faculty
Robert Jones '96 he/him
Associate Professor
Economics
Contact
508-910-9527
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Spruce Hall 0167
Education
| 2001 | Clark University | PhD |
| 1999 | Clark University | MA |
| 1996 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | BA |
Teaching
- Public Economics
- Econometrics
- Health Economics
- Statistics
- Principles of Economics
Teaching
Courses
Survey of introductory macroeconomics with focus on economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Topics covered include national income accounting, inflation, unemployment, fiscal policy, money, the banking system, and monetary policy. Balance of payments and currency exchange rate issues are analyzed.
Survey of introductory macroeconomics with focus on economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Topics covered include national income accounting, inflation, unemployment, fiscal policy, money, the banking system, and monetary policy. Balance of payments and currency exchange rate issues are analyzed.
Survey of introductory macroeconomics with focus on economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Topics covered include national income accounting, inflation, unemployment, fiscal policy, money, the banking system, and monetary policy. Balance of payments and currency exchange rate issues are analyzed.
Contemporary intermediate treatment of microeconomic theory, applications, and price policy. Covers the theory of price determination, resource allocation, income distribution, and welfare economics. Perfectly competitive markets and models of imperfect competition are covered. Theory is integrated with public policy questions.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Survey of introductory macroeconomics with focus on economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Topics covered include national income accounting, inflation, unemployment, fiscal policy, money, the banking system, and monetary policy. Balance of payments and currency exchange rate issues are analyzed.
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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
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