Background
| Education: |
| University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. Economics, December, 1979. |
| Carnegie-Mellon University, MS. Statistics, May 1975. |
| American University of Beirut, BA. Statistics, February 1974. |
| Academic Positions: |
| Distinguished Professor of Economics, Syracuse University, 2005-present. |
| Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, 2005-present. |
| Chair in Economics (part-time), University of Leicester, 2004-present. |
| George Summey, Jr. Professor of Liberal Arts, 1993-2005. |
| Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University, 1988-2005. |
| Visiting Professor, University of California-San Diego, 2002. |
| Visiting Professor, University of Arizona, 1996. |
| Associate Professor of Economics, University of Houston, 1984-1988. |
| Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Houston, 1979-1984. |
| Research Expericence: |
| Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, 2005-present. |
| Research Fellow, CESifo, Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research, 2003-present. |
|
Equipe de Recherche sur les
Marchés (ERMES),
Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II),
Research Fellow, 2003-present. |
| Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Research Fellow, 2002. |
| George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Bush Economics Fellow, 2001. |
| Private Enterprise Research Center (PERC) Research Fellow, 1991-2005. |
| Research Fellow, Center for Public Policy, University of Houston, 1982-1988. |
| Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1978. |
| Research Consultant, Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Fall, 1997. |