Education
Ph.D., Duke University, 1991
M.A., Duke University, 1988
B.S., Millsaps College, 1986

Courses Taught
ECON 2010 - Economic Principles and Problems
ECON 4445 - Internship in Economics
ECON 4540 - Economic Forecasting
ECON 4632 - Financial Econometrics
ECON 7630 - Econometric Methods

Interests
Teaching Interest: Econometrics

Research Interest: Econometrics, Bayesian Econometrics

Selected Research Publications
''Implications of the Medicaid Undercount in a High-Penetration Medicaid State.'' Health Services Research , December 2007: 2424-2441. with R. Kirby Goidel, Steven Procopio, and Douglas Schwalm.

''Determinants of Academic Pay in the UK and US: The Case of Economists.'' Southern Economic Journal, forthcoming. with William J. Moore and Robert J. Newman.

''Crime versus Justice: Is There a Tradeoff?.'' Journal of Law and Economics, October 2001: 345-66. with Amy Farmer.

''Measuring Potential Efficiency Gains from Deregulation of Electricity Generation: A Bayesian Approach.'' Review of Economics and Statistics, August 2001: 523-30. with Andy Kleit.

''Optimal Betting and Efficiency in Betting Markets with Information Costs.'' The Economic Journal, July 1996: 846-868. Dek Terrell with Amy Farmer.

Professional Activities:
Director, Division of Economic Development and Forecasting

Employed by LSU since
5/18/1996