, 2008
Central Maine Power Company 1998, 2000-2002, 2006 (Demand Elasticity Estimation, Forecast Evaluation, Testimony before the Public Utilities Commission)
PGE Energy Trading, 2000 (Electricity Demand Forecasting)
Maine State Planning Office, 1999 (Economic Forecasting & Policy Analysis)
McCain Foods, 2002 (French Fry Market Demand Analysis & Contract Arbitration Testimony)

Teaching Areas
Econometrics
Economic Forecasting
Macroeconomic Theory
Macroeconomic Principles
Mathematical Economics

“The Relative Importance of Housing Wealth in the Retirement Saving Decision,” (with Caroline Theoharides ’06).

Decomposing Consumer Wealth Effects: Evidence on the Role of Real Estate Assets Following the Wealth Cycle of 1990-2002 (with Andriy Avramenko ‘04), The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: 2007, Vol. 7: Issue 1 (Topics), Article 25.

"An Analysis of Attendance at Major League Baseball Spring Training Games" (with David W. Findlay and Peter Newberry '03). Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 8, 2007.

"What's An Oscar Worth?" (with R.A. Nelson, D.M. Waldman, and C. Wheaton '92) Economic Inquiry, Vol. 39, 2001.

"The Troika Process: Economic Models and Macroeconomic Policy in the USA," (with John Kitchen) in Empirical Models and Policy Making: Interaction and Institutions, Frank A.G. den Butter and Mary S. Morgan, eds., Routledge Publishers, London, 2000.

"Do Faculty Salaries Rise With Job Seniority?" (with D.A. Barbezat) Economic Letters, Vol. 58, February 1998.

"Teaching Economic Forecasting to Undergraduates," The Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 26, Spring 1995.