Profile
Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 1957; Economist, Chicago Area Transportation Study, 1956-59; Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1959-67; Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., 1967-85; Professor, UTD, 1985-present. Cited in Who's Who in Economics, MIT Press, first three editions; based on frequency of citations in Social Science Citation Index. Senior Lecturer, Fulbright-Hays Program, Madrid, Spain, 1970. Received UTD Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award for 1994-1995 Academic Year. Received student choice awards on a number of occasions.
Areas of specialization include urban economics and real estate, natural resources and environmental economics, health economics, and quantitative methods. Specific research topics include wage levels, cost-of-living and quality of life related to population size and density; land use and property value; production function analysis; and health care costs and benefits.
Pioneered in use of time series and cross-section data in estimating production functions (fixed effect models); in regional input-output analysis; and in relating quality-of-life measures to urban scale (population size and density). Studies include the allocation of wilderness land, the optimum spacing of urban expressways, determinants of farm real estate value, and effects of changes in energy prices on industry output and population distribution. Publications include three books, six monographs, and 65 articles, book chapters and research reports. Published papers include articles in Econometrica, Journal of Urban Economics, Urban Studies, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Science.
- Updated: January 22, 2008
