A selection of faculty publications from the Department of Economics, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University.

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Submissions from 2024

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Removing Development Incentives in Risky Areas Promotes Climate Adaptation, Hannah Druckenmiller, Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Sophie Pesek, Margaret Walls, and Shan Zhang

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Is West Virginia a Haven for Disabled Workers? An Evolving Story, James V. Koch and Robert M. McNab

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Advanced Air Mobility, Economic Impacts, and Equity Considerations, Robert M. McNab

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Older and Wiser? Relative Age and College Course Failure, P. Wesley Routon and Jay K. Walker

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National Integration and Institution Building, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2023

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Economic Freedom and One-Way Truck Rental Prices: An Empirical Note, Alexander Cardazzi and Robert A. Lawson

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The Managerial Factors Influencing the Retention of Firms' IT Capability, With Some Global Implications, Jinho Kim, Kayoung Park, Timothy Komarek, and Li Xu

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Using the LSAT as a Labor Market Thermometer for Lawyers, James V. Koch and Barbara Blake-Gonzalez

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Do Lawyers Inhibit Economic Growth? New Evidence from the 50 U.S. States, James V. Koch and Richard J. Cebula

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities are Vital and Valuable to the United States, James V. Koch and Omari H. Swinton

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What Type of Central Banker Dampens The Political Business Cycle? The Case of Africa, Christine Strong

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The Choice of Technology in Economic Development, Lei Wen and Haiwen Zhou

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Unification and Division: A Theory of Institutional Choices in Imperial China, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2022

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Search, Technology Choice, and Unemployment, Constantine Angyridis and Haiwen Zhou

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The Partition of Production Between Households and Markets, Christopher Colburn and Haiwen Zhou

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Promoting Sustainable Responses to the US Opioid Epidemic With Community-Academic Partnerships: Qualitative Outcomes From a Statewide Program, David L. Driscoll, Alison Evans Cuellar, Vinod Agarwal, Debra Jones, Kathy Hosig, and Mary Beth Dunkenberger

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Why Has the Median Real Income of Lawyers Been Declining?, James V. Koch and Barbara Blake-Gonzalez

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Pulling Back the Veil: What Determines HBCU Campus Enrollments, James V. Koch and Omari H. Swinton

Submissions from 2021

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"Letters", James V. Koch and Seth Forman

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Local Fiscal Adjustments from Depopulation: Evidence from the Post–Cold War Defense Contraction, Timothy M. Komarek and Gary A. Wagner

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Fixed Costs and the Division of Labor, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2020

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Drug-Overdose Death Rates: The Economic Misery Explanation and Its Alternatives, Barbara Blake Gonzalez, Richard Cebula, and James V. Koch

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The Drug Overdose Epidemic Seen through Different Lenses, Barbara Blake Gonzalez, Richard Cebula, and James V. Koch

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Does Starting School Before Labor Day Affect High School Retention and Graduation: Evidence From Virginia's Kings Dominion Law, Timothy M. Komarek and Jay K. Walker

Submissions from 2019

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Coordination Costs, Market Size, and the Choice of Technology, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2017

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An Overlapping-Generations Model of Firm Heterogeneity in Economic Development, Yu Chen and Haiwen Zhou

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Health Capital Investment and Time Spent on Health Related Activities, Juan Du and Takeshi Yagihashi

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Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution with Leisure Margin, Juan Du and Takeshi Yagihashi

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The Long Term Effects of an Aging Fleet on Operational Availability and Cost: Evidence from the US Coast Guard, Christopher W. Lavin, Robert M. McNab, and Ryan S. Sullivan

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How Costly is a Misspecified Credit Channel DSGE Model in Monetary Policymaking?, Takeshi Yagihashi

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How Do The Trans-Pacific Economies Affect the USA? An Industrial Sector Approach, Takeshi Yagihashi and David D. Selover

Submissions from 2016

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Goods-Time Elasticity of Substitution in Health Production, Juan Du and Takeshi Yagihashi

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The Big Economic Development Project Question: Is It New Revenue or a Spending Transfer?, Paul Harris, Ronald Berkebile, Julia Martin, and Larry Filer

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Anchoring in Financial Decision-Making: Evidence from the Field, Michael Jetter and Jay K. Walker

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Gender in Jeopardy!: The Role of Opponent Gender in High-Stakes Competition, Michael Jetter and Jay K. Walker

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Multimodal Freight Distribution to Support Increased Port Operations, Wayne K. Talley, ManWo Ng., Mecit Cetin, Hesham A. Rakha, and Byungkyu Brian Park

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Silence is Golden: Railroad Noise Pollution and Property Values, Jay K. Walker

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Maritime Economics in a Post-Expansion Panama Canal Era, Grace W. Y. Wang, Wayne Talley, and Mary R. Brooks

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A Dynamic Model of the Choice of Technology in Economic Development, Haiwen Zhou and Ruhai Zhou

Submissions from 2015

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Are Religion and Environmentalism Complements or Substitutes?: A Club-Based Approach, Feler Bose and Timothy M. Komarek

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Health Care Use, Out-of-Pocket Expenditure, and Macroeconomic Conditions During the Great Recession, Juan Du and Takeshi Yagihashi

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Out-of-School Sports Time and Children's Body Weight Status: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study, Juan Du, Qi Zhang, and Michael Stallone

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Game, Set, and Match: Do Women and Men Perform Differently in Competitive Situations?, Michael Jetter and Jay K. Walker

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Good Girl, Bad Boy: Corrupt Behavior in Professional Tennis, Michael Jetter and Jay K. Walker

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Empirical Identification of Factor Models, Piyachart Phiromswad and Takeshi Yagihashi

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Examining Industrial Interdependence Between Japan and South Korea: A FAVAR Approach, David D. Selover and Takeshi Yagihashi

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Health Care Inflation and It's Implications for Monetary Policy, Takeshi Yagihashi and Juan Du

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Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution and Risk Aversion: Are They Related Empirically?, Takeshi Yagihashi and Juan Du

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The Choice of Technology and Equilibrium Wage Rigidity, Haiwen Zhou

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Unemployment and Economic Integration for Developing Countries, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2014

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Governance in the Maritime Industry, Okan Duru, Mary R. Brooks, Wayne Talley, and Gi-Tae Yeo

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Why Can Weak Linkages Cause International Stock Market Synchronization? The Mode-Locking Effect, Larry Filer and David D. Selover

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Crime and Natural Resource Booms: Evidence From Unconventional Natural Gas Production, Timothy M. Komarek

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Intermediate Inputs and External Economies, Haiwen Zhou

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International Trade with Increasing Returns in the Transportation Sector, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2013

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The Cost of Omitting Credit Channel in DSGE Model, Takeshi Yagihashi

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The Choice of Technology and Rural-Urban Migration in Economic Development, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2012

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Formal and Informal Care: An Empirical Bayesian Analysis Using the Two-Part Model, Juan Du

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Are Low Wages Risk Factors for Hypertension?, J. Paul Leigh and Juan Du

Submissions from 2011

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Forecasting Empty Container Volumes, Rafael Diaz, Wayne Talley, and Mandar Tulpule

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Confucianism and the Legalism: A Model of the National Strategy of Governance in Ancient China, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2010

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Costs of Defending Against Rising Sea Levels and Flooding in Mid-Atlantic Metropolitan Coastal Areas: The Basic Issues, James V. Koch

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Review of Brooks, Stephen, ed., Montgomery and the Battle of Normandy: A Selection from the Diaries, Correspondence and Other Papers of Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, January to August 1944, James V. Koch

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Review of Running Alone: Presidential Leadership from JFK to Bush II: Why It Has Failed and How We Can Fix It, James V. Koch

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Review of Willmott, H.P., The Great Crusade: A New Complete History of the Second World War, James V. Koch

Submissions from 2009

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Review of Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh, Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man, James V. Koch

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Review of Stansky, Peter, The First Day of the Blitz: September 7, 1940., James V. Koch

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Determinants of the Probability of Ship Injuries, Wayne K. Talley

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2008 Virginia Beach Tourism Economic Impact Study, Gilbert R. Yochum and Vinod Agarwal

Submissions from 2008

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Academic Libraries: Should Strategic Planning be Renewed?, Walter A. Brown and Barbara Blake Gonzalez

Submissions from 2007

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Internal Increasing Returns to Scale and Economic Growth, John A. List and Haiwen Zhou

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Financing Port Dredging Costs: Taxes Versus User Fees, Wayne K. Talley

Submissions from 2006

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Intra-Firm Specialization, Income Distribution, and International Trade, Haiwen Zhou

Submissions from 2005

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Modeling of Commercial Maritime Port Recoverability from Security Disruptions: Work-in-Progress, C. Ariel Pinto and Wayne K. Talley

Submissions from 1998

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The Revolution in Higher Education, James V. Koch

Submissions from 1995

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The Effects of Subsidies on Public Transit Long-Run Costs, Kofi Obeng, Wayne K. Talley, and Christopher Colburn

Submissions from 1985

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Foreign Demand For United States Higher Education: A Study of Developing Countries in the Eastern Hemisphere, Vinod B. Agarwal and Donald R. Winkler

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Economics of the Pacific Whiting, Merluccius productus, Fishery, Eric Anderson