Business at Berry College

Frank Stephenson
Professor of Economics & Department Chair

Department: Economics
Phone: (706) 238-7878
Campus Box:5024
Location:Green 218
E-mail: efstephenson@berry.edu

Vita

Education:
  • Ph.D. Economics, North Carolina State University
  • B.A. Economics, Washington and Lee University 

Teaching Interest:
  • Public Economics
  • Economic Analysis of Law
  • Sports Economics  

Research Interest:
  • Public Choice
  • Sports Economics

Selected Publications:
  • “Health care reform and bankruptcy: evidence from Massachusetts,” Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming (with K.D. Badding and M. Yeoh).
  • “A Public Choice Analysis of Congressional Franking,” Public Finance Review, forthcoming (with S.T. Edwards and M. Yeoh).
  • “Strategic Voting in Open Primaries: Evidence from Rush Limbaugh’s ‘Operation Chaos’,” Public Choice, 148 (September 2011), 445-457.
  • “Using Film Clips to Teach Public Choice Economics,” Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 10 (Summer 2011), 28-36 (with G.D. Mateer).
  • “The Incidence of Hybrid Automobile Tax Preferences,” Public Finance Review, 38 (January 2010), 120-133 (with A. Chupp and K. Myles).
  • “Spatially Targeted Government Spending and Heterogeneous Constituent Cost Shares,” Journal of Private Enterprise, 24 (Spring 2009), 75-86 (with J.C., Bradbury).
  • “Occupational Licensing: Scant Treatment in Labor Texts,” Econ Journal Watch, 6 (May 2009), 181-194 (with E. Wendt).
  • “Vend It like Beckham: David Beckham’s Effect on MLS Ticket Sales,” International Journal of Sport Finance, 3 (November 2008), 189-195 (with R. Lawson and K. Sheehan).
  • “Stadium Alcohol Availability and Baseball Attendance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,” International Journal of Sport Finance 2 (February 2007), 36-44 (with A. Chupp and R. Taylor).
  • “The 150-Hour Rule as a Barrier with Entering Public Accountancy,” Journal of Labor Research 27 (Winter 2006), 115-126 (with C.G. Carpenter).
  • “The Effect of Voting Technology on Voter Turnout: Do Computers Scare the Elderly?” Public Choice 123 (April 2005), 39-47 (with G.H. Roseman Jr.).
  • “A New Test for Moral Hazard and Hit Batsmen,” Atlantic Economic Journal 32 (December 2004), 260.
  • “Are the Networks Biased? ‘Calling States in the 2000 Presidential Election,” Public Choice 118 (January 2004), 53-59 (With J.W. Mixon, Jr and A. Sen).
  • “Local Government Structure and Public Expenditures” Public Choice 115 (April 2003), 185-198 (with J.C. Bradbury).
  • “Economic Information versus Quality Variation in Cross-Country Data,” Canadian Journal of Economics 34 (November 2001), 988-1009 (with J.W. Dawson, J.P. DeJuan, and J.J. Seater).

 
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