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Dr. Samuel Bostaph

Chairman and Professor
Economics Department


Office:
Braniff 10
Office hours: 12-1 MWF and by appointment.
Telephone: (972) 721-5159
E-mail: bostaph@acad.udallas.edu


Education

  • B.A., Texas Christian University
  • M.S., Southern Illinois University
  • Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Recent Publication

"Friederich von Wieser's Theory of Socialism: A Magnificant Failure," Politicka economie 6/2005


"Wieser on Economic Calculation Under Socialism,"
The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics,6:2(Summer 2003)3-34.

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Dr. William Doyle

Associate Professor

Economics Department



Office Hours:
MWF, 1-2; TuTH 12:30-2:00
Telephone: (972) 721-5054
E-mail: bdoyle@acad.udallas.edu

Education

  • B.A., Colorado State University
  • M.A., University of Tennessee
  • Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Representative Publications

  • "Financing the Corporate Revolution." Business and Economic History 21 (1992): 12-16.

  • "A Reappraisal of the Role of Finance in the Corporate Revolution of the Late Nineteenth Century." 22 (1993): 223-33.

  • "Capital Structure and the Financial Development of the U.S. Sugar Refining Industry, 1875-1095", The Journal of Economic History, Vol.60, No.1 (March 2000).

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Dr. Scott Kjar

Assistant Professor
Economics Department


Office: Braniff Graduate Building
Office Hours: MTWRF 10-11am, MWF 3-4pm, and by appointment

Education

  • B.A., Drake University, Political Science
  • M.S., University of Rochester, Public Policy Analysis
  • M.A., Auburn University, Economics
  • Ph.D., Auburn University, Economics

    Representative Refereed Publications

  • "Can Good Apples be Mixed with Bad Economics? A Mengerian Critique of the Alchian and Allen Theorem," with William Anderson. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, forthcoming (2008).

  • "What is Seen and Unseen on the Gulf Coast," with Max Raskin and Robert Rahm. International Journal of Social Economics, vol 35, no. 7 (Summer 2008).

  • "On Home Grown-ness in Politics: Evidence from the 1998 Election for Alabama's Third Congressional District," with David Laband. Public Choice (July 2002).

    Representative Non-Refereed Publications

  • "Why Economists Tend to Oppose Gun Control Laws." www.mises.org/story/2562 (May 2, 2007).

  • "Why Not Capital Day?" Mises Institute Daily Articles. www.mises.org/story/291 (September 3, 1999).



    Dr. Samuel Weston

    Assistant Professor

    Economics Department


    email:
    sweston@udallas.edu
    Office hours: MWF12-12:50; TuTh 3-4; other times by appointment
    Telephone: (972) 721-5238

    Education

    • B.A., University of Pittsburgh
    • Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

    Recent Publications

    • "Toward a Better Understanding of the Positive/Normative Distinction in Economics." Economics and Philosophy 10 (1994): 1-17.<
    • "Has Capital Theory Been the Victim of the Quest for Generality and Rigor?" in Editing Economics: Essays in Honour of Mark Perlman. Routledge, 2002.

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