Christopher Brown photo Professor of Economics   Arkansas State University Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Winner of the 2009 Board of Trustees Faculty Award for Research/Scholarship.

Last update on 05/13/09

Click here to download a copy of my AFIT paper, presented April 18, 2009 in Albuquerque.

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Business 412
870-972-3737 (tel)
870-910-3417 (fax)
crbrown@astate.edu (e-mail)
P.O. Box 729
State University, AR 72467-0729

Spring semester, 2009 Schedule:

ECON 2313-001: 9:00-9:50 MWF
ECON 2313-003: 11:00-11:50 MWF
ECON 4333-001: Online
Office Hours: 1:30-3:30 MTWR,  or by appointment

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Recent Publications:

'Ayresian Technology, Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship, and the Bayh-Dole Act', Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 43, No. 2, June 2009 (in press).

Review of Inherited Wealth by Jens Beckert.  Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 43, No. 1, March 2009 (in press).

Inequality, Consumer Credit, and the Saving Puzzle, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, November 2008 (selected as a core academic title for 2008 by Academia, the online magazine and resource for academic librarians). 

"Oligopsony, Information Technology, and Systems Integration: The Case of the Healthcare Supply Industry," International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 2, No. 6, December 2007 (co-authored with Ted Lee).

“Financial Engineering, Consumer Credit, and the Stability of Effective Demand,” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. 29, No. 3, Spring 2007: 429-455.

“Declining Marriage Rates of Young Black Women: Testing Alternative Economic Hypotheses,” Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 33, No. 4, Spring 2006, 27-49 (co-authored with Randall Kesselring).

Review of The Distribution of Wealth by Michael Schneider. Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 2006: 177-179. (pdf) 

“Explaining Credit Problems in the U.S. Consumer Durable Goods Industry in the 1930s:  Credit Channel or Bank Liquidity Preference?” American Review of Political Economy, Vol. 3, No. 2, December 2005: 17-37. (pdf)

“Is There an Institutional Theory of Distribution?” Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 39, No. 4, December 2005: 915-931. (pdf)

“Does Income Distribution Matter for Effective Demand? Evidence from the United States.” Review of Political Economy, Vol. 16, No.  3, July 2004: 291-307. (pdf)

“Toward a Reconcilement of Liquidity Preference and Endogenous Money,” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. 26, No.  2, Winter 2003-4: 323-337. (pdf)

“Female Headship and the Economic Status of Young Men in the United States, 1977-2001,” Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 38, No. 3, June 2003: 343-351 (co-authored with Randall Kesselring). (pdf)

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