Consumer Economics
Dr. Michael L. Walden
professor of economics, extension economist
(919) 515-4671
michael_walden@ncsu.edu
Consumer economics; economic policy; economic outlook - national, state and
local. Also, the standard of living, local tax issues and educational spending.
1997 Book: Everyday Economics, 2nd edition.
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Dr. Duncan M.
Holthausen
professor of economics
(919) 513-2882
duncan_holthausen@ncsu.edu
www4.ncsu.edu/~dmholtha/HOLT/home.html
Decision making under uncertainty; economic analysis of business decisions;
spreadsheet models.
Economic Development
Robert Geolas
partnership development specialist (919) 515-7036
bob_geolas@ncsu.edu
http://centennial.ncsu.edu/
University research campuses and parks. University partnerships with industry
and government agencies. Economic development and entrepreneurship.
Dr. Mitch Renkow
associate professor of agricultural and resource
economics
(919) 515-5179
mitch_renkow@ncsu.edu
Economic development; international development; local government public finance;
economics of solid waste; commuting and migration; poverty alleviation in developing
countries.
Environmental Economics
Dr. Raymond B.
Palmquist
professor of economics
(919) 513-2884
palmquist@ncsu.edu
Environmental economics dealing with values of coastal and marine resources;
economic effects of highway noise pollution, air pollution and hazardous waste
site locations.
Economics and the Elderly
Dr. Robert Clark
professor of economics and business management
(919) 515-4568
robert_clark@ncsu.edu
Pensions, retirement policy, social security, economic implications of population
aging and the economic well-being of the elderly.
Health Economics
Dr. Alvin E. Headen
Jr.
associate professor of economics
(919) 513-2872
al_headen@ncsu.edu
Healthcare costs; hospital financing and capital acquisition issues. Long-term
healthcare for the elderly.
Economic History
Dr. Lee A. Craig
associate professor of economics
(919) 513-2870
lee_craig@ncsu.edu
History of global economic integration; history of labor markets, including:
discrimination, productivity and wages and fringe benefits; agricultural history.
Labor Economics
Dr. Steve Allen
professor of economics, director of MSM program
(919) 515-6941
steve_allen@ncsu.edu
Labor economics and industrial relations; wage inequality, the impact of technological
change on workers, union behavior, employee benefits, absenteeism, and labor
markets in Latin America. Trends in business school education, especially in
technology management.
Dr. Robert M. Fearn
Dr. Walter Wessels Law and Economics
Dr. Stephen E.
Margolis Monetary Issues
Dr. John S. Lapp Dr. Douglas K. Pearce
professor emeritus of economics
(919) 513-2245 or (919) 851-1256
bob_fearn@ncsu.edu or bobfearn@aol.com
Labor economics and human capital development; comparative economic systems and
development, including the Soviet and post-Soviet economics.
professor of economics
(919) 513-2879
walt_wessels@ncsu.edu
Labor economics, unions and the economic effect of labor laws.
professor and dept. head of economics
(919) 513-2565
steve_margolis@ncsu.edu
Industrial organization; urban economics; public finance; economics of technology;
intellectual property antitrust.
Alumni Distinguished associate professor of
economics
(919) 513-2877
john_lapp@ncsu.edu
Monetary economics, monetary policies and macro-economics. General economic
conditions, inflation and interest rates.
professor of business management economics
(919) 513-2880
doug_pearce@ncsu.edu
Monetary policy, the Federal Reserve System; banking; financial markets; macroeconomics.
Former visiting scholar at Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.