Areas of Expertise

• Energy Economics and Policy
• Economic History
• Political Economy
• Industrial Organization
• Law and Economics

Contributions: (published works or studies, conference presentations)

• U.S. Energy Policy and the Pursuit of Failure, Cambridge University Press
• The Principles of Law & Economics, (co-author with Daniel H. Cole), 2nd Edition, Aspen Publishing 2011.
• The End of a Natural Monopoly: Deregulation and Competition in the Electric Power Industry, JAI Press, (Volume 7 in the series, The Economics of Legal Relationships), co-editor with Daniel H. Cole, 2003
• Introduction to Energy: Resources, Technology and Society, Cambridge University Press, 1990, with E.S. Cassedy, (energy and public policy), 2nd printing 1993.2nd Edition, 1998 American Express, Crown, New York, 1987, (business history). translations: Japanese, French

Butler Assignment (classes or work duties)

• Clarence Efroymson Chair, Associate Professor of Economics, College of Business, Butler University, 1994-present
• Area Coordinator, Economics, 1995-1998.

Education/Degrees

• Washington University (Economics) Ph.D. 1992
• Washington University (Economics)M.A. 1990
• Columbia University (Philosophy) B.A. 1970

Professional Credentials

• Junior Director, Indiana Academy of Social Sciences, 1995-1996
• Director, IASS, 1996-7
• Senior Director, IASS, 1997-8
• Member, Board of Directors, Real Silk Investments Inc., 1998- 9, (outside director)
• Consultant, Ralston Purina Inc., 1993-4 (consulted on 100th anniversary corporate history project).

Awards/Honors
William Abbott Fellow, 1991-1992, Washington University, St. Louis.

Association Memberships (professional/educational)

• American Economic Association
• International Atlantic Economic Society
• Western Economic Association
• Midwest Economics Association
• The International Society for New Institutional Economics
• Economic History Association
• Cliometric Society, American Law and Economics Association
• International Association of Energy Economists

Professional Experience

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington University, Department of Economics, 1993-1994
• Research Associate, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, 1992-1993
• Affiliate Professor, Engineering & Policy, Washington University, 1990-1993
• Research Associate, Center in Political Economy, Washington University, (under Douglass C. North), 1990-1991
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Contemporary Liberal Arts, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, 1985-1988
• Assistant Professor, Humanities, Polytechnic University, 1979-1985.