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Robert Jones

faculty

Robert Jones '96 he/him

Associate Professor

Economics

Contact

508-910-9527

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Spruce Hall 0167

Education

2001Clark UniversityPhD
1999Clark UniversityMA
1996University of Massachusetts DartmouthBA

Teaching

  • Public Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Health Economics
  • Statistics
  • Principles of Economics

Teaching

Courses

Survey of the American economy focusing on markets, the price system, and resource allocation. Price determination in competitive and imperfectly-competitive markets. Applications in agricultural economics, legal prices, excise taxes, labor market issues, advertising, technological change, pollution and the environment, public goods, antitrust policy, international trade, and alternative economic systems.

Survey of the American economy focusing on markets, the price system, and resource allocation. Price determination in competitive and imperfectly-competitive markets. Applications in agricultural economics, legal prices, excise taxes, labor market issues, advertising, technological change, pollution and the environment, public goods, antitrust policy, international trade, and alternative economic systems.

Prerequisite for Honors APEX. The course leads students through project development and explores creative and critical thinking in the context of American culture, politics, economics and society; research ethics; time management; and public presentation. They will identify their project supervisor and submit their initial APEX proposal. This is scheduled as a blended course. In addition to meeting for one hour and forty minutes each week, you will be asked to complete weekly online assignments and provide peer feedback to other students. Students will earn three credits for completing this course.

Research

Research awards

  • $ 5,500 awarded by Fall River Public Schools for Early College Programs

Research

Research interests

  • Health Economics
  • Pollution and Productivity
  • Public Economics

Select publications

  • Daniel Georgianna and Robert T. Jones (2007).
    Privatizing the Benefits from Higher Education and Its Effects on Access
    American Academic , 3
  • Constantine Alexandrakis and Robert T. Jones (2006).
    Secession and Exit: An Analysis of Two Competing Hypotheses
    The Elgar Companion to Public Economics: Empirical Public Economics