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Economics Faculty, Fall '06
First row: D. Findlay, P. Franko, D. Barbezat, G. Vuletin
Second Row: C. Reid, T. Tietenberg, J. Meehan, M. Donihue, J. Long
Not pictured: P. Brown, R. Nelson, A. Waldkirch
 
Name Email Office Phone
Debra A. Barbezat Diamond 367 859-5239
  Mitchell Family Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  Discrimination in higher education, gender-based pay discrepancies ,  Economics of labor unions ,  Health economics
Philip H. Brown Diamond 351 859-5246
  Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  Microeconomic development ,  Labor economics ,  Demography ,  Empirical microeconomics ,  Survey research ,  The Chinese economy ,  Poverty and inequality ,  The economics of education and health
Michael R. Donihue Eustis 307 859-4776
  Professor of Economics; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Dean of Faculty, 2008-
Areas of Expertise:  Macroeconomic policy ,  Economic forecasting
David W. Findlay Diamond 345 859-5233
  Pugh Family Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  Maine economic conditions ,  Federal Reserve policy ,  Political influence on economic policy ,  Monetary policy and financial markets, specifically interest rates
Patrice M. Franko Diamond 374 859-5234
  Grossman Professor of Economics; Director, Oak Human Rights Institute 2006-
Areas of Expertise:  Latin American economics ,  Latin American military, security, and defense industries ,  Brazil
Samara R. Gunter Diamond 371 859-5249
  Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  Child support ,  Earned Income Tax Credit ,  Informal economy
Jason M. Long Diamond 347 859-5243
  Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  Economic history ,  Migration and labor mobility ,  Social and economic mobility ,  Nineteenth-century British labor markets
James W. Meehan Jr. Diamond 373 859-5237
  Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  Anti-trust policy ,  Economics of industry ,  Economics of organizations, especially corporate organizations ,  Economics of professional baseball ,  Mergers, takeovers, leveraged buy-outs, vertical integration, regulation ,  Economics of higher education ,  Alleged price-fixing among colleges and universities with overlapping admissions pools ,  Racial discrimination in the market for baseball cards ,  Origin of the reserve clause in baseball
Randy A. Nelson Diamond 350 859-5238
  Douglas Professor of Economics and Finance
Areas of Expertise:  Applied or empirical microeconomics ,  Industrial organization ,  Corporate finance ,  Aviation safety
Clifford E. Reid Miller Library 207 859-5240
  Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  Economics ,  Discrimination in housing ,  Employment and wages ,  Voting behavior in the U.S. Congress ,  Public finance
Carl Schwinn Diamond 373 859-5259
  Visiting Professor of Economics
Guillermo J. Vuletin Diamond 359 859-5235
  Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  Exchange rate regimes ,  Monetary and fiscal policy ,  Capital flows to developing countries ,  Capital controls ,  Inflation stabilization ,  Balance of payments ,  Debt and banking crises
Andreas Waldkirch Diamond 353 859-5244
  Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:  International Trade ,  Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Multinational Corporations ,  Economic Integration ,  Trade and the Environment ,  NAFTA ,  Mexico ,  Applied Microeconomics
Fei Yu Diamond 365 859-5245
  Assistant Professor of Economics
 
Faculty Emeriti
 
Email: (@colby.edu) Area Code: (207)
Name Email Office Phone
Henry A. Gemery 547-3513
  Pugh Family Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Areas of Expertise:  American economic history, Immigration, Technical change in economic growth 
Jan S. Hogendorn
  Grossman Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Areas of Expertise:  International Trade, Economic Development, African Economies